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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

	⌧	QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934	

For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2020

OR

	◻	TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934	

For the transition period from           to         

Commission File Number 001-33393

GENCO SHIPPING & TRADING LIMITED
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Republic of the Marshall Islands		98-0439758	
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)		(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
	
299 Park Avenue, 12th Floor, New York, New York 10171
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
(646) 443-8550
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of exchange on which registered	
Common stock, par value $0.01 per share	GNK	New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)	

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ⌧ No ◻

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes ⌧ No ◻

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

							
Large accelerated filer ◻		Accelerated filer ⌧		Non-accelerated filer ◻		Smaller reporting company ⌧	
						Emerging growth company ◻	
If an emerging growth company, indicate by checkmark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act ◻

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ☐ No ⌧

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed all documents and reports required to be filed by Sections 12, 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 subsequent to the distribution of securities under a plan confirmed by a court. Yes ⌧ No ◻

The number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as of November 4, 2020: Common stock, par value $0.01 per share — 41,801,753 shares.

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	PART I — FINANCIAL INFORMATION		
			
Item 1.	Financial Statements (unaudited)	4	
			
	a)	Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019	4	
				
	b)	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the Three and Nine Months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019	5	
				
	c)	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Loss for the Three and Nine Months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019	6	
				
	d)	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Equity for the Three and Nine Months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019	7	
				
	e)	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Nine Months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019	9	
				
	f)	Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements	10	
			
Item 2.	Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	26	
			
Item 3.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk	54	
			
Item 4.	Controls and Procedures	55	
			
	PART II —OTHER INFORMATION		
			
Item 6.	Exhibits	56	

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Website Information

We intend to use our website, www.GencoShipping.com, as a means of disclosing material non-public information and for complying with our disclosure obligations under Regulation FD. Such disclosures will be included in our website’s Investor section. Accordingly, investors should monitor the Investor portion of our website, in addition to following our press releases, SEC filings, public conference calls, and webcasts. To subscribe to our e-mail alert service, please submit your e-mail address at the Investor Relations Home page of the Investor section of our website. The information contained in, or that may be accessed through, our website is not incorporated by reference into or a part of this document or any other report or document we file with or furnish to the SEC, and any references to our website are intended to be inactive textual references only.

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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Genco Shipping & Trading Limited
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019
(U.S. Dollars in thousands, except for share and per share data)
(Unaudited)
								
		September 30, 		December 31, 		
	    	2020	    	2019	 	
	    		    		 	
Assets								
Current assets:								
Cash and cash equivalents		$	136,233		$	155,889		
Restricted cash		 	24,227		 	6,045		
Due from charterers, net of a reserve of $456 and $1,064, respectively		 	10,906		 	13,701		
Prepaid expenses and other current assets			9,014			10,049		
Inventories			21,159			27,208		
Vessels held for sale			20,889			10,303		
Total current assets		 	222,428		 	223,195		
								
Noncurrent assets:								
Vessels, net of accumulated depreciation of $247,761 and $288,373, respectively		 	1,062,888		 	1,273,861		
Deferred drydock, net of accumulated amortization of $8,067 and $11,862 respectively		 	17,157		 	17,304		
Fixed assets, net of accumulated depreciation and amortization of $2,406 and $2,154, respectively		 	7,534		 	5,976		
Operating lease right-of-use assets		 	7,225		 	8,241		
Restricted cash		 	315		 	315		
Total noncurrent assets		 	1,095,119		 	1,305,697		
								
Total assets		$	1,317,547		$	1,528,892		
								
Liabilities and Equity								
Current liabilities:								
Accounts payable and accrued expenses		$	22,973		$	49,604		
Current portion of long-term debt		 	80,642		 	69,747		
Deferred revenue		 	8,318		 	6,627		
Current operating lease liabilities			1,742			1,677		
Total current liabilities:		 	113,675		 	127,655		
								
Noncurrent liabilities:								
Long-term operating lease liabilities			8,511			9,826		
Long-term debt, net of deferred financing costs of $10,650 and $13,094, respectively			384,141			412,983		
Total noncurrent liabilities		 	392,652		 	422,809		
								
Total liabilities		 	506,327		 	550,464		
								
Commitments and contingencies (Note 12)								
								
Equity:								
Common stock, par value $0.01; 500,000,000 shares authorized; 41,801,753 and 41,754,413 shares issued and outstanding at September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively			418			417		
Additional paid-in capital			1,713,711			1,721,268		
Accumulated deficit		 	(902,909)		 	(743,257)		
Total equity		 	811,220		 	978,428		
Total liabilities and equity		$	1,317,547		$	1,528,892		

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.
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Genco Shipping & Trading Limited
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2020 and 2019
(U.S. Dollars in Thousands, Except for Earnings Per Share and Share Data)
(Unaudited)

		For the Three Months Ended		For the Nine Months Ended		
		September 30, 		September 30, 		
	    	2020	    	2019	    	2020	    	2019	   	
Revenues:														
Voyage revenues		$	87,524		$	103,776		$	260,066		$	280,790		
														
Total revenues			87,524		 	103,776			260,066		 	280,790		
														
Operating expenses:														
Voyage expenses			33,487		 	42,967			123,550		 	127,789		
Vessel operating expenses			23,460		 	24,711			66,332		 	72,260		
Charter hire expenses			1,020			5,475			5,527			12,743		
General and administrative expenses (inclusive of nonvested stock amortization expense of $534, $575, $1,491 and $1,596, respectively)			5,115		 	6,144			16,353		 	18,253		
Technical management fees			1,739			1,885			5,316			5,710		
Depreciation and amortization			16,115		 	18,184			49,619		 	54,532		
Impairment of vessel assets			21,896			12,182			134,710			26,078		
Loss (gain) on sale of vessels			358			—			844			(611)		
														
Total operating expenses			103,190		 	111,548			402,251		 	316,754		
														
Operating loss			(15,666)		 	(7,772)			(142,185)		 	(35,964)		
														
Other (expense) income:														
Other (expense) income			(436)		 	86			(900)		 	523		
Interest income			101		 	892			948		 	3,292		
Interest expense			(5,097)		 	(7,797)			(17,515)			(24,496)		
Impairment of right-of-use asset			—			—			—			(223)		
														
Other expense			(5,432)		 	(6,819)			(17,467)		 	(20,904)		
														
Net loss		$	(21,098)		$	(14,591)		$	(159,652)		$	(56,868)		
														
Net loss per share-basic		$	(0.50)		$	(0.35)		$	(3.81)		$	(1.36)		
Net loss per share-diluted		$	(0.50)		$	(0.35)		$	(3.81)		$	(1.36)		
Weighted average common shares outstanding-basic			41,928,682		 	41,749,200			41,898,756		 	41,739,287		
Weighted average common shares outstanding-diluted			41,928,682		 	41,749,200			41,898,756		 	41,739,287		

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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Genco Shipping & Trading Limited
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Loss
For the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2020 and 2019
(U.S. Dollars in Thousands)
(Unaudited)

		For the Three Months Ended		For the Nine Months Ended		
		September 30, 		September 30, 		
	    	2020	    	2019	    	2020	    	2019	 	
														
Net loss		$	(21,098)	 	$	(14,591)		$	(159,652)	 	$	(56,868)		
														
Other comprehensive income			—		 	—			—		 	—		
														
Comprehensive loss		$	(21,098)	 	$	(14,591)		$	(159,652)	 	$	(56,868)		

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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Genco Shipping & Trading Limited
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Equity
For the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2020 and 2019
(U.S. Dollars in Thousands)

					Additional							
		Common		Paid-in		Accumulated				
		Stock		Capital		Deficit		Total Equity		
Balance — January 1, 2020		$	417		$	1,721,268		$	(743,257)		$	978,428		
														
Net loss									(120,350)			(120,350)		
														
Issuance of 47,341 shares of vested RSUs, net of forfeitures of 1,490 shares			1			(1)						—		
														
Cash dividends declared ($0.175 per share)						(7,363)						(7,363)		
														
Nonvested stock amortization						481						481		
														
Balance — March 31, 2020		$	418		$	1,714,385		$	(863,607)		$	851,196		
														
Net loss									(18,204)			(18,204)		
														
Cash dividends declared ($0.02 per share)						(842)						(842)		
														
Nonvested stock amortization						476						476		
														
Balance — June 30, 2020		$	418		$	1,714,019		$	(881,811)		$	832,626		
														
Net loss									(21,098)			(21,098)		
														
Cash dividends declared ($0.02 per share)						(842)						(842)		
														
Nonvested stock amortization						534						534		
														
Balance — September 30, 2020		$	418		$	1,713,711		$	(902,909)		$	811,220		

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					Additional							
		Common		Paid-in		Accumulated					
		Stock		Capital		Deficit		Total Equity		
Balance — January 1, 2019		$	416		$	1,740,163		$	(687,272)		$	1,053,307		
														
Net loss									(7,801)			(7,801)		
														
Issuance of 12,477 shares of vested RSUs			—			—						—		
														
Nonvested stock amortization						452						452		
														
Balance — March 31, 2019		$	416		$	1,740,615		$	(695,073)		$	1,045,958		
														
Net loss									(34,476)			(34,476)		
														
Nonvested stock amortization						569						569		
														
Balance — June 30, 2019		$	416		$	1,741,184		$	(729,549)		$	1,012,051		
														
Net loss									(14,591)			(14,591)		
														
Nonvested stock amortization						575						575		
														
Balance — September 30, 2019		$	416		$	1,741,759		$	(744,140)		$	998,035		

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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Genco Shipping & Trading Limited
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2020 and 2019
(U.S. Dollars in Thousands)
(Unaudited)

		For the Nine Months Ended		
		September 30, 		
	    	2020	    	2019	 	
Cash flows from operating activities:								
Net loss	 	$	(159,652)		$	(56,868)		
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by operating activities:								
Depreciation and amortization			49,619		 	54,532		
Amortization of deferred financing costs			2,906		 	2,828		
Noncash operating lease expense			1,016			911		
Amortization of nonvested stock compensation expense			1,491		 	1,596		
Impairment of right-of-use asset			—			223		
Impairment of vessel assets			134,710		 	26,078		
Loss (gain) on sale of vessels			844		 	(611)		
Insurance proceeds for protection and indemnity claims			330			413		
Insurance proceeds for loss of hire claims			78			—		
Change in assets and liabilities:								
Decrease in due from charterers			2,795		 	1,915		
Decrease (increase) in prepaid expenses and other current assets			143		 	(655)		
Decrease in inventories			6,049			6,566		
(Decrease) increase in accounts payable and accrued expenses			(17,956)		 	5,061		
Increase (decrease) in deferred revenue			1,691		 	(79)		
Decrease in operating lease liabilities			(1,250)			(1,187)		
Deferred drydock costs incurred			(6,799)		 	(11,965)		
Net cash provided by operating activities			16,015		 	28,758		
								
Cash flows from investing activities:								
Purchase of vessels and ballast water treatment systems, including deposits			(3,379)		 	(10,392)		
Purchase of scrubbers (capitalized in Vessels)			(10,948)			(24,736)		
Purchase of other fixed assets			(3,684)		 	(3,590)		
Net proceeds from sale of vessels			29,854			6,309		
Insurance proceeds for hull and machinery claims			484			612		
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities			12,327		 	(31,797)		
								
Cash flows from financing activities:								
Proceeds from the $133 Million Credit Facility			24,000			—		
Repayments on the $133 Million Credit Facility			(5,660)			(4,740)		
Proceeds from the $495 Million Credit Facility			11,250			21,500		
Repayments on the $495 Million Credit Facility			(49,981)			(49,575)		
Payment of common stock issuance costs			—			(105)		
Cash dividends paid			(8,963)			—		
Payment of deferred financing costs			(462)		 	(611)		
Net cash used in financing activities			(29,816)		 	(33,531)		
								
Net decrease in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash			(1,474)		 	(36,570)		
								
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at beginning of period			162,249		 	202,761		
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of period	 	$	160,775		$	166,191		

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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Genco Shipping & Trading Limited
(U.S. Dollars in Thousands, Except Per Share and Share Data)
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)

1 - GENERAL INFORMATION

The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Genco Shipping & Trading Limited (“GS&T”) and its direct and indirect wholly-owned subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company”). The Company is engaged in the ocean transportation of drybulk cargoes worldwide through the ownership and operation of drybulk carrier vessels and operates in one business segment.

At September 30, 2020, the Company’s fleet consists of 51 drybulk vessels, including 17 Capesize drybulk carriers, six Ultramax drybulk carriers, 20 Supramax drybulk carriers and 8 Handysize drybulk carriers, with an aggregate carrying capacity of approximately 4,768,900 dwt and an average age of approximately 10.3 years.

In March 2020, the World Health Organization declared the outbreak of a novel coronavirus strain, or COVID-19, to be a pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic is having widespread, rapidly evolving, and unpredictable impacts on global society, economies, financial markets, and business practices. Governments have implemented measures in an effort to contain the virus, including social distancing, travel restrictions, border closures, limitations on public gatherings, working from home, supply chain logistical changes, and closure of non-essential businesses. This has led to a significant slowdown in overall economic activity levels globally and a decline in demand for certain of the raw materials that our vessels transport.

At present, it is not possible to ascertain any future impact of COVID-19 on the Company’s operational and financial performance, which may take some time to materialize and may not be fully reflected in the results for 2020.  However, an increase in the severity or duration or a resurgence of the COVID-19 pandemic could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, results of operations, cash flows, financial condition, the carrying value of the Company’s assets, the fair values of the Company’s vessels, and the Company’s ability to pay dividends. 

2 - SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Principles of consolidation

The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) which includes the accounts of GS&T and its direct and indirect wholly-owned subsidiaries. All intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

Basis of presentation

The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP for interim financial information and the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). In the opinion of management of the Company, all adjustments, consisting of normal recurring adjustments, necessary for a fair presentation of financial position and operating results have been included in the statements. Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP have been condensed or omitted. These condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and notes thereto included in the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019 (the “2019 10-K”). The results of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 are not necessarily indicative of the operating results to be expected for the year ending December 31, 2020.

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period.  Significant estimates include vessel valuations, the valuation of amounts due from charterers, residual value of vessels, useful life of vessels and the fair value of derivative instruments, if any.  Actual results could differ from those estimates.
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Restricted cash

Current and non-current restricted cash includes cash that is restricted pursuant to our credit facilities. The following table provides a reconciliation of cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash reported within the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets that sum to the total of the same amounts shown in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows:

		September 30, 		December 31, 		
	    	2020	    	2019	 	
Cash and cash equivalents	 	$	136,233	 	$	155,889		
Restricted cash - current			24,227			6,045		
Restricted cash - noncurrent		 	315		 	315		
								
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash	 	$	160,775	 	$	162,249		

Vessels held for sale
 
The Company’s Board of Directors has approved a strategy of divesting specifically identified older, less fuel-efficient vessels as part of a fleet renewal program to streamline and modernize the Company’s fleet.

On March 20, 2020, the Company entered into an agreement to sell the Genco Bay. Additionally, on September 17, 2020 and September 25, 2020, the Company entered into agreements to sell the Genco Normandy and Baltic Jaguar, respectively. The relevant vessel assets have been classified as held for sale in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as of September 30, 2020. The Genco Bay was sold on October 1, 2020, the Baltic Jaguar was sold on October 16, 2020 and the Genco Normandy is expected to be sold during the fourth quarter of 2020. Refer to Note 4 — Vessel Acquisitions and Dispositions for details of the agreements.

On September 25, 2019, the Company entered into an agreement to sell the Genco Thunder, and the relevant vessel assets have been classified as held for sale in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as of December 31, 2019. This vessel was sold on March 5, 2020. Refer to Note 4 — Vessel Acquisitions and Dispositions for details of the agreement.

Voyage expense recognition

In time charters, spot market-related time charters and pool agreements, operating costs including crews, maintenance and insurance are typically paid by the owner of the vessel and specified voyage costs such as fuel and port charges are paid by the charterer. These expenses are borne by the Company during spot market voyage charters. As such, there are significantly higher voyage expenses for spot market voyage charters as compared to time charters, spot market-related time charters and pool agreements. Refer to Note 10 — Voyage Revenues for further discussion of the accounting for fuel expenses for spot market voyage charters. There are certain other non-specified voyage expenses, such as commissions, which are typically borne by the Company. At the inception of a time charter, the Company records the difference between the cost of bunker fuel delivered by the terminating charterer and the bunker fuel sold to the new charterer as a gain or loss within voyage expenses. Additionally, the Company records lower of cost and net realizable value adjustments to re-value the bunker fuel on a quarterly basis for certain time charter agreements where the inventory is subject to gains and losses. These differences in bunkers, including any lower of cost and net realizable value adjustments, resulted in a net (gain) loss of ($392) and $497 during the three months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively, and $1,407 and $734 during the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively. Additionally, voyage expenses include the cost of bunkers consumed during short-term time charters pursuant to the terms of the time charter agreement.

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Impairment of vessel assets

During the three months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, the Company recorded $21,896 and $12,182, respectively, related to the impairment of vessel assets in accordance with ASC 360 — “Property, Plant and Equipment” (“ASC 360”). Additionally, during the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, the Company recorded $134,710 and $26,078, respectively, related to the impairment of vessel assets in accordance with ASC 360.

On November 3, 2020, the Company entered into an agreement to sell the Baltic Panther, a 2009-built Supramax vessel, to a third party for $7,510 less a 3.0% commission payable to a third party. As the anticipated undiscounted cash flows, including the net sales price, did not exceed the net book value of the vessel as of September 30, 2020, the vessel value for the Baltic Panther was adjusted to its net sales price of $7,285 as of September 30, 2020. This resulted in an impairment loss of $3,711 during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020.

On October 16, 2020, the Company entered into an agreement to sell the Genco Loire, a 2009-built Supramax vessel, to a third party for $7,650 less a 2.0% commission payable to a third party. As the anticipated undiscounted cash flows, including the net sales price, did not exceed the net book value of the vessel as of September 30, 2020, the vessel value for the Genco Loire was adjusted to its net sales price of $7,497 as of September 30, 2020. This resulted in an impairment loss of $3,407 during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020.

On September 30, 2020, the Company determined that the expected estimated future undiscounted cash flows for three of its Supramax vessels, the Genco Lorraine, the Baltic Cougar and the Baltic Leopard, did not exceed the net book value of these vessels as of September 30, 2020. The Company adjusted the carrying value of these vessels to their respective fair market values as of September 30, 2020. This resulted in an impairment loss of $7,963 during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020.

On September 25, 2020, the Company entered into an agreement to sell the Baltic Jaguar, a 2009-built Supramax vessel, to a third party for $7,300 less a 3.0% commission payable to a third party. Therefore, the vessel value for the Baltic Jaguar was adjusted to its net sales price of $7,081 as of September 30, 2020. This resulted in an impairment loss of $4,138 during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020.

On September 17, 2020, the Company entered in an agreement to sell the Genco Normandy, a 2007-built Supramax vessel, to a third party for $5,850 less a 2.0% commission payable to a third party. Therefore, the vessel value for the Genco Normandy was adjusted to its net sales price of $5,733 as of September 30, 2020. This resulted in an impairment loss of $2,677 during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020.

At March 31, 2020, the Company determined that the expected estimated future undiscounted cash flows for four of its Supramax vessels, the Genco Picardy, the Genco Predator, the Genco Provence and the Genco Warrior, did not exceed the net book value of these vessels as of March 31, 2020. The Company adjusted the carrying value of these vessels to their respective fair market values as of March 31, 2020. This resulted in an impairment loss of $27,046 during the nine months ended September 30, 2020.

On February 24, 2020, the Board of Directors determined to dispose of the Company’s following ten Handysize vessels: the Baltic Hare, the Baltic Fox, the Baltic Wind, the Baltic Cove, the Baltic Breeze, the Genco Ocean, the Genco Bay, the Genco Avra, the Genco Mare and the Genco Spirit, at times and on terms to be determined in the future.  Given this decision, and that the revised estimated future undiscounted cash flows for each of these older vessels did not exceed the net book value for each vessel given the estimated probabilities of whether the vessels will be sold, the Company adjusted the values of these older vessels to their respective fair market values during the three months ended March 31, 2020. Subsequent to February 24, 2020, the Company has entered into agreements to sell three of these vessels during the three months ended March 31, 2020, namely the Baltic Wind, the Baltic Breeze and the Genco Bay, which were adjusted to their net sales price. This resulted in an impairment loss of $85,768 during the nine months ended September 30, 2020. Refer to Note 4 — Vessel Acquisitions and Dispositions for further detail regarding the vessel sales. 

On November 4, 2019, the Company entered into an agreement to sell the Genco Raptor, a 2007-built Panamax vessel, to a third party for $10,200 less a 2.0% commission payable to a third party.  As the anticipated undiscounted
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cash flows, including the net sales price, did not exceed the net book value of the vessel as of September 30, 2019, the vessel value for the Genco Raptor was adjusted to its net sales price of $9,996 as of September 30, 2019. This resulted in an impairment loss of $5,812 during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019.
 
On September 25, 2019, the Company entered into an agreement to sell the Genco Thunder, a 2007-built Panamax vessel, for $10,400 less a 2.0% broker commission payable to a third party.  Therefore, the vessel value for the Genco Thunder was adjusted to its net sales price of $10,192 as of September 30, 2019.  This resulted in an impairment loss of $5,749 during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019. 
 
On September 20, 2019, the Company entered into an agreement to sell the Genco Champion, a 2006-built Handysize vessel, for $6,600 less a 3.0% broker commission payable to a third party.  Therefore, the vessel value for the Genco Champion was adjusted to its net sales price of $6,402 as of September 30, 2019.  This resulted in an impairment loss of $621 during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019.  

On August 2, 2019, the Company entered into an agreement to sell the Genco Challenger, a 2003-built Handysize vessel, for $5,250 less a 2.0% broker commission payable to a third party.  As the anticipated undiscounted cash flows, including the net sales price, did not exceed the net book value of the vessel as of June 30, 2019, the vessel value for the Genco Challenger was adjusted to its net sales price of $5,145 as of June 30, 2019.  This resulted in an impairment loss of $4,401 during the nine months ended September 30, 2019.  
 
At June 30, 2019, the Company determined that the expected estimated future undiscounted cash flows for the Genco Champion, a 2006-built Handysize vessel, and the Genco Charger, a 2005-built Handysize vessel, did not exceed the net book value of these vessels as of June 30, 2019.  As such, the Company adjusted the value of these vessels to their respective fair market values as of June 30, 2019.  This resulted in an impairment loss of $9,496 during the nine months ended September 30, 2019.

Refer to Note 4 — Vessel Acquisitions and Dispositions for further detail regarding the sale of the aforementioned vessels. 

Loss (gain) on sale of vessels

During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, the Company recorded a net loss of $358 and $844, respectively, related to the sale of vessels. The net loss of $358 recorded during the three months ended September 30, 2020 related primarily to the sale of the Baltic Wind and Baltic Breeze. The net loss of $844 recorded during the nine months ended September 30, 2020 related primarily to the sale of the Genco Charger, Genco Thunder, Baltic Wind and Baltic Breeze. During the nine months ended September 30, 2019, the Company recorded a net gain of $611 related to the sale of vessels. The net gain of $611 recorded during the nine months ended September 30, 2019 related primarily to the sale of the Genco Vigour. There were no vessels sold during the three months ended September 30, 2019.

Recent accounting pronouncements

In August 2018, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2018-13, “Disclosure Framework: Changes to the Disclosure Requirements for Fair Value Measurement (“ASU 2018-03”),” which change the disclosure requirements for fair value measurements by removing, adding, and modifying certain disclosures. This ASU is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019, and for interim periods within that year. Early adoption is permitted for any eliminated or modified disclosures upon issuance of this ASU. The Company has evaluated the impact of the adoption of ASU 2018-03 and has determined that there is no effect on its condensed consolidated financial statements.

In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-13, "Financial Instruments—Credit Losses" ("ASU 2016-13"). ASU 2016-13 amends the current financial instrument impairment model by requiring entities to use a forward-looking approach based on expected losses to estimate credit losses on certain types of financial instruments, including trade receivables. ASU 2016-13 was effective on January 1, 2020, with early adoption permitted.  The Company adopted ASU
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2016-13 during the first quarter of 2020 and it did not have a material impact on the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements.

In March 2020, the FASB issued ASU No. 2020-04, “Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848): Facilitation of the Effects of Reference Rate Reform on Financial Reporting (“ASU 2020-04”).” ASU 2020-04 provides temporary optional expedients and exceptions to the guidance in U.S. GAAP on contract modifications and hedge accounting to ease the financial reporting burdens related to the expected market transition from the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) and other interbank offered rates to alternative reference rates. This ASU is effective for adoption at any time between March 12, 2020 and December 31, 2022. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of this adoption on its condensed consolidated financial statements and related disclosures. 

3 - CASH FLOW INFORMATION

For the nine months ended September 30, 2020, the Company had non-cash investing activities not included in the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows for items included in Accounts payable and accrued expenses consisting of $25 for the Purchase of scrubbers, $1,241 for the Purchase of vessels and ballast water treatment systems, including deposits, $451 for the Purchase of other fixed assets and $123 for the Net proceeds from sale of vessels. For the nine months ended September 30, 2020, the Company had non-cash financing activities not included in the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows for items included in Accounts payable and accrued expense consisting of $108 for Cash dividends paid.

For the nine months ended September 30, 2019, the Company had non-cash investing activities not included in the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows for items included in Accounts payable and accrued expenses consisting of $2,478 for the Purchase of vessels and ballast water treatment systems, including deposits, $7,420 for the Purchase of scrubbers and $427 for the Purchase of other fixed assets.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, cash paid for interest was $14,577 and $21,927, respectively.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, there was no cash paid for income taxes.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2020, the Company made a reclassification of $20,889 from Vessels, net of accumulated depreciation to Vessels held for sale as the Company entered into agreements to sell the Genco Bay, Baltic Jaguar and Genco Normandy prior to September 30, 2020.  Refer to Note 4 — Vessel Acquisitions and Dispositions.

On July 15, 2020, the Company issued 42,642 restricted stock units to certain members of the Board of Directors. The aggregate fair value of these restricted stock units was $255.

On February 25, 2020, the Company issued 173,749 restricted stock units and options to purchase 344,568 shares of the Company’s stock at an exercise price of $7.06 to certain individuals. The fair value of these restricted stock units and stock options were $1,227 and $693, respectively.

On May 15, 2019, the Company issued 29,580 restricted stock units to certain members of the Board of Directors.  The aggregate fair value of these restricted stock units was $255.

On March 4, 2019, the Company issued 106,079 restricted stock units and options to purchase 240,540 shares of the Company’s stock at an exercise price of $8.39 to certain individuals. The fair value of these restricted stock units and stock options were $890 and $904, respectively.

Refer to Note 13 — Stock-Based Compensation for further information regarding the aforementioned grants.

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Supplemental Condensed Consolidated Cash Flow information related to leases is as follows:

		For the Nine Months Ended		
		September 30, 		
		2020		2019	 	
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities:								
Operating cash flows from operating lease		$	1,672		$	1,672		

4 - VESSEL ACQUISITIONS AND DISPOSITIONS

Vessel Dispositions

On September 25, 2020, the Company entered into an agreement to sell the Baltic Jaguar, a 2009-built Supramax vessel, to a third party for $7,300 less a 3.0% commission payable to a third party. The sale was completed on October 16, 2020. The vessel assets have been classified as held for sale in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as of September 30, 2020.

On September 17, 2020, the Company entered in an agreement to sell the Genco Normandy, a 2007-built Supramax vessel, to a third party for $5,850 less a 2.0% commission payable to a third party. The sale is expected to be completed during the fourth quarter of 2020. The vessel assets have been classified as held for sale in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as of September 30, 2020.

On March 20, 2020, the Company entered into agreements to sell the Baltic Breeze and Genco Bay, both 2010-built Handysize vessels, for $7,900 each less a 2.0% broker commission payable to a third party. The sale of the Baltic Breeze was completed on July 31, 2020 and the sale of the Genco Bay was completed on October 1, 2020 (refer to Note 15 — Subsequent Events). The vessel assets for the Genco Bay have been classified as held for sale in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as of September 30, 2020.

On March 2, 2020, the Company entered into an agreement to sell the Baltic Wind, a 2009-built Handysize vessel, for $7,750 less a 2.0% broker commission payable to a third party. The sale was completed on July 7, 2020.

On September 25, 2019, the Company entered into an agreement to sell the Genco Thunder, a 2007-built Panamax vessel, for $10,400 less a 2.0% broker commission payable to a third party. The sale was completed on March 5, 2020. The vessel assets have been classified as held for sale in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2019.

On February 3, 2020, the Company entered into an agreement to sell the Genco Charger, a 2005-built Handysize vessel, to a third party for $5,150 less a 1.0% commission payable to a third party.  The sale of the Genco Charger was completed on February 24, 2020.  

On November 4, 2019, the Company entered into an agreement to sell the Genco Raptor, a 2007-built Panamax vessel, for $10,200 less a 2.0% broker commission payable to a third party.  The sale was completed on December 11, 2019. 

The Baltic Breeze, Baltic Wind, Genco Thunder, Genco Charger and Genco Raptor served as collateral under the $495 Million Credit Facility; therefore $4,797, $4,575, $5,339, $3,471 and $6,045, respectively, of the net proceeds received from the sale will remain classified as restricted cash for 360 days following the respective sale dates, which has been reflected as restricted cash in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of September 30, 2020. Refer to Note 7 — Debt for amendment to the $495 Million Credit Facility. As of December 31, 2019, a total amount of $6,045 was reflected as restricted cash in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets for the Genco Raptor. These amounts can be used towards the financing of a replacement vessel or vessels meeting certain requirements and added as collateral under the facility. If such a replacement vessel is not added as collateral within such 360 day period, the Company will be required to use the proceeds as a loan prepayment.  

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On September 20, 2019, the Company entered into an agreement to sell the Genco Champion, a 2006-built Handysize vessel, for $6,600 less a 3.0% broker commission payable to a third party. The sale was completed on October 21, 2019. On August 2, 2019, the Company entered into an agreement to sell the Genco Challenger, a 2003-built Handysize vessel, for $5,250 less a 2.0% broker commission payable to a third party.  The sale was completed on October 10, 2019. The Genco Champion and Genco Challenger served as collateral under the $495 Million Credit Facility; therefore, $6,880 of the net proceeds from the sale of these two vessels was required to be used as a loan prepayment since a replacement vessel was not going to be added as collateral within 180 days following the respective sales dates.

On November 23, 2018, the Company entered into an agreement to sell the Genco Vigour, a 1999-built Panamax vessel, to a third party for $6,550 less a 2.0% broker commission payable to a third party.  The sale was completed on January 28, 2019.  The Genco Vigour did not serve as collateral under any of the Company’s credit facilities.

Refer to the “Impairment of vessel assets” section in Note 2 — Summary of Significant Accounting Policies for discussion of impairment expense recorded during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019 for the aforementioned vessels.

5 - NET LOSS PER SHARE

The computation of basic net loss per share is based on the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during the reporting period. The computation of diluted net loss per share assumes the vesting of nonvested stock awards and the exercise of stock options (refer to Note 13 — Stock-Based Compensation), for which the assumed proceeds upon vesting are deemed to be the amount of compensation cost attributable to future services and are not yet recognized using the treasury stock method, to the extent dilutive. There were 298,716 restricted stock units and 837,338 stock options excluded from the computation of diluted net loss per share during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 because they were anti-dilutive. There were 258,084 restricted stock units and 496,148 stock options excluded from the computation of diluted net loss per share during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019 because they were anti-dilutive (refer to Note 13 — Stock-Based Compensation).

The Company’s diluted net loss per share will also reflect the assumed conversion of the equity warrants issued when the Company emerged from bankruptcy on July 9, 2014 (the “Effective Date”) and MIP Warrants issued by the Company (refer to Note 13 — Stock-Based Compensation) if the impact is dilutive under the treasury stock method. The equity warrants have a 7-year term that commenced on the day following the Effective Date and are exercisable for one tenth of a share of the Company’s common stock. There were no unvested MIP Warrants and 3,936,761 equity warrants excluded from the computation of diluted net loss per share during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019 because they were anti-dilutive.
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The components of the denominator for the calculation of basic and diluted net loss per share are as follows:

		For the Three Months Ended		For the Nine Months Ended		
		September 30, 		September 30, 		
		2020	    	2019	    	2020	    	2019	 	
										
Common shares outstanding, basic:										
Weighted-average common shares outstanding, basic		41,928,682	 	41,749,200		41,898,756	 	41,739,287		
										
Common shares outstanding, diluted:										
Weighted-average common shares outstanding, basic		41,928,682	 	41,749,200		41,898,756	 	41,739,287		
										
Dilutive effect of warrants		—	 	—		—	 	—		
										
Dilutive effect of stock options		—		—		—		—		
										
Dilutive effect of restricted stock awards		—	 	—		—	 	—		
										
Weighted-average common shares outstanding, diluted		41,928,682	 	41,749,200		41,898,756	 	41,739,287		

6 - RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, the Company did not identify any related party transactions.

7 – DEBT

Long-term debt, net consists of the following:

		September 30, 		December 31, 		
	    	2020	    	2019	 	
Principal amount	 	$	475,433	 	$	495,824		
Less: Unamortized debt financing costs		 	(10,650)		 	(13,094)		
Less: Current portion		 	(80,642)		 	(69,747)		
								
Long-term debt, net	 	$	384,141	 	$	412,983		

		September 30, 2020		December 31, 2019		
					Unamortized					Unamortized		
					Debt Issuance					Debt Issuance		
	    	Principal	    	Cost	    	Principal	    	Cost	 	
$495 Million Credit Facility		$	356,993		$	9,081		$	395,724		$	11,642		
$133 Million Credit Facility			118,440			1,569			100,100			1,452		
														
Total debt		$	475,433	 	$	10,650		$	495,824	 	$	13,094		

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As of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, $10,650 and $13,094 of deferred financing costs, respectively, were presented as a direct deduction within the outstanding debt balance in the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.

$495 Million Credit Facility
On May 31, 2018, the Company entered into the $460 Million Credit Facility, a five-year senior secured credit facility for an aggregate amount of up to $460,000 which was used to (i) refinance all of the Company’s prior credit facilities into one facility and (ii) pay down the debt on seven of the Company’s oldest vessels, which have been sold.

On February 28, 2019, the Company entered into an amendment to the $460 Million Credit Facility, which provided an additional tranche of up to $35,000 to finance a portion of the acquisitions, installations, and related costs for scrubbers for 17 of the Company’s Capesize vessels (as so amended, the “$495 Million Credit Facility”). 

On June 5, 2020, the Company entered into an amendment to the $495 Million Credit Facility to extend the period that collateral vessels can be sold or disposed of without prepayment of the loan if a replacement vessel or vessels meeting certain requirements are included as collateral from 180 days to 360 days.

On August 28, 2019, September 23, 2019 and March 12, 2020, the Company made total drawdowns of $9,300, $12,200 and $11,250, respectively, under the $35 million tranche of the $495 Million Credit Facility. As of September 30, 2020, the Company drew down a total of $32,750, and this tranche is considered fully drawn. Scheduled quarterly repayments under this tranche are $2,339.

As of September 30, 2020, there was no availability under the $495 Million Credit Facility. Total debt repayments of $16,660 and $15,000 were made during the three months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019 under the $495 Million Credit Facility, respectively. Total debt repayments of $49,981 and $49,575 were made during the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019 under the $495 Million Credit Facility, respectively.

As of September 30, 2020, the Company was in compliance with all of the financial covenants under the $495 Million Credit Facility.

$133 Million Credit Facility

On August 14, 2018, the Company entered into the $108 Million Credit Facility, a five-year senior secured credit facility that was used to finance a portion of the purchase price of six vessels, which also serve as collateral under the facility, which were delivered to the Company during the three months ended September 30, 2018.

On June 11, 2020, the Company entered into an amendment and restatement agreement to the $108 Million Credit Facility which provided for a revolving credit facility of up to $25,000 (the “Revolver”) for general corporate and working capital purposes (as so amended, the “$133 Million Credit Facility”). The key terms associated with the Revolver are as follows:

	●	The final maturity date of the Revolver is August 14, 2023.	

	●	Borrowings under the Revolver may be incurred pursuant to multiple drawings on or prior to July 1, 2023 in minimum amounts of $1,000.	

	●	Borrowings under the Revolver will bear interest at LIBOR plus 3.00%	

	●	The Revolver is subject to consecutive quarterly commitment reductions commencing on the last day of the fiscal quarter ending September 30, 2020 in an amount equal to approximately $1.9 million each quarter.	
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	●	Borrowings under the Revolver are subject to a limit of 60% for the ratio of outstanding total term and revolver loans to the aggregate appraised value of collateral vessels under the $133 Million Credit Facility.	

The collateral and financial covenants otherwise remain substantially the same as they were under the $108 Million Credit Facility.

On June 15, 2020, the Company drew down $24,000 under the Revolver of the $133 Million Credit Facility.

As of September 30, 2020, there was no availability under the $133 Million Credit Facility. Total debt repayments of $2,380 and $1,580 were made during the three months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019 under the $133 Million Credit Facility, respectively. Total debt repayments of $5,660 and $4,740 were made during the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019 under the $133 Million Credit Facility, respectively.

As of September 30, 2020, the Company was in compliance with all of the financial covenants under the $133 Million Credit Facility.

Interest rates

The following table sets forth the effective interest rate associated with the interest expense for the Company’s debt facilities noted above, including the cost associated with unused commitment fees, if applicable. The following table also includes the range of interest rates on the debt, excluding the impact of unused commitment fees, if applicable:

		For the Three Months Ended		For the Nine Months Ended		
		September 30, 		September 30, 		
	    	2020		2019		2020		  	2019		
Effective Interest Rate		3.23	%  	5.31	%  	3.89	%  	  	5.44	%  	
Range of Interest Rates (excluding unused commitment fees)		2.65 % to 3.56	%  	4.54 % to 5.49	%  	2.65 % to 5.05	%  	  	4.54 % to 5.76	%  	

8 - FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

The fair values and carrying values of the Company’s financial instruments as of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019 which are required to be disclosed at fair value, but not recorded at fair value, are noted below.

		September 30, 2020		December 31, 2019		
	    	Carrying	    			    	Carrying	    			 	
	    	Value	    	Fair Value	    	Value	    	Fair Value	 	
Cash and cash equivalents		$	136,233		$	136,233		$	155,889		$	155,889		
Restricted cash		 	24,542		 	24,542		 	6,360		 	6,360		
Principal amount of floating rate debt		 	475,433		 	475,433		 	495,824		 	495,824		

The carrying value of the borrowings under the $495 Million Credit Facility and the $133 Million Credit Facility as of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019 approximate their fair value due to the variable interest nature thereof as each of these credit facilities represent floating rate loans. The carrying amounts of the Company’s other financial instruments as of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019 (principally Due from charterers and Accounts payable and accrued expenses) approximate fair values because of the relatively short maturity of these instruments.

ASC Subtopic 820-10, “Fair Value Measurements & Disclosures” (“ASC 820-10”), applies to all assets and liabilities that are being measured and reported on a fair value basis. This guidance enables the reader of the financial statements to assess the inputs used to develop those measurements by establishing a hierarchy for ranking the quality and reliability of the information used to determine fair values. The fair value framework requires the categorization of assets and liabilities into three levels based upon the assumption (inputs) used to price the assets or liabilities. Level 1
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provides the most reliable measure of fair value, whereas Level 3 requires significant management judgment. The three levels are defined as follows:

	●	Level 1—Valuations based on quoted prices in active markets for identical instruments that the Company is able to access. Since valuations are based on quoted prices that are readily and regularly available in an active market, valuation of these instruments does not entail a significant degree of judgment.	

	●	Level 2—Valuations based on quoted prices in active markets for instruments that are similar, or quoted prices in markets that are not active for identical or similar instruments, and model-derived valuations in which all significant inputs and significant value drivers are observable in active markets.	

	●	Level 3—Valuations based on inputs that are unobservable and significant to the overall fair value measurement.	

Cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash are considered Level 1 items, as they represent liquid assets with short-term maturities. Floating rate debt is considered to be a Level 2 item, as the Company considers the estimate of rates it could obtain for similar debt or based upon transactions amongst third parties. Nonrecurring fair value measurements include vessel impairment assessments completed during the interim period and at year-end as determined based on third-party quotes, which are based on various data points, including comparable sales of similar vessels, which are Level 2 inputs. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, the vessel assets for seven and 21 of the Company’s vessels, respectively, were written down as part of the impairment recorded during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, respectively. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, the vessel assets for three and five of the Company’s vessels, respectively, were written down as part of the impairment recorded during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, respectively. The vessels held for sale as of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019 were written down as part of the impairment recorded during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively. Refer to the “Impairment of vessel assets” section in Note 2 — Summary of Significant Accounting Policies.

Nonrecurring fair value measurements also include impairment tests conducted by the Company during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019 of its operating lease right-of use assets.  The fair value determination for the operating lease right-of-use assets was based on third party quotes, which is considered a Level 2 input. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, there was no impairment of the operating lease right-of-use assets. During the three months ended September 30, 2019, there was no impairment of the operating lease right-of-use assets. During the nine months ended September 30, 2019, the operating lease right-of-use asset was written down as part of the impairment of right-of-use asset recorded during the nine months ended September 30, 2019. 

The Company did not have any Level 3 financial assets or liabilities as of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019.

9 - ACCOUNTS PAYABLE AND ACCRUED EXPENSES

Accounts payable and accrued expenses consist of the following:

	    	September 30, 	    	December 31, 		
	    	2020	    	2019	 	
Accounts payable		$	9,863		$	26,040		
Accrued general and administrative expenses		 	3,232		 	4,105		
Accrued vessel operating expenses		 	9,878		 	19,459		
Total accounts payable and accrued expenses		$	22,973		$	49,604		

10 – VOYAGE REVENUES

Total voyage revenues include revenue earned on fixed rate time charters, spot market voyage charters and spot market-related time charters, as well as the sale of bunkers consumed during short-term time charters. For the three months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, the Company earned $87,524 and $103,776 of voyage revenue,
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respectively. For the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, the Company earned $260,066 and $280,790 of voyage revenue, respectively.

Revenue for spot market voyage charters is recognized ratably over the total transit time of the voyage which begins when the vessel arrives at the loading port and ends at the time the discharge of cargo is completed at the discharge port in accordance with ASC 606 — Revenue from Contracts with Customers. Spot market voyage charter agreements do not provide the charterers with substantive decision-making rights to direct how and for what purpose the vessel is used, therefore revenue from spot market voyage charters is not within the scope of ASC 842 — Leases (“ASC 842”). Additionally, the Company has identified that the contract fulfillment costs of spot market voyage charters consist primarily of the fuel consumption that is incurred by the Company from the latter of the end of the previous vessel employment and the contract date until the arrival at the loading port in addition to any port expenses incurred prior to arrival at the load port, as well as any charter hire expenses for third-party vessels that are chartered in. The fuel consumption and any port expenses incurred prior to arrival at the load port are capitalized and recorded in Prepaid expenses and other current assets in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets and are amortized ratably over the total transit time of the voyage from arrival at the loading port until the vessel departs from the discharge port and expensed as part of Voyage Expenses. Similarly, for any third party vessels that are chartered in, the charter hire expenses during this period are capitalized and recorded in Prepaid expenses and other current assets in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets and are amortized and expensed as part of Charter hire expenses.

During time charter agreements, including fixed rate time charters and spot market-related time charters, the charterers have substantive decision-making rights to direct how and for what purpose the vessel is used. As such, the Company has identified that time charter agreements contain a lease in accordance with ASC 842. During time charter agreements, the Company is responsible for operating and maintaining the vessels. These costs are recorded as vessel operating expenses in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operation. The Company has elected the practical expedient that allows the Company to combine lease and non-lease components under ASC 842 as the Company believes (1) the timing and pattern of recognizing revenues for operating the vessel is the same as the timing and pattern of recognizing vessel leasing revenue; and (2) the lease component, if accounted for separately, would be classified as an operating lease.

Total voyage revenue recognized in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations includes the following:

														
		For the Three Months Ended		For the Nine Months Ended		
		September 30, 		September 30, 		
	    	2020	    	2019		2020	    	2019		
Lease revenue		$	20,795		$	29,619		$	51,929		$	78,861		
Spot market voyage revenue			66,729			74,157			208,137			201,929		
Total voyage revenues		$	87,524		$	103,776		$	260,066		$	280,790		

11 - LEASES

On June 14, 2019, the Company entered into a sublease agreement for a portion of the leased space for its main office in New York, New York that commenced on July 26, 2019 and will end on September 29, 2025. There was $306 and $918 of sublease income recorded during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, respectively. There was no sublease income recorded during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019 as a result of the free rental period. Sublease income is recorded net with the total operating lease costs in General and administrative expenses in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operation.

The Company charters in third-party vessels and the Company is the lessee in these agreements under ASC 842. The Company has elected the practical expedient under ASC 842 to not recognize right-of-use assets and lease liabilities for short-term leases.  During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, all charter-in agreements for third-party vessels were less than twelve months and considered short-term leases.

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12 – COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

During the second half of 2018, the Company entered into agreements for the purchase of ballast water treatments systems (“BWTS”) for 42 of its vessels.  The cost of these systems will vary based on the size and specifications of each vessel and whether the systems will be installed in China during the vessels’ scheduled drydockings.  Based on the contractual purchase price of the BWTS and the estimated installation fees, the Company estimates the cost of the systems to be approximately $0.9 million for Capesize vessels, $0.6 million for Supramax vessels and $0.5 million for Handysize vessels. These costs will be capitalized and depreciated over the remainder of the life of the vessel.  Prior to any adjustments for vessel impairment and vessel sales, the Company recorded cumulatively $16,446 and $12,783 in Vessel assets in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively, related to BWTS additions.  

On December 21, 2018, the Company entered into agreements to install scrubbers on its 17 Capesize vessels. The Company completed scrubber installation on 16 of its Capesize vessels during 2019 and the remaining Capesize vessel on January 17, 2020. The cost of each scrubber varied according to the specifications of the Company’s vessels and technical aspects of the installation, among other variables. These costs will be capitalized and depreciated over the remainder of the life of the vessel. The Company recorded cumulatively $42,723 and $41,270 in Vessel assets in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively, related to scrubber additions. The Company entered into an amendment to the $495 Million Credit Facility to provide financing to cover a portion of these expenses; refer to Note 7 — Debt for further information.

13 - STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION

2014 Management Incentive Plan

As of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, a total of 0 and 8,557,461 of warrants were outstanding, respectively, under the Genco Shipping & Trading Limited 2014 Management Incentive Plan (the “MIP”). The MIP warrants expired on August 7, 2020.
The MIP Warrants were issued in three tranches for 238,066, 246,701 and 370,979 shares and had exercise prices, as adjusted for dividends declared during the fourth quarter of 2019 and the first quarter of 2020, of $240.89221, $267.11051 and $317.87359 per whole share, respectively.

For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, there was no amortization expense of the fair value of these warrants. As of September 30, 2020, there was no unamortized stock-based compensation for the warrants as all warrants were expired.

2015 Equity Incentive Plan

Stock Options

On February 25, 2020, the Company issued options to purchase 344,568 of the Company’s shares of common stock to certain individuals with an exercise price of $7.06 per share. One third of the options become exercisable on each of the first three anniversaries of February 25, 2020, with accelerated vesting that may occur following a change in control of the Company, and all unexercised options expire on the sixth anniversary of the grant date. The fair value of each option was estimated on the date of the grant using the Cox-Ross-Rubinstein pricing formula, resulting in a value of $2.01 per share, or $693 in the aggregate. The assumptions used in the Cox-Ross-Rubinstein option pricing formula are as follows: volatility of 53.91% (representing the Company’s historical volatility), a risk-free interest rate of 1.41%, a dividend yield of 7.13%, and expected life of 4 years (determined using the simplified method as outlined in SAB Topic 14 due to lack of historical exercise data).

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For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, the Company recognized amortization expense of the fair value of these options, which is included in General and administrative expenses, as follows:

		For the Three Months Ended		For the Nine Months Ended		
		September 30, 		September 30, 		
		2020		2019		2020	    	2019	 	
General and administrative expenses		$	195		$	232		$	592		$	642		

Amortization of the unamortized stock-based compensation balance of $684 as of September 30, 2020 is expected to be expensed $194, $367, $111 and $12 during the remainder of 2020 and during the years ended December 31, 2021, 2022 and 2023, respectively. The following table summarizes the unvested option activity for the nine months ended September 30, 2020:

				Weighted		Weighted			
		Number		Average		Average			
		of		Exercise		Fair			
	    	Options	    	Price	    	Value	    		
Outstanding at January 1, 2020 - Unvested	 	322,279	 	$	9.41			4.72			
Granted	 	344,568			7.06			2.01			
Exercisable	 	(119,923)			9.87			5.05			
Exercised	 	—			—			—			
Forfeited	 	(3,378)			8.07			3.76			
											
Outstanding at September 30, 2020 - Unvested	 	543,546	 	$	7.83		$	2.94			

The following table summarizes certain information about the options outstanding as of September 30, 2020:

			Options Outstanding and Unvested,		Options Outstanding and Exercisable,		
			September 30, 2020		September 30, 2020		
Weighted							Weighted				 			Weighted		
Average	 			Weighted		Average				Weighted		Average		
Exercise Price of	 			Average		Remaining				Average		Remaining		
Outstanding		Number of		Exercise		Contractual		Number of		Exercise		Contractual		
Options	    	Options	    	Price	    	Life	    	Options	    	Price	    	Life	 	
$	8.86	 	543,546		$	7.83		4.97		293,792		$	10.78		3.26		

As of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, a total of 837,338 and 496,148 stock options were outstanding, respectively.

Restricted Stock Units

The Company has issued restricted stock units (“RSUs”) under the 2015 Plan to certain members of the Board of Directors and certain executives and employees of the Company, which represent the right to receive a share of common stock, or in the sole discretion of the Company’s Compensation Committee, the value of a share of common stock on the date that the RSU vests. As of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, 373,588 and 326,247 shares of the Company’s common stock were outstanding in respect of the RSUs, respectively. Such shares of common stock will only be issued in respect of vested RSUs issued to directors when the director’s service with the Company as a director terminates. Such shares of common stock will only be issued to executives and employees when their RSUs vest under the terms of their grant agreements and the amended 2015 Plan described above.

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The RSUs that have been issued to certain members of the Board of Directors generally vest on the date of the annual shareholders meeting of the Company following the date of the grant. In lieu of cash dividends issued for vested and nonvested shares held by certain members of the Board of Directors, the Company will grant additional vested and nonvested RSUs, respectively, which are calculated by dividing the amount of the dividend by the closing price per share of the Company’s common stock on the dividend payment date and will have the same terms as other RSUs issued to members of the Board of Directors.  The RSUs that have been issued to other individuals vest ratably on each of the three anniversaries of the determined vesting date. The table below summarizes the Company’s unvested RSUs for the nine months ended September 30, 2020:

			Weighted		
	Number of		Average Grant		
	RSUs		Date Price		
Outstanding at January 1, 2020	162,096		$	9.26		
Granted	221,466			6.80		
Vested	(83,356)			9.08		
Forfeited	(1,490)			8.39		
						
Outstanding at September 30, 2020	298,716		$	7.49		

The total fair value of the RSUs that vested during the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019 was $548 and $230, respectively. The total fair value is calculated as the number of shares vested during the period multiplied by the fair value on the vesting date.

The following table summarizes certain information of the RSUs unvested and vested as of September 30, 2020:

Unvested RSUs		Vested RSUs		
September 30, 2020		September 30, 2020		
				Weighted						
		Weighted		Average				Weighted		
		Average		Remaining				Average		
Number of		Grant Date		Contractual		Number of		Grant Date		
RSUs	    	Price	    	Life	    	RSUs	    	Price	 	
298,716		$	7.49		1.84		505,578		$	11.08		

The Company is amortizing these grants over the applicable vesting periods, net of anticipated forfeitures. As of September 30, 2020, unrecognized compensation cost of $1,191 related to RSUs will be recognized over a weighted-average period of 1.84 years.

For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, the Company recognized nonvested stock amortization expense for the RSUs, which is included in General and administrative expenses as follows:

	    	For the Three Months Ended		For the Nine Months Ended		
		September 30, 		September 30, 		
		2020		2019	    	2020	    	2019	 	
General and administrative expenses		$	339		$	343		$	899		$	954		

14 - LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
From time to time, the Company may be subject to legal proceedings and claims in the ordinary course of its business, principally personal injury and property casualty claims. Such claims, even if lacking merit, could result in the expenditure of significant financial and managerial resources. The Company is not aware of any legal proceedings or claims that it believes will have, individually or in the aggregate, a material effect on the Company, its financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.

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15 – SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
On November 4, 2020, the Company announced a regular quarterly dividend of $0.02 per share to be paid on or about November 25, 2020 to shareholders of record as of November 17, 2020. The aggregate amount of the dividend is expected to be approximately $0.8 million, which the Company anticipates will be funded from cash on hand at the time the payment is to be made.

On November 3, 2020, the Company entered into an agreement to sell the Baltic Panther, a 2009-built Supramax vessel, to a third party for $7,510 less a 3.0% commission payable to a third party. The sale of the vessel is expected to be completed during the fourth quarter of 2020. Refer to Note 2 — Summary of Significant Accounting Policies regarding the impairment recorded for this vessel during the third quarter of 2020.

On October 16, 2020, the Company entered into an agreement to sell the Genco Loire, a 2009-built Supramax vessel, to a third party for $7,650 less a 2.0% commission payable to a third party. The sale of the vessel is expected to be completed during the fourth quarter of 2020. Refer to Note 2 — Summary of Significant Accounting Policies regarding the impairment recorded for this vessel during the third quarter of 2020.

On October 16, 2020, the Company completed the sale of the Baltic Jaguar, a 2009-built Supramax vessel, to a third party for $7,300 less a 3.0% broker commission payable to a third party.  Additionally, on October 1, 2020, the Company completed the sale of the Genco Bay, a 2010-built Handysize vessel, to a third party for $7,900 less a 2.0% broker commission payable to a third party.  The vessel assets for the Baltic Jaguar and Genco Bay have been classified as held for sale in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as of September 30, 2020.  Refer also to Note 4 — Vessel Acquisitions and Dispositions.  The Company expects to record a net loss on the sale of the Baltic Jaguar during the fourth quarter of 2020 of between approximately $200 and $400. The Company expects to record a net loss on the sale of the Genco Bay during the fourth quarter of 2020 between $300 and $500.

These vessels served as collateral under the $495 Million Credit Facility; therefore, $4,054 and $4,798 of the net proceeds received from the sale of the Baltic Jaguar and Genco Bay, respectively, will remain classified as restricted cash for 360 days following the sale date.  That amount can be used towards the financing of a replacement vessel or vessels meeting certain requirements and added as collateral under the facility.  If such a replacement vessel is not added as collateral within such 360 day period, the Company will be required to use the proceeds as a loan prepayment.

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ITEM 2.       MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

"Safe Harbor" Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995
This report contains forward-looking statements made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements use words such as “anticipate,” “budget”, “estimate,” “expect,” “project,” “intend,” “plan,” “believe,” and other words and terms of similar meaning in connection with a discussion of potential future events, circumstances or future operating or financial performance. These forward-looking statements are based on our management’s current expectations and observations. Included among the factors that, in our view, could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward looking statements contained in this report are the following: (i) declines or sustained weakness in demand in the drybulk shipping industry; (ii) continuation of weakness or declines in drybulk shipping rates; (iii) changes in the supply of or demand for drybulk products, generally or in particular regions; (iv) changes in the supply of drybulk carriers including newbuilding of vessels or lower than anticipated scrapping of older vessels; (v) changes in rules and regulations applicable to the cargo industry, including, without limitation, legislation adopted by international organizations or by individual countries and actions taken by regulatory authorities; (vi) increases in costs and expenses including but not limited to: crew wages, insurance, provisions, lube oil, bunkers, repairs, maintenance, general and administrative expenses, and management fee expenses; (vii) whether our insurance arrangements are adequate; (viii) changes in general domestic and international political conditions; (ix) acts of war, terrorism, or piracy; (x) changes in the condition of the Company’s vessels or applicable maintenance or regulatory standards (which may affect, among other things, our anticipated drydocking or maintenance and repair costs) and unanticipated drydock expenditures; (xi) the Company’s acquisition or disposition of vessels; (xii) the amount of offhire time needed to complete maintenance, repairs, and installation of equipment to comply with applicable regulations on vessels and the timing and amount of any reimbursement by our insurance carriers for insurance claims, including offhire days; (xiii) the completion of definitive documentation with respect to charters; (xiv) charterers’ compliance with the terms of their charters in the current market environment; (xv) the extent to which our operating results continue to be affected by weakness in market conditions and freight and charter rates; (xvi) our ability to maintain contracts that are critical to our operation, to obtain and maintain acceptable terms with our vendors, customers and service providers and to retain key executives, managers and employees; (xvii) completion of documentation for vessel transactions and the performance of the terms thereof by buyers or sellers of vessels and us; (xviii) the relative cost and availability of low sulfur and high sulfur fuel or any additional scrubbers we may seek to install; (xix) our ability to realize the economic benefits or recover the cost of the scrubbers we have installed; (xx) worldwide compliance with sulfur emissions regulations that took effect on January 1, 2020; (xxi) our financial results for the year ending December 31, 2020 and other factors relating to determination of the tax treatment of dividends we have declared; (xxii) the duration and impact of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus epidemic, which may negatively affect general global and regional economic conditions, our ability to charter our vessels at all and the rates at which are able to do so; our ability to call on or depart from ports on a timely basis or at all; our ability to crew, maintain, and repair our vessels, including without limitation the impact diversion of our vessels to perform crew rotations may have on our revenues, expenses, and ability to consummate vessel sales, expense and disruption to our operations that may arise from the inability to rotate crews on schedule, and delay and added expense we may incur in rotating crews in the current environment; our ability to staff and maintain our headquarters and administrative operations; sources of cash and liquidity; our ability to sell vessels in the secondary market, including without limitation the compliance of purchasers and us with the terms of vessel sale contracts, and the prices at which vessels are sold; and other factors relevant to our business described from time to time in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission; and (xxiii) other factors listed from time to time in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including, without limitation, our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019 and subsequent reports on Form 8-K and Form 10-Q. Our ability to pay dividends in any period will depend upon various factors, including the limitations under any credit agreements to which we may be a party, applicable provisions of Marshall Islands law and the final determination by the Board of Directors each quarter after its review of our financial performance. The timing and amount of dividends, if any, could also be affected by factors affecting cash flows, results of operations, required capital expenditures, or reserves. As a result, the amount of dividends actually paid may vary. We do not undertake any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

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The following management’s discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with our historical consolidated financial statements and the related notes included in this Form 10-Q.

General

We are a Marshall Islands company that transports iron ore, coal, grain, steel products and other drybulk cargoes along worldwide shipping routes through the ownership and operation of drybulk carrier vessels. After the sale of one of our Handysize vessels and one of our Supramax vessels during October 2020, our fleet currently consists of 49 drybulk vessels, including 17 Capesize drybulk carriers, six Ultramax drybulk carriers, 19 Supramax drybulk carriers and seven Handysize drybulk carriers, with an aggregate carrying capacity of approximately 4,680,000 dwt and an average age of approximately 10.3 years. We seek to deploy our vessels on time charters, spot market voyage charters, spot market-related time charters or in vessel pools trading in the spot market, to reputable charterers.

See pages 36 - 37 for a table of our current fleet.

Genco’s approach towards fleet composition is to own a high-quality fleet of vessels that focuses primarily on Capesize, Ultramax and Supramax vessels. This approach of owning ships that transport both major and minor bulk commodities provide us with exposure to a wide range of drybulk trade flows. We employ an active commercial strategy which consists of a global team located in the U.S., Copenhagen and Singapore. Overall, our fleet deployment strategy remains weighted towards short-term fixtures, which provides us with optionality on our sizeable fleet.   In addition to both short and long-term time charters, we fix our vessels on spot market voyage charters as well as spot market-related time charters depending on market conditions and management’s outlook.

COVID-19

In March 2020, the World Health Organization (the “WHO”) declared the outbreak of a novel coronavirus strain, or COVID-19, to be a pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic is having widespread, rapidly evolving, and unpredictable impacts on global society, economies, financial markets, and business practices. Governments have implemented measures in an effort to contain the virus, including social distancing, travel restrictions, border closures, limitations on public gatherings, working from home, supply chain logistical changes, and closure of non-essential businesses. This has led to a significant slowdown in overall economic activity levels globally and a decline in demand for certain of the raw materials that our vessels transport.

Drybulk shipping rates, and therefore our voyage revenues, depend to a significant degree on global economic activity levels and specifically, economic activity in China. As the world’s second largest economy, China is the largest importer of drybulk commodities globally, which drives demand for iron ore, coal and other cargoes we carry. In particular, earlier in the year, the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in reduced industrial activity in China on which our business is substantially dependent, with temporary closures of factories and other facilities. The pandemic resulted in a 6.8% contraction in China’s GDP during the first quarter of 2020, with the most significant impact occurring in January and February. Since March, China has shown substantial improvement, as various economic indicators such as fixed asset investment and industrial production rose as compared to the previous months of the year, which led to GDP growth of 3.2% and 4.9% during the second and third quarters of 2020, respectively. However, economic activity levels in regions outside of China declined significantly beginning in the first quarter of 2020 and continuing into the second quarter of the year due to various forms of nationwide shutdowns being imposed to prevent the spread of COVID-19. India, Japan, Europe and the U.S., which are important drivers of demand for drybulk trade, have seen meaningful contractions in economic output in the year to date. Several economies around the world have begun to gradually ease measures taken earlier in 2020 resulting in improved activity levels from earlier year lows. The impact of the economic contraction remains highly dependent on the trajectory of COVID-19, which is uncertain.

While global economic activity levels, led by China, have improved, the outlook for China and the rest of the world remains uncertain and is highly dependent on the path of COVID-19 and measures taken by governments around the world in response to it. Drybulk commodities that are closely tied to global GDP growth, such as coal and various minor bulk cargoes, have experienced reduced trade flows to date due to lower end user demand resulting from a decline
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in global economic activity. As countries worldwide began to gradually reopen their respective economies since June 2020, trade flows and demand for raw materials have increased during the third quarter of 2020. Drybulk spot freight rates increased off of the year to date lows towards the end of the second quarter and have remained firm in the second half of 2020 to date. During the fourth quarter of 2020, there has been a resurgence of the virus in some European countries and the U.S. that may impact the sustainability of this recovery.

As our vessels continue to trade commodities globally, we have taken measures to safeguard our crew and work toward preventing the spread of COVID-19. Crew members have received gloves, face masks, hand sanitizer, goggles and handheld thermometers. Genco requires its vessel crews to wear masks when in contact with other individuals who board the vessel. We continue to monitor the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (the “CDC”) and the WHO guidelines and are also limiting access of shore personnel boarding our vessels. Specifically, no shore personnel with fever or respiratory symptoms are allowed on board, and those that are allowed on board are restricted to designated areas that are thoroughly cleaned after their use. Face masks are also provided to shore personnel prior to boarding a vessel. Precautionary materials are posted in common areas to supplement safety training while personal hygiene best practices are strongly encouraged on board.

We have implemented protocols with regard to crew rotations to keep our crew members safe and healthy which includes polymerase chain reaction (PCR) antibody testing as well as a 14-day quarantine period prior to boarding a vessel. Genco is enacting crew changes where permitted by regulations of the ports and of the country of origin of the mariners, in addition to strict protocols that safeguard our crews against COVID-19 exposure. Crew rotations have been challenging in recent months due to port and travel restrictions globally, as well as promoting the health and safety of both on and off signing crew members.

Onshore, our offices located in New York and Singapore are temporarily closed with our personnel working remotely. Our office in Copenhagen reopened in June 2020 following approximately three months during which our team worked remotely. Regarding our headquarters in New York, we are planning to implement a phased-in approach towards reopening the office; however a return date has not yet been determined. We currently have placed a ban on all non-essential travel.

The COVID-19 pandemic and measures to contain its spread thus have negatively impacted and could continue to impact regional and global economies and trade patterns in markets in which we operate, the way we operate our business, and the businesses of our charterers and suppliers. These impacts may continue or become more severe. Although we have successfully completed a number of crew changes during the third quarter of 2020, additional crew changes could remain challenging due to COVID-19 related factors. The extent to which the COVID-19 pandemic impacts our business going forward will depend on numerous evolving factors we cannot reliably predict, including the duration and scope of the pandemic; governmental, business, and individuals’ actions in response to the pandemic; and the impact on economic activity, including the possibility of recession or financial market instability.

U.S.-China Trade Dispute

Over the course of 2018 and 2019, the United States imposed a series of tariffs on several goods imported from various countries. Certain of these countries, including China, undertook retaliatory actions by implementing tariffs on select U.S. products. Most notably in terms of drybulk trade volumes is China’s tariff placed upon U.S. soybean exports, which could adversely affect drybulk rates. With the signing of the “phase one” trade agreement between China and the U.S. in January 2020, China has agreed in principle to purchase meaningful quantities of agricultural products, including soybeans, from the U.S.  Peak North American grain season historically ramps up during the fourth quarter. In recent months, China has agreed to purchase large amounts of agricultural products that are transported on drybulk vessels. While volumes are expected to exceed those in recent years, it remains to be seen if trade volumes from the U.S. to China will approach levels prior to the trade dispute. A further deterioration in the trading relationship or a re-escalation of protectionist measures taken between these countries or others could lead to reduced volumes of drybulk trade.

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IMO 2020 Compliance

On October 27, 2016, the Marine Environment Protection Committee (“MEPC”) of the International Maritime Organization (“IMO”) announced the ratification of regulations mandating reduction in sulfur emissions from 3.5% currently to 0.5% as of the beginning of 2020 rather than pushing the deadline back to 2025. Accordingly, ships now have to reduce sulfur emissions, for which the principal solutions are the use of exhaust gas cleaning systems (“scrubbers”) or buying fuel with low sulfur content. If a vessel is not retrofitted with a scrubber, it will need to use low sulfur fuel, which is currently more expensive than standard marine fuel containing 3.5% sulfur content.  This increased demand for low sulfur fuel resulted in an increase in prices for such fuel during the beginning of 2020. Following a decrease during the second quarter of 2020, fuel prices began to increase again during the third quarter of 2020 and continue to increase due to such demand.

We have installed scrubbers on our 17 Capesize vessels, 16 of which were completed during 2019 and one of which was completed in January 2020.  The remainder of our fleet has begun consuming compliant, low sulfur fuel beginning in 2020, although we intend to continue to evaluate other options.  During the course of 2019, we sold four of our vessels. Additionally, we have sold two of our vessels during the first quarter of 2020, sold two vessels during the third quarter of 2020, sold two vessels during October 2020 and entered into agreements to sell three additional vessels for which the sale is expected to be completed during the fourth quarter of 2020. We will continue to seek opportunities to renew our fleet going forward. 

Our Operations

We report financial information and evaluate our operations by charter revenues and not by the length of ship employment for our customers, i.e., spot or time charters.  Each of our vessels serves the same type of customer, has similar operations and maintenance requirements, operates in the same regulatory environment, and is subject to similar economic characteristics. Based on this, we have determined that we operate in one reportable segment in which we are engaged in the ocean transportation of drybulk cargoes worldwide through the ownership and operation of drybulk carrier vessels. 

Our management team and our other employees are responsible for the commercial and strategic management of our fleet. Commercial management includes the negotiation of charters for vessels, managing the mix of various types of charters, such as time charters, spot market voyage charters and spot market-related time charters, and monitoring the performance of our vessels under their charters. Strategic management includes locating, purchasing, financing and selling vessels. We currently contract with three independent technical managers to provide technical management of our fleet at a lower cost than we believe would be possible in-house. Technical management involves the day-to-day management of vessels, including performing routine maintenance, attending to vessel operations and arranging for crews and supplies. Members of our New York City-based management team oversee the activities of our independent technical managers.

Factors Affecting Our Results of Operations

We believe that the following table reflects important measures for analyzing trends in our results of operations. The table reflects our ownership days, chartered-in days, available days, operating days, fleet utilization, TCE rates and daily vessel operating expenses for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019 on a consolidated basis. 

													
		For the Three Months Ended						 	
		September 30, 		Increase			 	
	    	2020	    	2019	    	(Decrease)	    	% Change	 	
Fleet Data:												 	
Ownership days (1)													
Capesize	 		1,564.0			1,564.0			—	 	—	%	
Panamax	 		—			184.0			(184.0)	 	(100.0)	%	
Ultramax	 		552.0			552.0			—	 	—	%	
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		For the Three Months Ended						 	
		September 30, 		Increase			 	
	    	2020	    	2019	    	(Decrease)	    	% Change	 	
Supramax	 		1,840.0			1,840.0			—	 	—	%	
Handymax	 		—			—			—	 	—	%	
Handysize	 		773.3			1,196.0			(422.7)	 	(35.3)	%	
													
Total	 		4,729.3			5,336.0			(606.7)	 	(11.4)	%	
													
Chartered-in days (2)													
Capesize			—			103.5			(103.5)		(100.0)	%	
Panamax			—			—			—		—	%	
Ultramax			82.2			—			82.2		100.0	%	
Supramax			60.6			247.5			(186.9)	 	(75.5)	%	
Handymax			—			—			—		—	%	
Handysize			2.5			79.2			(76.7)		(96.8)	%	
													
Total			145.3			430.2			(284.9)		(66.2)	%	
													
Available days (owned & chartered-in fleet) (3)													
Capesize	 		1,551.2			1,220.2			331.0	 	27.1	%	
Panamax	 		—			183.7			(183.7)	 	(100.0)	%	
Ultramax	 		633.8			532.9			100.9	 	18.9	%	
Supramax	 		1,829.2			1,955.1			(125.9)	 	(6.4)	%	
Handymax	 		—			—			—	 	—	%	
Handysize	 		758.9			1,273.1			(514.2)	 	(40.4)	%	
													
Total	 		4,773.1			5,165.0			(391.9)	 	(7.6)	%	
													
Available days (owned fleet) (4)													
Capesize			1,551.2			1,116.7			434.5	 	38.9	%	
Panamax			—			183.7			(183.7)	 	(100.0)	%	
Ultramax			551.6			532.9			18.7	 	3.5	%	
Supramax			1,768.6			1,707.6			61.0	 	3.6	%	
Handymax			—			—			—	 	—	%	
Handysize			756.4			1,193.9			(437.5)	 	(36.6)	%	
													
Total			4,627.8			4,734.8			(107.0)	 	(2.3)	%	
													
Operating days (5)													
Capesize	 		1,513.5			1,213.5			300.0	 	24.7	%	
Panamax	 		—			183.7			(183.7)	 	(100.0)	%	
Ultramax	 		625.4			530.9			94.5	 	17.8	%	
Supramax	 		1,814.0			1,940.5			(126.5)	 	(6.5)	%	
Handymax	 		—			—			—	 	—	%	
Handysize	 		673.4			1,261.2			(587.8)	 	(46.6)	%	
													
Total	 		4,626.3			5,129.8			(503.5)	 	(9.8)	%	
													
Fleet utilization (6)													
Capesize	 		96.8	%  		98.3	%  		(1.5)	%  	(1.5)	%	
Panamax	 		—	%  		99.9	%  		(99.9)	%  	(100.0)	%  	
Ultramax	 		98.6	%  		99.6	%  		(1.0)	%  	(1.0)	%	
Supramax	 		97.9	%  		99.0	%  		(1.1)	%  	(1.1)	%	
Handymax	 		—	%  		—	%  		—	%  	—	%	
Handysize	 		88.7	%  		99.1	%  		(10.4)	%  	(10.5)	%	
													
Fleet average	 		96.2	%  		98.9	%  		(2.7)	%  	(2.7)	%	

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		For the Three Months Ended							
		September 30, 		Increase				
	    	2020	    	2019	    	(Decrease)	    	% Change	 	
Average Daily Results:													
Time Charter Equivalent (7)													
Capesize		$	16,287		$	16,311		$	(24)	 	(0.1)	%	
Panamax		 	—		 	14,747		 	(14,747)	 	(100.0)	%	
Ultramax		 	10,965		 	12,634		 	(1,669)	 	(13.2)	%	
Supramax		 	9,523		 	9,989		 	(466)	 	(4.7)	%	
Handymax		 	—		 	—		 	—	 	—	%	
Handysize		 	6,445		 	8,945		 	(2,500)	 	(27.9)	%	
													
Fleet average		 	11,456		 	11,687		 	(231)	 	(2.0)	%	
													
Daily vessel operating expenses (8)													
Capesize		$	5,255		$	5,174		$	81	 	1.6	%	
Panamax		 	—		 	4,809		 	(4,809)	 	(100.0)	%	
Ultramax		 	5,709		 	4,841		 	868	 	17.9	%	
Supramax		 	4,786		 	4,550		 	236	 	5.2	%	
Handymax		 	—		 	—		 	—	 	—	%	
Handysize		 	4,191		 	3,920		 	271	 	6.9	%	
													
Fleet average		 	4,961		 	4,631		 	330	 	7.1	%	

		For the Nine Months Ended						 	
		September 30, 		Increase			 	
	    	2020	    	2019	    	(Decrease)	    	% Change	 	
Fleet Data:													
Ownership days (1)													
Capesize	 		4,658.0			4,641.0			17.0	 	0.4	%	
Panamax	 		64.8			573.2			(508.4)	 	(88.7)	%	
Ultramax	 		1,644.0			1,638.0			6.0	 	0.4	%	
Supramax	 		5,480.0			5,460.0			20.0	 	0.4	%	
Handymax	 		—			—			—	 	—	%	
Handysize	 		2,648.0			3,549.0			(901.0)	 	(25.4)	%	
													
Total	 		14,494.8			15,861.2			(1,366.4)	 	(8.6)	%	
													
Chartered-in days (2)													
Capesize			—			182.9			(182.9)		(100.0)	%	
Panamax			—			—			—		—	%	
Ultramax			374.7			96.3			278.4		289.1	%	
Supramax			363.5			529.3			(165.8)	 	(31.3)	%	
Handymax			14.5			17.4			(2.9)		(16.7)	%	
Handysize			63.2			244.8			(181.6)		(74.2)	%	
													
Total			815.9			1,070.7			(254.8)		(23.8)	%	
													
Available days (owned & chartered-in fleet) (3)													
Capesize	 		4,609.5			4,258.9			350.6	 	8.2	%	
Panamax	 		64.4			572.9			(508.5)	 	(88.8)	%	
Ultramax	 		1,939.4			1,715.1			224.3	 	13.1	%	
Supramax	 		5,581.8			5,686.2			(104.4)	 	(1.8)	%	
Handymax	 		14.5			17.4			(2.9)	 	(16.7)	%	
Handysize	 		2,681.1			3,733.9			(1,052.8)	 	(28.2)	%	
													
Total	 		14,890.7			15,984.4			(1,093.7)	 	(6.8)	%	
													
Available days (owned fleet) (4)													
Capesize			4,609.5			4,076.0			533.5	 	13.1	%	
Panamax			64.4			572.9			(508.5)	 	(88.8)	%	
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		For the Nine Months Ended						 	
		September 30, 		Increase			 	
	    	2020	    	2019	    	(Decrease)	    	% Change	 	
Ultramax			1,564.7			1,618.8			(54.1)	 	(3.3)	%	
Supramax			5,218.3			5,156.9			61.4	 	1.2	%	
Handymax			—			—			—	 	—	%	
Handysize			2,617.9			3,489.1			(871.2)	 	(25.0)	%	
													
Total			14,074.8			14,913.7			(838.9)	 	(5.6)	%	
													
Operating days (5)													
Capesize	 		4,570.4			4,219.0			351.4	 	8.3	%	
Panamax	 		60.1			565.4			(505.3)	 	(89.4)	%	
Ultramax	 		1,929.6			1,672.7			256.9	 	15.4	%	
Supramax	 		5,521.3			5,609.5			(88.2)	 	(1.6)	%	
Handymax	 		14.5			17.4			(2.9)	 	(16.7)	%	
Handysize	 		2,479.8			3,652.9			(1,173.1)	 	(32.1)	%	
													
Total	 		14,575.7			15,736.9			(1,161.2)	 	(7.4)	%	
													
Fleet utilization (6)													
Capesize	 		98.5	%  		98.3	%  		0.2	%	0.2	%	
Panamax	 		92.7	%  		98.6	%  		(5.9)	%  	(6.0)	%	
Ultramax	 		99.5	%  		97.5	%  		2.0	%  	2.1	%	
Supramax	 		98.0	%  		97.8	%  		0.2	%	0.2	%	
Handymax	 		100.0	%  		—	%  		100.0	%	100.0	%	
Handysize	 		92.0	%  		97.8	%  		(5.8)	%	(5.9)	%	
													
Fleet average	 		97.3	%  		97.9	%  		(0.6)	%	(0.6)	%	

													
		For the Nine Months Ended							
		September 30, 		Increase				
	    	2020	    	2019	    	(Decrease)	    	% Change	 	
Average Daily Results:													
Time Charter Equivalent (7)													
Capesize		$	14,147		$	11,549		$	2,598	 	22.5	%	
Panamax		 	5,365		 	10,935		 	(5,570)	 	(50.9)	%	
Ultramax		 	9,028		 	10,298		 	(1,270)	 	(12.3)	%	
Supramax		 	7,136		 	8,588		 	(1,452)	 	(16.9)	%	
Handymax		 	—		 	—		 	—	 	—	%	
Handysize		 	5,328		 	7,488		 	(2,160)	 	(28.8)	%	
													
Fleet average		 	9,307		 	9,405		 	(98)	 	(1.0)	%	
													
Daily vessel operating expenses (8)													
Capesize		$	5,064		$	5,065		$	(1)	 	(0.0)	%	
Panamax		 	3,149		 	4,538		 	(1,389)	 	(30.6)	%	
Ultramax		 	4,728		 	4,628		 	100	 	2.2	%	
Supramax		 	4,396		 	4,426		 	(30)	 	(0.7)	%	
Handymax		 	—		 	—		 	—	 	—	%	
Handysize		 	3,967		 	4,060		 	(93)	 	(2.3)	%	
													
Fleet average		 	4,576		 	4,556		 	20	 	0.4	%	

Definitions

In order to understand our discussion of our results of operations, it is important to understand the meaning of the following terms used in our analysis and the factors that influence our results of operations.

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(1) Ownership days. We define ownership days as the aggregate number of days in a period during which each vessel in our fleet has been owned by us. Ownership days are an indicator of the size of our fleet over a period and affect both the amount of revenues and the amount of expenses that we record during a period.

(2) Chartered-in days. We define chartered-in days as the aggregate number of days in a period during which we chartered-in third-party vessels.

(3) Available days (owned and chartered-in fleet). We define available days, which we have recently updated and incorporated in the table above to better demonstrate the manner in which we evaluate our business, as the number of our ownership days and chartered-in days less the aggregate number of days that our vessels are off-hire due to familiarization upon acquisition, repairs or repairs under guarantee, vessel upgrades or special surveys. Companies in the shipping industry generally use available days to measure the number of days in a period during which vessels should be capable of generating revenues.

(4) Available days (owned fleet). We define available days for the owned fleet as available days less chartered-in days.

(5) Operating days. We define operating days as the number of our total available days in a period less the aggregate number of days that our vessels are off-hire due to unforeseen circumstances. The shipping industry uses operating days to measure the aggregate number of days in a period during which vessels actually generate revenues.

(6) Fleet utilization. We calculate fleet utilization, which we have recently updated and incorporated in the table above to better demonstrate the manner in which we evaluate our business, as the number of our operating days during a period divided by the number of ownership days plus chartered-in days less drydocking days.

(7) TCE rates. We define TCE rates as our voyage revenues less voyage expenses and charter-hire expenses, divided by the number of the available days of our owned fleet during the period. TCE rate is a common shipping industry performance measure used primarily to compare daily earnings generated by vessels on time charters with daily earnings generated by vessels on voyage charters, because charterhire rates for vessels on voyage charters are generally not expressed in per-day amounts while charterhire rates for vessels on time charters generally are expressed in such amounts.

		For the Three Months Ended		For the Nine Months Ended		
		September 30, 		September 30, 		
	    	2020	    	2019	    	2020	    	2019	 	
Voyage revenues (in thousands)		$	87,524		$	103,776		$	260,066		$	280,790		
Voyage expenses (in thousands)		 	33,487		 	42,967		 	123,550		 	127,789		
Charter hire expenses (in thousands)			1,020			5,475			5,527			12,743		
		 	53,017			55,334		 	130,989		 	140,258		
Total available days for owned fleet		 	4,628		 	4,735		 	14,075		 	14,914		
Total TCE rate		$	11,456		$	11,687		$	9,307		$	9,405		

(8) Daily vessel operating expenses.  We define daily vessel operating expenses to include crew wages and related costs, the cost of insurance expenses relating to repairs and maintenance (excluding drydocking), the costs of spares and consumable stores, tonnage taxes and other miscellaneous expenses. Daily vessel operating expenses are calculated by dividing vessel operating expenses by ownership days for the relevant period.

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Operating Data

The following table represents the operating data for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019 on a consolidated basis.

		For the Three Months Ended						 	
		September 30, 						 	
	    	2020	    	2019	    	Change	    	% Change	 	
	
		(U.S. dollars in thousands, except for per share amounts)	 	
Revenue:													
Voyage revenues	 	$	87,524	 	$	103,776	 	$	(16,252)	 	(15.7)	%	
													
Total revenues		 	87,524		 	103,776		 	(16,252)	 	(15.7)	%	
													
Operating Expenses:													
Voyage expenses		 	33,487		 	42,967		 	(9,480)	 	(22.1)	%	
Vessel operating expenses		 	23,460		 	24,711		 	(1,251)	 	(5.1)	%	
Charter hire expenses			1,020			5,475			(4,455)		(81.4)	%	
General and administrative expenses (inclusive of nonvested stock amortization expense of $534 and $575, respectively)		 	5,115		 	6,144		 	(1,029)	 	(16.7)	%	
Technical management fees			1,739			1,885			(146)		(7.7)	%	
Depreciation and amortization		 	16,115		 	18,184		 	(2,069)	 	(11.4)	%	
Impairment of vessel assets		 	21,896			12,182			9,714		79.7	%	
Loss on sale of vessels		 	358			—			358		100.0	%	
													
Total operating expenses		 	103,190		 	111,548		 	(8,358)	 	(7.5)	%	
													
Operating loss		 	(15,666)		 	(7,772)		 	(7,894)	 	101.6	%	
Other expense		 	(5,432)		 	(6,819)		 	1,387	 	(20.3)	%	
													
Net loss		$	(21,098)		$	(14,591)		$	(6,507)	 	44.6	%	
													
Net loss per share - basic	 	$	(0.50)	 	$	(0.35)		$	(0.15)	 	42.9	%	
Net loss per share - diluted	 	$	(0.50)	 	$	(0.35)		$	(0.15)	 	42.9	%	
Weighted average common shares outstanding - basic		 	41,928,682		 	41,749,200		 	179,482	 	0.4	%	
Weighted average common shares outstanding - diluted		 	41,928,682		 	41,749,200		 	179,482	 	0.4	%	
													
EBITDA (1)	 	$	13	 	$	10,498	 	$	(10,485)	 	(99.9)	%	

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		For the Nine Months Ended						 	
		September 30, 						 	
	    	2020	    	2019	    	Change	    	% Change	 	
	
		(U.S. dollars in thousands, except for per share amounts)	 	
Revenue:													
Voyage revenues	 	$	260,066	 	$	280,790	 	$	(20,724)	 	(7.4)	%	
													
Total revenues		 	260,066		 	280,790		 	(20,724)	 	(7.4)	%	
													
Operating Expenses:													
Voyage expenses		 	123,550		 	127,789		 	(4,239)	 	(3.3)	%	
Vessel operating expenses		 	66,332		 	72,260		 	(5,928)	 	(8.2)	%	
Charter hire expenses			5,527			12,743			(7,216)		(56.6)	%	
General and administrative expenses (inclusive of nonvested stock amortization expense of $1,491 and $1,596, respectively)		 	16,353		 	18,253		 	(1,900)	 	(10.4)	%	
Technical management fees			5,316			5,710			(394)	 	(6.9)	%	
Depreciation and amortization		 	49,619		 	54,532		 	(4,913)	 	(9.0)	%	
Impairment of vessel assets		 	134,710		 	26,078		 	108,632	 	416.6	%	
Loss (gain) on sale of vessels		 	844		 	(611)		 	1,455	 	(238.1)	%	
													
Total operating expenses		 	402,251		 	316,754		 	85,497	 	27.0	%	
													
Operating loss		 	(142,185)		 	(35,964)		 	(106,221)	 	295.4	%	
Other expense		 	(17,467)		 	(20,904)		 	3,437	 	(16.4)	%	
													
Net loss		$	(159,652)		$	(56,868)		$	(102,784)	 	180.7	%	
													
Net loss per share - basic	 	$	(3.81)	 	$	(1.36)		 	(2.45)	 	180.1	%	
Net loss per share - diluted	 	$	(3.81)	 	$	(1.36)		 	(2.45)	 	180.1	%	
Weighted average common shares outstanding - basic		 	41,898,756		 	41,739,287		 	159,469	 	0.4	%	
Weighted average common shares outstanding - diluted		 	41,898,756		 	41,739,287		 	159,469	 	0.4	%	
													
EBITDA (1)	 	$	(93,466)	 	$	18,868	 	$	(112,334)	 	(595.4)	%	

(1)	EBITDA represents net (loss) income plus net interest expense, taxes and depreciation and amortization. EBITDA is included because it is used by management and certain investors as a measure of operating performance. EBITDA is used by analysts in the shipping industry as a common performance measure to compare results across peers. Our management uses EBITDA as a performance measure in our consolidated internal financial statements, and it is presented for review at our board meetings. We believe that EBITDA is useful to investors as the shipping industry is capital intensive which often results in significant depreciation and cost of financing. EBITDA presents investors with a measure in addition to net income to evaluate our performance prior to these costs. EBITDA is not an item recognized by U.S. GAAP (i.e., non-GAAP measure) and should not be considered as an alternative to net income, operating income or any other indicator of a company’s operating performance required by U.S. GAAP. EBITDA is not a measure of liquidity or cash flows as shown in our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows. The definition of EBITDA used here may not be comparable to that used by other companies. The following table	
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	demonstrates our calculation of EBITDA and provides a reconciliation of EBITDA to net loss for each of the periods presented above:	
														
		For the Three Months Ended	 	For the Nine Months Ended	 	
		September 30, 	 	September 30, 	 	
		2020		2019	    	2020	    	2019	 	
Net loss	 	$	(21,098)	 	$	(14,591)		$	(159,652)	 	$	(56,868)		
Net interest expense		 	4,996		 	6,905		 	16,567		 	21,204		
Income tax expense		 	—		 	—		 	—		 	—		
Depreciation and amortization		 	16,115		 	18,184		 	49,619		 	54,532		
														
EBITDA (1)	 	$	13	 	$	10,498		$	(93,466)	 	$	18,868		

Results of Operations

The following tables set forth information about the current employment of the vessels in our fleet as of November 3, 2020:

	  	Year	  	Charter	  			
Vessel	    	Built	    	Expiration(1)	    	Cash Daily Rate(2)	 	
								
Capesize Vessels								
Genco Augustus	 	2007	 	November 2020	 	Voyage		
Genco Tiberius	 	2007	 	November 2020	 	$16,350		
Genco London	 	2007	 	October 2020		Voyage		
Genco Titus	 	2007	 	November 2020		Voyage		
Genco Constantine	 	2008	 	November 2020		Voyage		
Genco Hadrian	 	2008	 	November 2020		$23,500		
Genco Commodus	 	2009	 	November 2020		Voyage		
Genco Maximus	 	2009	 	December 2020		Voyage		
Genco Claudius	 	2010	 	November 2020		$23,250		
Genco Tiger	 	2011	 	November 2020		Voyage		
Baltic Lion	 	2012	 	November 2020		$18,750		
Baltic Bear	 	2010	 	December 2020		Voyage		
Baltic Wolf	 	2010	 	November 2020		Voyage		
Genco Resolute		2015		December 2020		Voyage		
Genco Endeavour		2015		November 2020		Voyage		
Genco Defender		2016		December 2020		Voyage		
Genco Liberty		2016		October 2020		$20,750		
								
Ultramax Vessels								
Baltic Hornet	 	2014	 	May 2021		$13,250		
Baltic Wasp	 	2015	 	November 2020		$12,000		
Baltic Scorpion	 	2015	 	November 2020		$11,000		
Baltic Mantis	 	2015	 	January 2021		$10,500		
Genco Weatherly		2014		November 2020		$17,000		
Genco Columbia		2016		November 2020		$10,500		
								
Supramax Vessels								
Genco Predator	 	2005	 	November 2020		$9,000		
Genco Warrior	 	2005	 	November 2020		Voyage		
Genco Hunter	 	2007	 	March 2021		$9,750		
Genco Lorraine	 	2009	 	November 2020		Voyage		
Genco Loire	 	2009	 	November 2020		$7,250		
Genco Aquitaine	 	2009	 	December 2020		Voyage		
Genco Ardennes	 	2009	 	December 2020		$14,500		
Genco Auvergne	 	2009	 	November 2020		$10,000		
Genco Bourgogne	 	2010	 	October 2020		Voyage		
Genco Brittany	 	2010	 	November 2020		Voyage		
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	  	Year	  	Charter	  			
Vessel	    	Built	    	Expiration(1)	    	Cash Daily Rate(2)	 	
Genco Languedoc	 	2010	 	December 2020		$1,900		
Genco Normandy	 	2007	 	December 2020		$17,000		
Genco Picardy	 	2005	 	November 2020		Voyage		
Genco Provence	 	2004	 	November 2020		Voyage		
Genco Pyrenees	 	2010	 	March 2021		$8,500		
Genco Rhone	 	2011	 	November 2020		Voyage		
Baltic Leopard	 	2009	 	November 2020		Voyage		
Baltic Panther	 	2009	 	December 2020		$17,000		
Baltic Cougar	 	2009	 	November 2020		Voyage		
								
Handysize Vessels								
Baltic Hare	 	2009	 	November 2020	 	Voyage		
Baltic Fox	 	2010	 	December 2020	 	$9,250		
Baltic Cove	 	2010	 	November 2020	 	$7,250		
Genco Ocean	 	2010	 	November 2020	 	$12,500		
Genco Avra	 	2011	 	November 2020	 	Voyage		
Genco Mare	 	2011	 	November 2020	 	$13,500		
Genco Spirit	 	2011	 	November 2020		$7,500		

(1)	The charter expiration dates presented represent the earliest dates that our charters may be terminated in the ordinary course. Under the terms of certain contracts, the charterer is entitled to extend the time charter from two to four months in order to complete the vessel's final voyage plus any time the vessel has been off-hire.	

(2)	Time charter rates presented are the gross daily charterhire rates before third-party brokerage commission generally ranging from 1.25% to 6.25%. In a time charter, the charterer is responsible for voyage expenses such as bunkers, port expenses, agents’ fees and canal dues.	

Three months ended September 30, 2020 compared to the three months ended September 30, 2019

VOYAGE REVENUES-

For the three months ended September 30, 2020, voyage revenues decreased by $16.3 million, or 15.7%, to $87.5 million as compared to $103.8 million for the three months ended September 30, 2019. The decrease in voyage revenues was primarily due to the operation of fewer vessels in our fleet, as well as a decrease in revenue earned by our minor bulk vessels. These decreases were partially offset by an increase in revenue earned by our Capesize vessels. During the third quarter of 2020, the economic recovery in China resulted in record volumes of seaborne iron ore imports to fuel all-time high steel production and replenish low inventory levels. This demand was aided by improved Brazilian iron ore exports, which has been constrained earlier in the year due to poor weather conditions and operational challenges from the Brumadinho dam collapse in January 2019. A gradual reopening of economies also contributed to increased trade flows and a more firm freight rate environment during the third quarter of 2020 as compared to the first half of the year.

From mid-May through the end of the third quarter of 2020, drybulk freight rates displayed meaningful improvement, primarily driven by the Capesize sector. Capesize rates as reported by the Baltic Exchange reached a year to date low of $1,992 on May 14, 2020 and subsequently rebounded to a high of $33,760 on July 6, 2020, a level not seen since the second half of 2019. During the third quarter of 2020, the Baltic Capesize Index averaged over $20,000 per day compared to $7,181 per day during the first six months of the year. Subsequently, in the fourth quarter of 2020, Capesize rates reached a year-to-date high of $34,896 on October 6, 2020. More recently, however, Capesize spot earnings have pulled back to $15,781 as of October 29, 2020, following a reported ban by China on Australian coal shipments together with an increased number of ships ballasting to the Atlantic due to crew change restrictions in the Pacific basin. We believe this significant rise in Capesize rates is largely attributable to increased iron ore exports from Brazil which have reached year-to-date highs in recent months exceeding the 30MT threshold in each month since June. This marks the first time this has occurred since prior to the dam incident at Vale’s mining operations in early 2019. Continued strong demand for iron ore in China as steel production and industrial activity ramp up combined with a
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gradual reopening of economies globally are additional key catalysts that have positively impacted both major and minor bulk freight rates.

The average Time Charter Equivalent (“TCE”) rate of our fleet decreased 2.0% to $11,456 a day for the three months ended September 30, 2020 from $11,687 a day for the three months ended September 30, 2019. The decrease in TCE rates was primarily a result of lower rates achieved by our minor bulk vessels, offhire days associated with COVID-19 delays, and delays in the completion of the sale of the Baltic Breeze and Genco Bay during the third quarter of 2020.

The overall uncertainty surrounding the impact of COVID-19 on our business, together with reduced economic activity and in turn trade flows, could continue to negatively impact the revenue generated by our vessels. While we believe that the gradual reopening of economies affected by COVID-19 has begun to lead to increased global trade flows and a rise in drybulk shipping rates, the sustainability of the recovery cannot be predicted and could be affected by a resurgence of the virus. Furthermore, deviation time associated with positioning our vessels to countries in which we can undertake a crew rotation due to various travel and port restrictions related to COVID-19, resulted in days in the third quarter of 2020 in which our vessels were unable to earn revenue and may continue to do so.

For the three months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, we had 4,729.3 and 5,336.0 ownership days, respectively. The decrease in ownership days is primarily due to the sale of four vessels during 2019 and four vessels during the nine months ended September 30, 2020. Fleet utilization decreased to 96.2% during the three months ended September 30, 2020 from 98.9% during the three months ended September 30, 2019 primarily due to additional offhire associated with delays in the completion of the sale of the Baltic Breeze and Genco Bay during the third quarter of 2020, as well delays during crew changes as a result of COVID restrictions during the third quarter of 2020.

VOYAGE EXPENSES-

In time charters, spot market-related time charters and pool agreements, operating costs including crews, maintenance and insurance are typically paid by the owner of the vessel and specified voyage costs such as fuel and port charges are paid by the charterer. These expenses are borne by the Company during spot market voyage charters. There are certain other non-specified voyage expenses such as commissions, which are typically borne by us. Voyage expenses include port and canal charges, fuel (bunker) expenses and brokerage commissions payable to unaffiliated third parties. Port and canal charges and bunker expenses primarily increase in periods during which vessels are employed on spot market voyage charters because these expenses are for the account of the vessel owner. At the inception of a time charter, we record the difference between the cost of bunker fuel delivered by the terminating charterer and the bunker fuel sold to the new charterer as a gain or loss within voyage expenses. Voyage expenses also include the cost of bunkers consumed during short-term time charters pursuant to the terms of the time charter agreement. Additionally, we may record lower of cost and net realizable value adjustments to re-value the bunker fuel on a quarterly basis for certain time charter agreements where the inventory is subject to gains and losses. Refer to Note 2 — Summary of Significant Accounting Policies in our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

Due to various travel and port restrictions relating to COVID-19 and our strong emphasis on maintaining the health and safety of both our on-signing and off-signing crew members, we experienced increased deviation time for certain of our vessels to undertake crew rotations during the third quarter of 2020. As such, we have experienced higher voyage expenses for certain crew changes that we have completed, which we expect to continue as a result of COVID-19 restrictions imposed by various counties. These increased voyage expenses are due to the incremental fuel consumption of deviating to certain ports on which we would ordinarily not call during a typical voyage.

Voyage expenses were $33.5 million and $43.0 million during the three months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively. The decrease is primarily attributable to changes in bunker prices, as well as the operation of fewer vessels in our fleet.

VESSEL OPERATING EXPENSES-

Vessel operating expenses decreased by $1.3 million from $24.7 million during the three months ended September 30, 2019 to $23.5 million during the three months ended September 30, 2020. The decrease was primarily due
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to fewer owned vessels during the third quarter of 2020 as compared to the third quarter of 2019, as well as lower drydocking expenses, partially offset by higher crew related expenses.

Daily vessel operating expenses increased to $4,961 per vessel per day for the three months ended September 30, 2020 from $4,631 per day for the three months ended September 30, 2019. The increase in daily vessel operating expense was predominantly due to higher crew related expenses, partially offset by lower drydocking, insurance and stores related expenditures. Refer to “Capital Expenditures” below for further detail. We believe daily vessel operating expenses are best measured for comparative purposes over a 12-month period in order to take into account all of the expenses that each vessel in our fleet will incur over a full year of operation. Our actual daily vessel operating expenses per vessel for the three months ended September 30, 2020 were $371 above the weighted-average budgeted rate of $4,590 per vessel per day for the entire year.

Restrictions on crew rotations led to a temporary decline in crewing related expenses of approximately $1 million during the first half of this year. However, such costs began to increase in June 2020, reaching their highest level during the third quarter of 2020. Although we have completed a significant number of crew rotations, we still expect higher costs related to crew rotations surrounding COVID restrictions. Travel and port restrictions together with promoting the health of the on-signing crew boarding the ship while the off-signing crew gets home safely have all been increasing challenges that shipowners are facing globally. As crew members worldwide have in many cases, including on certain of our vessels, exceeded the duration of their contracts there is an increased urgency to work towards completing more crew rotations in the coming months. Given this urgency, since June 2020, certain of these crew rotations have led to and could continue to lead to additional deviation time of our vessels as well as unbudgeted expenses due to testing, PPE, quarantine periods and higher than normal travel expenses due to increased airfare costs.

The timing of crew rotations remains dependent on the duration and severity of COVID-19 in countries from which our crews are sourced as well as any restrictions in place at ports in which our vessels call. In cases when crew rotations have been delayed further, we have paid some additional costs related to crew bonuses to retain the existing crew members on board since June 2020 and may continue to do so.

Our vessel operating expenses, which generally represent fixed costs for each vessel, increase to the extent our fleet expands. Other factors beyond our control, some of which may affect the shipping industry in general, including, for instance, developments relating to market prices for crewing, lubes, and insurance, may also cause these expenses to increase. The impact of COVID-19 could result in potential shortages or a lack of access to required spare parts for the operation of our vessels, potential delays in any unscheduled repairs, deviations for crew changes or increased costs to successfully execute a crew change, which could lead to business disruptions and delays. We expect that crew costs for the crew that we utilize on our vessels will increase going forward due to expected higher wages, as well as the impact of COVID-19 restrictions.

CHARTER HIRE EXPENSES-

Charter hire expenses decreased by $4.5 million from $5.5 million during the three months ended September 30, 2019 to $1.0 million during the three months ended September 30, 2020. The decrease was primarily due to fewer chartered-in days, as well as the chartering in of smaller class vessels during the third quarter of 2020 as compared to the third quarter of 2019.

GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES-

We incur general and administrative expenses that relate to our onshore non-vessel-related activities. Our general and administrative expenses include our payroll expenses, including those relating to our executive officers, operating lease expense, legal, auditing and other professional expenses.  General and administrative expenses include nonvested stock amortization expense which represent the amortization of stock-based compensation that has been issued to our Directors and employees pursuant to the 2015 Equity Incentive Plan. Refer to Note 13 — Stock-Based Compensation in our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.  General and administrative expenses also include legal and professional fees associated with our credit facilities, which are not capitalizable to deferred financing costs.
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We incurred additional general and administrative expenses during 2019 as a result of our global expansion to Singapore and Copenhagen and have incurred additional expenses related to these overseas offices during 2020.

For the three months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, general and administrative expenses were $5.1 million and $6.1 million, respectively. The $1.0 million decrease was primarily due to lower office rent and administrative expenses.

TECHNICAL MANAGEMENT FEES-

We incur management fees to third-party technical management companies for the day-to-day management of our vessels, including performing routine maintenance, attending to vessel operations and arranging for crews and supplies. Technical management fees were $1.7 million and $1.9 million during the three months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

DEPRECIATION AND AMORTIZATION-

Depreciation and amortization expense decreased by $2.1 million to $16.1 million during the three months ended September 30, 2020 as compared to $18.2 million during the three months ended September 30, 2019. This decrease was primarily due to a decrease in depreciation expense for eight of the Handysize and the four Supramax vessels that were impaired during the first quarter of 2020, as well as a decrease for the seven vessels that were sold during the fourth quarter of 2019 and the nine months ended September 30, 2020. Refer to Note 4 — Vessel Acquisitions and Dispositions in our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements. These decreases were partially offset by an increase in depreciation expense related to scrubber additions for our Capesize vessels.

IMPAIRMENT OF VESSEL ASSETS-

During the three months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, we recorded $21.9 million and $12.2 million of impairment of vessel assets, respectively.

During the three months ended September 30, 2020, we reduced the carrying values of four of our Supramax vessels, the Baltic Panther, the Genco Loire, the Baltic Jaguar and the Genco Normandy, to their net sales price which resulted in $13.9 million of impairment recorded during the third quarter of 2020.

Additionally, during the three months ended September 30, 2020, we recorded total impairment of $8.0 million for three of our Supramax vessels; the Genco Lorraine, the Baltic Cougar and the Baltic Leopard. The carrying values of these vessels were adjusted to their respective fair market values.

During the three months ended September 30, 2019, we reduced the carrying values of two of our Panamax vessels, the Genco Raptor and Genco Thunder, and one of our Handysize vessels, the Genco Champion, to their net sales price which resulted in $12.2 million of impairment recorded during the third quarter of 2019.

Refer to Note 2 — Summary of Significant Accounting Policies in our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statement for further information regarding the impairment of these vessels.

For our impairment analysis, we utilize the ten-year historical one-year time charter average to project future charter rates, which we believe appropriately takes into account the volatility and highs and lows of the shipping cycle.  In particular, for our Supramax vessels, the projected undiscounted cash flows are relatively close to their recorded values, and there is the possibility that the Company may be required to recognize impairment charges if the ten-year historical one-year time charter average declines in future quarters.  Please see “Critical Accounting Policies – Impairment of long-lived assets” in Item 7, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operation” in the 2019 10-K.

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During the third quarter of 2020, we recorded a net loss on sale of vessels of $0.4 million related primarily to the sale of the Baltic Wind and Baltic Breeze during the third quarter of 2020. There were no vessels sold during the third quarter of 2019.

OTHER (EXPENSE) INCOME-

NET INTEREST EXPENSE –

Net interest expense decreased by $1.9 million from $6.9 million during the three months ended September 30, 2019 to $5.0 million during the three months ended September 30, 2020. Net interest expense during the three months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019 consisted of interest expense under our credit facilities and amortization of deferred financing costs for those facilities. This decrease was primarily due to a $2.7 million decrease in interest expense as a result of lower interest rates as a result of the reduction in LIBOR, as well as lower outstanding debt. This was offset by a $0.8 million decrease in interest income due to a decrease in interest earned on our time deposits and cash accounts.

Nine months ended September 30, 2020 compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2019
 
VOYAGE REVENUES-
 
For the nine months ended September 30, 2020, voyage revenues decreased by $20.7 million, or 7.4%, to $260.1 million as compared to $280.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2019.  The decrease in voyage revenues was primarily due to the operation of fewer vessels in our fleet, as well as a decrease in revenue earned by our minor bulk vessels. These decreases were partially offset by an increase in revenue earned by our Capesize vessels. Refer to the discussion above included under the section “Three months ended September 30, 2020 compared to the three months ended September 30, 2019 – Voyage Revenues” for further information. During the nine months ended September 30, 2019, Capesize freight rates were negatively impacted due to the Vale dam breach and tropical cyclone Veronica.
 
The average Time Charter Equivalent (“TCE”) rate of our fleet decreased marginally by 1.0% to $9,307 a day for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 from $9,405 a day for the nine months ended September 30, 2019.  
 
For the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, we had 14,494.8 and 15,861.2 ownership days, respectively. The decrease in ownership days is primarily due to the sale of four vessels during 2019 and four vessels during the nine months ended September 30, 2020. Fleet utilization decreased to 97.3% during the nine months ended September 30, 2020 from 97.9% during the nine months ended September 30, 2019 primarily due to additional offhire associated with delays in the completion of the sale of the Baltic Breeze and Genco Bay as a result of COVID-19 restrictions during the nine months ended September 30, 2020, as well delays during crew changes as a result of COVID restrictions during the nine months ended September 30, 2020.
 
VOYAGE EXPENSES-
 
Voyage expenses decreased by $4.2 million from $127.8 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2019 as compared to $123.6 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2020.   The decrease in voyage expenses was primarily due to the operation of fewer vessels during the nine months ended September 30, 2020 as compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2019. This decrease was partially offset by an increase in bunker consumption. This increase was primarily due to the onset of IMO 2020, in which our non-scrubber fitted minor bulk fleet consumed more expensive low sulfur fuel as opposed to high sulfur fuel in order to comply with sulfur emissions regulations that took effect on January 1, 2020.  Although fuel prices decreased during the second quarter of 2020 and then began to increase again during the third quarter of 2020, the initial low sulfur fuel that was purchased for our vessels during the end of 2019 and the first quarter of 2020 and consumed during the nine months ended September 30, 2020 was at a higher cost basis.

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Vessel operating expenses decreased by $5.9 million from $72.3 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2019 to $66.3 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2020.  The decrease was primarily due to fewer owned vessels during the nine months ended September 30, 2020 as compared to the same period in 2019.
 
Daily vessel operating expenses increased to $4,576 per vessel per day for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 from $4,556 per day for the nine months ended September 30, 2019.  The increase in daily vessel operating expense was primarily due to higher crew expenses partially offset by lower drydocking related expenses.  We believe daily vessel operating expenses are best measured for comparative purposes over a 12-month period in order to take into account all of the expenses that each vessel in our fleet will incur over a full year of operation.  Our actual daily vessel operating expenses per vessel for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 were $14 below the weighted-average budgeted rate of $4,590 per vessel per day for the entire year.

CHARTER HIRE EXPENSES-

Charter hire expenses decreased by $7.2 million from $12.7 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2019 to $5.5 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2020. The decrease was primarily due to fewer chartered-in days, as well as the chartering in of smaller class vessels during the nine months ended September 30, 2020 as compared to the same period during 2019.
GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES-

For the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, general and administrative expenses were $16.4 million and $18.3 million, respectively. The $1.9 million decrease was primarily due to lower office rent and administrative expenses, as well as lower legal and professional fees associated with our credit facilities.

TECHNICAL MANAGEMENT FEES-

Technical management fees were $5.3 million and $5.7 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

DEPRECIATION AND AMORTIZATION-

Depreciation and amortization expense decreased by $4.9 million to $49.6 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2020 as compared to $54.5 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2019. This decrease was primarily due to a decrease in depreciation expense for eight of the Handysize and the four Supramax vessels that were impaired during the first quarter of 2020, as well as a decrease for the seven vessels that were sold during the fourth quarter of 2019 and the nine months ended September 30, 2020. Refer to Note 4 — Vessel Acquisitions and Dispositions in our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements. These decreases were partially offset by an increase in depreciation expense related to scrubber additions for our Capesize vessels.

IMPAIRMENT OF VESSEL ASSETS-

During the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, we recorded $134.7 million and $26.1 million of impairment of vessel assets, respectively.

During the third quarter of 2020, we reduced the carrying values of four of our Supramax vessels, the Baltic Panther, the Genco Loire, the Baltic Jaguar and the Genco Normandy, to their net sales price which resulted in $13.9 million of impairment recorded during the nine months ended September 30, 2020.

Additionally, during the third quarter of 2020, we recorded total impairment of $8.0 million for three of our Supramax vessels; the Genco Lorraine, the Baltic Cougar and the Baltic Leopard. The carrying value of these vessels were adjusted to their respective fair market values.

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Additionally, during the first quarter of 2020, we recorded total impairment of $85.8 million for our ten Handysize vessels. The carrying value of seven of the vessels were adjusted to their respective fair market values (the Baltic Hare, the Baltic Fox, the Baltic Cove, the Genco Ocean, the Genco Avra, the Genco Mare and the Genco Spirit) and the carrying value of three of the vessels were reduced to their net sales price (the Baltic Wind, the Baltic Breeze and the Genco Bay).

Lastly, during the first quarter of 2020, we recorded total impairment of $27.0 million for four of our Supramax vessels; the Genco Picardy, the Genco Predator, the Genco Provence and the Genco Warrior. The carrying value of these vessels were adjusted to their respective fair market values.

During the third quarter of 2019, we reduced the carrying values of two of our Panamax vessels, the Genco Raptor and Genco Thunder, and one of our Handysize vessels, the Genco Champion, to their net sales price which resulted in $12.2 million of impairment recorded during the third quarter of 2019.

Additionally, during the second quarter of 2019, we reduced the carrying value of one of our Handysize vessels, the Genco Challenger, to its net sales price which resulted in $4.4 million of impairment during the third quarter of 2019.

Lastly, during the second quarter of 2019, we recorded total impairment of $9.5 million for two of our Handysize vessels; the Genco Champion and Genco Charger. The carrying value of these vessels were adjusted to their respective fair market values.

Refer to Note 2 — Summary of Significant Accounting Policies in our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statement for further information regarding the impairment of these vessels.

LOSS (GAIN) ON SALE OF VESSELS-

During the nine months ended September 30, 2020, we recorded a net loss on sale of vessels of $0.8 million related primarily to the sale of the Genco Charger and Genco Thunder during the first quarter of 2020 and the sale of the Baltic Wind and Baltic Breeze during the third quarter of 2020. During the nine months ended September 30, 2019, we recorded a net gain on sale of vessels of $0.6 million related primarily to the sale of the Genco Vigour during the first quarter of 2019.

OTHER (EXPENSE) INCOME-

NET INTEREST EXPENSE –

Net interest expense decreased by $4.6 million from $21.2 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2019 to $16.6 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2020. Net interest expense during the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019 consisted of interest expense under our credit facilities and amortization of deferred financing costs for those facilities. This decrease was primarily due to a $7.0 million decrease in interest expense as a result of lower interest rates, as well as lower outstanding debt. This was offset by a $2.3 million decrease in interest income due to a decrease in interest earned on our time deposits and cash accounts.

IMPAIRMENT OF RIGHT-OF-USE ASSET –
 
During the nine months ended September 30, 2019, we recognized $0.2 million of impairment charges on our operating lease right-of-use asset in accordance with ASC 360.  

LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

Our primary sources of liquidity are cash flow from operations, cash on hand, equity offerings and credit facility borrowings. We currently use our funds primarily for the acquisition of vessels generally and under our ongoing fleet renewal program, drydocking for our vessels, and satisfying working capital requirements as may be needed to
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support our business and make required payments under our indebtedness.  Our ability to continue to meet our liquidity needs is subject to and will be affected by cash utilized in operations, the economic or business environment in which we operate, shipping industry conditions, the financial condition of our customers, vendors and service providers, our ability to comply with the financial and other covenants of our indebtedness, and other factors.  

We believe, given our current cash holdings, if drybulk shipping rates do not decline significantly from current levels, our capital resources, including cash anticipated to be generated within the year, are sufficient to fund our operations for at least the next twelve months. Such resources include unrestricted cash and cash equivalents of $136.2 million as of September 30, 2020, which compares to a minimum liquidity requirement under our credit facilities of approximately $36 million as of the date of this report. Given quarterly amortization payments of $20.2 million beginning on December 31, 2020 under our credit facilities, anticipated capital expenditures related to drydockings and the installation of ballast water treatment systems (“BWTS”), as well as any quarterly dividend payments, we anticipate to continue to have significant cash expenditures. However, if market conditions were to worsen significantly due to the current COVID-19 pandemic or other causes, then our cash resources may decline to a level that may put at risk our ability to service timely our debt and capital expenditure commitments.

Our credit facilities contain collateral maintenance covenants that require the aggregate appraised value of collateral vessels to be at least 135% of the principal amount of the loan outstanding under each such facility. If the values of our vessels were to decline as a result of COVID-19 or otherwise, we may not satisfy this collateral maintenance requirement. Outstanding borrowings under our revolving credit facility, which total $23.1 million as of September 30, 2020, make it more difficult to satisfy the collateral maintenance requirement under our $133 Million Credit Facility. If we do not satisfy the collateral maintenance requirement, we will need to post additional collateral or prepay outstanding loans to bring us back into compliance, or we will need to seek waivers, which may not be available or may be subject to conditions.

In the future, we may require capital to fund acquisitions or to improve or support our ongoing operations and debt structure, particularly in light of economic conditions resulting from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.  We may from time to time seek to raise additional capital through equity or debt offerings, selling vessels or other assets, pursuing strategic opportunities, or otherwise.  We may also from time to time seek to incur additional debt financing from private or public sector sources, refinance our indebtedness or obtain waivers or modifications to our credit agreements to obtain more favorable terms, enhance flexibility in conducting our business, or otherwise.  We may also seek to manage our interest rate exposure through hedging transactions. We may seek to accomplish any of these independently or in conjunction with one or more of these actions.  However, if market conditions are unfavorable, we may be unable to accomplish any of the foregoing on acceptable terms or at all.

We entered into the $495 Million Credit Facility on May 31, 2018, which was initially used to refinance our prior credit facilities: the $400 Million Credit Facility, the $98 Million Credit Facility and the 2014 Term Loan Facilities on June 5, 2018 and originally allowed borrowings of up to $460 million. On February 28, 2019, we entered into an amendment to the $495 Million Credit Facility that provides for an additional tranche of up to $35 million to finance a portion of the acquisitions, installations, and related costs for exhaust cleaning systems (or “scrubbers”) for 17 of the Company’s Capesize vessels. On June 5, 2020, we entered into an amendment to the $495 Million Credit Facility to extend the period that collateral vessels can be sold or disposed of without prepayment of the loan if a replacement vessel or vessels meeting certain requirements are included as collateral from 180 days to 360 days.

We entered into the $133 Million Credit Facility on August 14, 2018, which was initially used to finance a portion of the purchase price for the six vessels that were purchased during the third quarter of 2018 and originally allowed borrowings of up to $108 million. On June 11, 2020, we entered into an amendment to the $133 Million Credit Facility that provides us with a $25 million revolving credit facility to be used for general corporate and working capital purposes. Refer to Note 7 — Debt in our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

At September 30, 2020, we were in compliance with all financial covenants under the $495 Million Credit facility and the $133 Million Credit Facility.

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Dividends

Our Board of Directors has adopted a quarterly dividend policy following the third quarter of 2019 to pay a dividend of $0.175 per share. However, in light of market weakness at the time and heightened economic uncertainty as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, our Board of Directors determined it would be prudent to reduce our regular quarterly dividend for the first and second quarters of 2020 to $0.02 per share, respectively, following its quarterly reviews in order to support our balance sheet and liquidity position and better position us for an eventual economic recovery. Furthermore, our Board of Directors determined to maintain this dividend level for the third quarter of 2020, as we announced a quarterly dividend of $0.02 per share on November 4, 2020. Our Board expects to reassess the payment of dividends as appropriate from time to time. Our declaration and payment of dividends is subject to a number of conditions and restrictions as described below. 

On November 5, 2019, we entered into amendments with our lenders to the dividend covenants of the credit agreements for our $495 Million Credit Facility and our $133 Million Credit Facility. Under the terms of these two facilities as so amended, dividends or repurchases of our stock are subject to customary conditions.  We may pay dividends or repurchase stock under these facilities to the extent our total unrestricted cash and cash equivalents are greater than $100 million and 18.75% of our total indebtedness, whichever is higher; if we cannot satisfy this condition, we are subject to a limitation of 50% of consolidated net income for the quarter preceding such dividend payment or stock repurchase if the collateral maintenance test ratio is 200% or less for such quarter, for which purpose the full commitment of up to $35 million of our new scrubber tranche is assumed to be drawn. At September 30, 2020, we had unrestricted cash and cash equivalents of $136.2 million. We have commitments for amortization payments expected to be $20.2 million beginning on December 31, 2020 under our credit facilities. Therefore, if we do not generate cash flow from operations, we would be unlikely to be able to declare or pay dividends after the end of 2020, except to the extent of permissible dividends from net income.

The declaration and payment of any dividend or any stock repurchase is subject to the discretion of our Board of Directors. Our Board of Directors and management continue to closely monitor market developments together with the evaluation of our quarterly dividend policy in the current market environment. The principal business factors that our Board of Directors expects to consider when determining the timing and amount of dividend payments or stock repurchases include our earnings, financial condition, and cash requirements at the time. Marshall Islands law generally prohibits the declaration and payment of dividends or stock repurchases other than from surplus. Marshall Islands law also prohibits the declaration and payment of dividends or stock repurchases while a company is insolvent or would be rendered insolvent by the payment of such a dividend or such a stock repurchase. Heightened economic uncertainty and the potential for renewed drybulk market weakness as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and related economic conditions may result in our suspension, reduction, or termination of future quarterly dividends.

U.S. Federal Income Tax Treatment of Dividends

U.S. Holders

For purposes of this discussion, the term "U.S. Holder" means a beneficial owner of our common stock that is, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, (i) an individual U.S. citizen or resident, (ii) a corporation that is created or organized in or under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, or any other U.S. entity taxable as a corporation, (iii) an estate the income of which is subject to U.S. federal income taxation regardless of its source, or (iv) a trust if either (x) a court within the United States is able to exercise primary jurisdiction over the administration of the trust and one or more U.S. persons have the authority to control all substantial decisions of the trust, or (y) the trust has a valid election in effect under applicable Treasury Regulations to be treated as a U.S. person. If a partnership, or an entity treated for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a partnership, such as a limited liability company, holds common stock, the tax treatment of a partner will generally depend on the status of the partner and upon the activities of the partnership. If you are a partner in such a partnership holding our common stock, you are encouraged to consult your tax advisor. A beneficial owner of our common stock (other than a partnership) that is not a U.S. Holder is referred to below as a "Non-U.S. Holder."

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Subject to the discussion of passive foreign investment company (PFIC) status on pages 41 – 42 in the 2019 10-K, any distributions made by us to a U.S. Holder with respect to our common shares generally will constitute dividends to the extent of our current or accumulated earnings and profits, as determined under U.S. federal income tax principles. Distributions in excess of those earnings and profits will be treated first as a nontaxable return of capital to the extent of the U.S. Holder's tax basis in our common shares (determined on a share-by-share basis), and thereafter as capital gain. U.S. Holders that own at least 10% of our shares may be able to claim a dividends-received-deduction and should consult their tax advisors.

Dividends paid on our common shares to a U.S. Holder who is an individual, trust or estate, or a "non-corporate U.S. Holder," will generally be treated as "qualified dividend income" that is taxable to such non-corporate U.S. Holder at preferential tax rates, provided that (1) our common shares are readily tradable on an established securities market in the United States (such as the NYSE, on which our common shares are traded); (2) we are not a PFIC for the taxable year during which the dividend is paid or the immediately preceding taxable year (which we do not believe we have been, are, or will be); (3) the non-corporate U.S. Holder's holding period of our common shares includes more than 60 days in the 121-day period beginning 60 days before the date on which our common shares becomes ex-dividend; and (4) the non-corporate U.S. Holder is not under an obligation to make related payments with respect to positions in substantially similar or related property. A non-corporate U.S. Holder will be able to take qualified dividend income into account in determining its deductible investment interest (which is generally limited to its net investment income) only if it elects to do so; in such case, the dividend will be taxed at ordinary income rates. Non-corporate U.S. Holders also may be required to pay a 3.8% surtax on all or part of such holder's "net investment income," which includes, among other items, dividends on our shares, subject to certain limitations and exceptions. Investors are encouraged to consult their own tax advisors regarding the effect, if any, of this surtax on their ownership of our shares.

Amounts taxable as dividends generally will be treated as passive income from sources outside the U.S. However, if (a) we are 50% or more owned, by vote or value, by U.S. Holders and (b) at least 10% of our earnings and profits are attributable to sources within the U.S., then for foreign tax credit purposes, a portion of our dividends would be treated as derived from sources within the U.S. With respect to any dividend paid for any taxable year, the U.S. source ratio of our dividends for foreign tax credit purposes would be equal to the portion of our earnings and profits from sources within the U.S. for such taxable year divided by the total amount of our earnings and profits for such taxable year. The rules related to U.S. foreign tax credits are complex and U.S. Holders should consult their tax advisors to determine whether and to what extent a credit would be available.
 
Special rules may apply to any "extraordinary dividend" — generally, a dividend in an amount which is equal to or in excess of 10% of a shareholder's adjusted basis (or fair market value in certain circumstances) in a share of our common shares — paid by us. If we pay an "extraordinary dividend" on our common shares that is treated as "qualified dividend income", then any loss derived by a non-corporate U.S. Holder from the sale or exchange of such common shares will be treated as long-term capital loss to the extent of such dividend.

Tax Consequences if We Are a Passive Foreign Investment Company

As discussed in “U.S. tax authorities could treat us as a ‘passive foreign investment company,’ which could have adverse U.S. federal income tax consequences to U.S. shareholders” in Item 1.A Risk Factors in our 2019 10-K, a foreign corporation generally will be treated as a PFIC for U.S. federal income tax purposes if, after applying certain look through rules, either (1) at least 75% of its gross income for any taxable year consists of “passive income” or (2) at least 50% of the average value or adjusted bases of its assets (determined on a quarterly basis) produce or are held for the production of passive income, i.e., “passive assets.”  As discussed above, we do not believe that our past or existing operations would cause, or would have caused, us to be deemed a PFIC with respect to any taxable year.  No assurance can be given that the IRS or a court of law will accept our position, and there is a risk that the IRS or a court of law could determine that we are a PFIC.  Moreover, there can be no assurance that we will not become a PFIC in any future taxable year because the PFIC test is an annual test, there are uncertainties in the application of the PFIC rules, and although we intend to manage our business so as to avoid PFIC status to the extent consistent with our other business goals, there could be changes in the nature and extent of our operations in future taxable years.

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If we were to be treated as a PFIC for any taxable year in which a U.S. Holder owns shares of our common stock (and regardless of whether we remain a PFIC for subsequent taxable years), the tax consequences to such a U.S. holder upon the receipt of  distributions in respect of such shares that are treated as “excess distributions” would differ from those described above. In general, an excess distribution is the amount of distributions received during a taxable year that exceed 125% of the average amount of distributions received by a U.S. Holder in respect of the common shares during the preceding three taxable years, or if shorter, during the U.S. Holder’s holding period prior to the taxable year of the distribution. The distributions that are excess distributions would be allocated ratably over the U.S. Holder’s holding period for the common shares. The amount allocated to the current taxable year and any taxable year prior to the first taxable year in which we were a PFIC would be taxed as ordinary income. The amount allocated to each of the other taxable years would be subject to tax at the highest marginal rate in effect for the U.S. Holder for that taxable year, and an interest charge for the deemed deferral benefit would be imposed on the resulting tax allocated to such other taxable years. The tax liability with respect to the amount allocated to taxable years prior to the year of the distribution cannot be offset by net operating losses. As an alternative to such tax treatment, a U.S. Holder may make a “qualified electing fund” election or “mark to market” election, to the extent available, in which event different rules would apply.  The U.S. federal income tax consequences to a U.S. Holder if we were to be classified as a PFIC are complex. A U.S. Holder should consult with his or her own advisor with regard to those consequences, as well as with regard to whether he or she is eligible to and should make either of the elections described above.

Non-U.S. Holders

Non-U.S. Holders generally will not be subject to U.S. federal income tax on dividends received from us on our common shares unless the income is effectively connected with the conduct by the Non-U.S. Holder of a trade or business in the United States (“effectively connected income”) (and, if an applicable income tax treaty so provides, the dividends are attributable to a permanent establishment maintained by the Non-U.S. Holder in the U.S.).  Effectively connected income (or, if an income tax treaty applies, income attributable to a permanent establishment maintained in the U.S.) generally will be subject to regular U.S. federal income tax in the same manner discussed above relating to taxation of U.S. Holders. In addition, earnings and profits of a corporate Non-U.S. Holder that are attributable to such income, as determined after allowance for certain adjustments, may be subject to an additional branch profits tax at a rate of 30%, or at a lower rate as may be specified by an applicable income tax treaty. Non-U.S. Holders may be subject to tax in jurisdictions other than the United States on dividends received from us on our common shares.
 
Dividends paid on our common shares to a non-corporate U.S. Holder may be subject to U.S. federal backup withholding tax if the non-corporate U.S. Holder:

	●	fails to provide us with an accurate taxpayer identification number;	
	●	is notified by the IRS that they have become subject to backup withholding because they previously failed to report all interest and dividends required to be shown on their federal income tax returns; or	
	●	fails to comply with applicable certification requirements	

A holder that is not a U.S. Holder or a partnership may be subject to U.S. federal backup withholding with respect to such dividends unless the holder certifies that it is a non-U.S. person, under penalties of perjury, or otherwise establishes an exemption therefrom.  Backup withholding tax is not an additional tax. Holders generally may obtain a refund of any amounts withheld under backup withholding rules that exceed their income tax liability by timely filing a refund claim with the IRS.

You are encouraged to consult your own tax advisor concerning the overall tax consequences arising in your own particular situation under U.S. federal, state, local, or foreign law from the payment of dividends on our common stock.

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Cash Flow

Net cash provided by operating activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019 was $16.0 million and $28.8 million, respectively.  This decrease in cash provided by operating activities was primarily due to changes in working capital, as well as a decrease in drydocking related expenditures.  

Net cash provided by investing activities during the nine months ended September 30, 2020 was $12.3 million as compared to $31.8 million net cash used in investing activities during the nine months ended September 30, 2019.  This fluctuation was primarily due to an increase in net proceeds from the sale of vessels in 2020 year to date as compared to 2019, as well as a decrease in scrubber and ballast water treatment system related expenditures. 

Net cash used in financing activities during the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019 was $29.8 million and $33.5 million, respectively.  The decrease was primarily due to the $24.0 million drawdown on the $133 Million Credit Facility and the $11.3 million drawdown on the $495 Million Credit Facility during the nine months ended September 30, 2020 partially offset by a $21.5 million drawdown on the $495 Million Credit Facility during the nine months ended September 30, 2019. This decrease was partially offset by $9.0 million payment of dividends during the nine months ended September 30, 2020, as well as a $0.9 million increase in repayments under the $133 Million Credit Facility during the nine months ended September 30, 2020 as compared to the same period during 2019.

Credit Facilities

We entered into the $133 Million Credit Facility on August 14, 2018, which was initially used to finance a portion of the purchase price for the six vessels that were purchased during the third quarter of 2018. On June 11, 2020, we entered into an amendment to the $133 Million Credit Facility which provided us with a $25 million revolving credit facility to be used for general corporate and working capital purposes. Additionally, we entered into the $495 Million Credit Facility on May 31, 2018, which was initially used to refinance our prior credit facilities. On February 28, 2019, we entered into an amendment to the $495 Million Credit Facility, which provides for an additional tranche of up to $35 million to finance a portion of the acquisitions, installations, and related costs for exhaust cleaning systems (or “scrubbers”) for 17 of our Capesize vessels. On June 5, 2020, we entered into an amendment to the $495 Million Credit Facility to extend the period that collateral vessels can be sold or disposed of without prepayment of the loan if a replacement vessel or vessels meeting certain requirements are included as collateral from 180 days to 360 days.

Interest Rate Swap Agreements, Forward Freight Agreements and Currency Swap Agreements

At September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, we did not have any interest rate swap agreements. As part of our business strategy, we may enter into interest rate swap agreements to manage interest costs and the risk associated with changing interest rates. In determining the fair value of interest rate derivatives, we would consider the creditworthiness of both the counterparty and ourselves immaterial. Valuations prior to any adjustments for credit risk would be validated by comparison with counterparty valuations. Amounts would not and should not be identical due to the different modeling assumptions. Any material differences would be investigated.

As part of our business strategy, we may enter into arrangements commonly known as forward freight agreements, or FFAs, to hedge and manage our exposure to the charter market risks relating to the deployment of our vessels.  Generally, these arrangements would bind us and each counterparty in the arrangement to buy or sell a specified tonnage freighting commitment “forward” at an agreed time and price and for a particular route.  Upon settlement, if the contracted charter rate is less than the average of the rates (as reported by an identified index) for the specified route and period, the seller of the FFA is required to pay the buyer an amount equal to the difference between the contracted rate and the settlement rate multiplied by the number of days in the specific period.  Conversely, if the contracted rate is greater than the settlement rate, the buyer is required to pay the seller the settlement sum.  Although FFAs can be entered into for a variety of purposes, including for hedging, as an option, for trading or for arbitrage, if we decided to enter into FFAs, our objective would be to hedge and manage market risks as part of our commercial management. It is not currently our intention to enter into FFAs to generate a stream of income independent of the revenues we derive from the operation of our fleet of vessels.  If we determine to enter into FFAs, we may reduce our exposure to any declines in our results from operations due to weak market conditions or downturns, but may also limit our ability to benefit
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economically during periods of strong demand in the market.  We have not entered into any FFAs as of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019.

Capital Expenditures

We make capital expenditures from time to time in connection with our vessel acquisitions. Our fleet currently consists of 49 drybulk vessels, including 17 Capesize drybulk carriers, six Ultramax drybulk carriers, 19 Supramax drybulk carriers and seven Handysize drybulk carriers.

As previously announced, we have implemented a fuel efficiency upgrade program for certain of our vessels in an effort to generate fuel savings and increase the future earnings potential for these vessels. The upgrades have been successfully installed on 17 of our vessels in the aggregate during previous drydockings.

Under U.S. Federal law and 33 CFR, Part 151, Subpart D, U.S. approved BWTS will be required to be installed in all vessels at the first out of water drydocking after January 1, 2016 if these vessels are to discharge ballast water inside 12 nautical miles of the coast of the U.S. U.S. authorities did not approve ballast water treatment systems until December 2016. Therefore, the U.S. Coast Guard (“USCG”) has granted us extensions for our vessels with 2016 drydocking deadlines until January 1, 2018; however, an alternative management system (“AMS”) may be installed in lieu. For example, in February 2015, the USCG added Bawat to the list of ballast water treatment systems that received AMS acceptance. An AMS is valid for five years from the date of required compliance with ballast water discharge standards, by which time it must be replaced by an approved system unless the AMS itself achieves approval. Furthermore, we received extensions for vessels drydocking in 2016 that allowed for further extensions to the vessels’ next scheduled drydockings in 2021.  Additionally, for our vessels that were scheduled to drydock in 2017 and 2018, the USCG has granted an extension that enables us to defer installation to the next scheduled out of water drydocking.  Any newbuilding vessels that we acquire will have a USCG approved system or at least an AMS installed when the vessel is being built.
 
In addition, on September 8, 2016, the Ballast Water Management (“BWM”) Convention was ratified and had an original effective date of September 8, 2017.  However, on July 7, 2017, the effective date of the BWM Convention was extended two years to September 8, 2019 for existing ships.  This will require vessels to have a BWTS installed to coincide with the vessels’ next International Oil Pollution Prevention Certificate (“IOPP”) renewal survey after September 8, 2019.  In order for a vessel to trade in U.S. waters, it must be compliant with the installation date as required by the USCG as outlined above. 
 
During the second half of 2018, we entered into agreements for the purchase of BWTS for 42 of our vessels.  The cost of these systems will vary based on the size and specifications of each vessel and whether the systems will be installed in China.  Based on the contractual purchase price of the BWTS and the estimated installation fees, the Company estimates the cost of the systems to be approximately $0.9 million for Capesize, $0.6 million for Supramax and $0.5 million for Handysize vessels. These costs will be capitalized and depreciated over the remainder of the life of the vessel.  During 2019 and the nine months ended September 30, 2020, we completed the installation of BWTS on 17 and six of our vessels, respectively.  We intend to fund the remaining BWTS purchase price and installation fees using cash on hand.  
 
Under maritime regulations that went into effect January 1, 2020, our vessels were required to reduce sulfur emissions, for which the principal solutions are the use of scrubbers or buying fuel with low sulfur content.  We have completed the installation of scrubbers on our 17 Capesize vessels, 16 of which were completed as of December 31, 2019 and the last one of which was completed on January 17, 2020. The remainder of our vessels are consuming VLSFO.  The costs for the scrubber equipment and installation will be capitalized and depreciated over the remainder of the life of the vessel.  This did not include any lost revenue associated with offhire days due to the installation of the scrubbers.  During February 2019, we entered into an amendment to our $495 Million Credit Facility for an additional tranche of up to $35 million to cover a portion of the expenses to the acquisition and installation of scrubbers on our 17 Capesize vessels.  We have funded the remainder of the costs with cash on hand.  For vessels on which we did not install scrubbers, we incurred additional costs during 2019 in order to transition these vessels from high sulfur fuel to compliant low sulfur fuel.
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In addition to acquisitions that we may undertake in future periods, we will incur additional expenditures due to special surveys and drydockings for our fleet.  Through September 30, 2020, we have paid $42.7 million in cash installments towards our scrubber program and have drawn down $32.8 million under the scrubber tranche under our $495 Million Credit Facility.  

We estimate our drydocking costs, including capitalized costs incurred during drydocking related to vessel assets and vessel equipment, BWTS costs, and scheduled off-hire days for our fleet through 2021 to be:

Year	    	Estimated Drydocking 
Cost (1)		Estimated BWTS
Cost (2)	    	Estimated Off-hire 
Days (3)	 	
	
		(U.S. dollars in millions)			 	
										
Remainder of 2020		$	3.0		$	1.1		94		
2021		$	9.3		$	5.4		230		

	(1)	Estimated drydocking costs during the remainder of 2020 and 2021 include $0.7 million and $2.1 million of costs, respectively, for vessels that could potentially be sold.  Refer to “Impairment of long-lived assets” section in Note 2 — Summary of Significant Accounting Policies in our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.	

	(2)	Estimated BWTS costs during the remainder of 2020 and 2021 include $0.4 million and $1.5 million of costs, respectively, for vessels that could potentially be sold.  Refer to “Impairment of long-lived assets” section in Note 2 — Summary of Significant Accounting Policies in our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.	

	(3)	Estimated offhire days during the remainder of 2020 and 2021 include 20 days and 60 days, respectively, for vessels that could potentially be sold.  Refer to “Impairment of long-lived assets” section in Note 2 — Summary of Significant Accounting Policies in our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.	

The costs reflected are estimates based on drydocking our vessels in China. Actual costs will vary based on various factors, including where the drydockings are actually performed. We expect to fund these costs with cash on hand (with the exception of certain scrubber costs as noted above). These costs do not include drydock expense items that are reflected in vessel operating expenses.

Actual length of drydocking will vary based on the condition of the vessel, yard schedules and other factors. Higher repairs and maintenance expense during drydocking for vessels which are over 15 years old typically result in a higher number of off-hire days depending on the condition of the vessel.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, we incurred a total of $6.8 million and $12.0 million of drydocking costs, respectively, excluding costs incurred during drydocking that were capitalized to vessel assets or vessel equipment.

Ten vessels completed their respective drydockings during the nine months ended September 30, 2020, which included one vessel that began its drydocking during the fourth quarter of 2019. An additional three of our vessels began their drydockings during the third quarter of 2020 and did not complete until the fourth quarter of 2020. In addition to these three vessels, we estimate that two of our vessels will be drydocked during the remainder of 2020 and 11 of our vessels will be drydocked during 2021.

As of January 17, 2020, we have completed the installation of scrubbers on our 17 Capesize vessels. 

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

We do not have any off-balance sheet arrangements that have or are reasonably likely to have a current or future effect on our financial condition, changes in financial condition, revenues or expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources that are material to investors.

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Inflation

Inflation has only a moderate effect on our expenses given current economic conditions. In the event that significant global inflationary pressures appear, these pressures would increase our operating, voyage, general and administrative, and financing costs.

CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES

There have been no changes or updates to our critical accounting policies as disclosed in the 2019 10-K.

Vessels and Depreciation

We record the value of our vessels at their cost (which includes acquisition costs directly attributable to the vessel and expenditures made to prepare the vessel for its initial voyage) less accumulated depreciation. We depreciate our drybulk vessels on a straight-line basis over their estimated useful lives, estimated to be 25 years from the date of initial delivery from the shipyard. Depreciation is based on cost less the estimated residual scrap value of $310/lwt based on the 15-year average scrap value of steel. An increase in the residual value of the vessels will decrease the annual depreciation charge over the remaining useful life of the vessels. Similarly, an increase in the useful life of a drybulk vessel would also decrease the annual depreciation charge. Comparatively, a decrease in the useful life of a drybulk vessel or in its residual value would have the effect of increasing the annual depreciation charge. However, when regulations place limitations over the ability of a vessel to trade on a worldwide basis, we will adjust the vessel’s useful life to end at the date such regulations preclude such vessel’s further commercial use.

The carrying value of each of our vessels does not represent the fair market value of such vessel or the amount we could obtain if we were to sell any of our vessels, which could be more or less. Under U.S. GAAP, we would not record a loss if the fair market value of a vessel (excluding its charter) is below our carrying value unless and until we determine to sell that vessel or the vessel is impaired as discussed in the 2019 10-K.

During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, we recorded losses of $21.9 million and $134.7 million, respectively, related to the impairment of vessel assets.  

During the third quarter of 2020, we reduced the carrying values of four of our Supramax vessels, the Baltic Panther, the Genco Loire, the Baltic Jaguar and the Genco Normandy, to their net sales price, which resulted in $13.9 million of impairment recorded during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020.

Additionally, during the third quarter of 2020, we reduced the carrying values of three of our Supramax vessels, the Genco Lorraine, the Baltic Cougar and the Baltic Leopard, to their respective fair market values at September 30, 2020, which resulted in $8.0 million of impairment recorded during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020.

Additionally, we recorded total impairment of $85.8 million for our ten Handysize vessels during the nine months ended September 30, 2020. During the first quarter of 2020, the carrying value of seven of the Handysize vessels were adjusted to their respective fair market values (the Baltic Hare, the Baltic Fox, the Baltic Cove, the Genco Ocean, the Genco Avra, the Genco Mare and the Genco Spirit) and the carrying value of three of the Handysize vessels were reduced to their net sales price (the Baltic Wind, the Baltic Breeze and the Genco Bay).

Lastly, during the first quarter of 2020, we reduced the carrying values of four of our Supramax vessels, the Genco Picardy, the Genco Predator, the Genco Provence and the Genco Warrior, to their respective fair market values at March 31, 2020, which resulted in $27.0 million of impairment recorded during the nine months ended September 30, 2020.

During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, we recorded losses of $12.2 million and $26.1 million, respectively, related to the impairment of vessel assets.  

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During the third quarter of 2019, we reduced the carrying values of two of our Panamax vessels, the Genco Raptor and Genco Thunder, and one of our Handysize vessels, the Genco Champion, to their net sales price which resulted in $12.2 million of impairment recorded during the three and nine month ended September 30, 2019.

Additionally, during the second quarter of 2019, we reduced the carrying value of one of our Handysize vessels, the Genco Challenger, to its net sales price which resulted in $4.4 million of impairment during the nine months ended September 30, 2019.

Lastly, we recorded total impairment of $9.5 million for two of our Handysize vessels, the Genco Champion and the Genco Charger, during the nine months ended September 30, 2019. The carrying values of these vessels were adjusted to their respective fair market values during the second quarter of 2019.

Refer to Note 2 — Summary of Significant Accounting Policies in our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statement for further information regarding the impairment of the vessels described above.

Pursuant to our credit facilities, we regularly submit to the lenders’ valuations of our vessels on an individual charter free basis in order to evidence our compliance with the collateral maintenance covenants under our credit facilities. Such a valuation is not necessarily the same as the amount any vessel may bring upon sale, which may be more or less, and should not be relied upon as such. We were in compliance with the collateral maintenance covenant under our $495 Million Credit Facility and $133 Million Credit Facility as of September 30, 2020. We obtained valuations for all of the vessels in our fleet pursuant to the terms of the $495 Million Credit Facility and the $133 Million Credit Facility. In the chart below, we list each of our vessels, the year it was built, the year we acquired it, and its carrying value at September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019. Vessels have been grouped according to their collateralized status as of September 30, 2020. The carrying value of eight Handysize vessels and eleven Supramax vessels as noted above reflect the impairment loss recorded during the nine months ended September 30, 2020. The carrying value of the Genco Thunder and Genco Charger at December 31, 2019 reflect the impairment loss recorded during 2019 for these vessels.

At September 30, 2020, the vessel valuations of all of our vessels for covenant compliance purposes under our credit facilities as of the most recent compliance testing date were lower than their carrying values at September 30, 2020, with the exception of the following 14 vessels that were impaired during the nine months ended September 30, 2020 as noted above: the Genco Ocean, the Genco Avra, the Genco Mare, the Genco Spirit, the Baltic Cove, the Baltic Fox, the Baltic Hare, the Genco Normandy, the Baltic Jaguar, the Genco Loire, the Genco Lorraine, the Baltic Cougar, the Baltic Leopard and the Baltic Panther. At December 31, 2019, the vessel valuations of all of our vessels for covenant compliance purposes under our credit facility as of the most recent compliance testing date were lower than their carrying values at December 31, 2019, with the exception of the Genco Charger, which was impaired during the year ended December 31, 2019.

The amount by which the carrying value at September 30, 2020 of all of the vessels in our fleet, with the exception of the 14 aforementioned vessels, exceeded the valuation of such vessels for covenant compliance purposes ranged, on an individual vessel basis, from $0.2 million to $19.5 million per vessel, and $346.3 million on an aggregate fleet basis. The amount by which the carrying value at December 31, 2019 of all of the vessels in our fleet, with the exception of the one aforementioned vessel, exceeded the valuation of such vessels for covenant compliance purposes ranged, on an individual vessel basis, from $1.3 million to $18.1 million per vessel, and $419.4 million on an aggregate fleet basis. The average amount by which the carrying value of our vessels exceeded the valuation of such vessels for covenant compliance purposes was $9.4 million at September 30, 2020 and $7.8 million as of December 31, 2019.
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However, neither such valuation nor the carrying value in the table below reflects the value of long-term time charters, if any, related to some of our vessels.

						Carrying Value (U.S.	 	
						dollars in	 	
						thousands) as of	 	
	    		    	Year	    	September 30, 	    	December 31, 	 	
Vessels	    	Year Built	    	Acquired	    	2020	    	2019	 	
$495 Million Credit Facility												
Genco Commodus	 	2009	 	2009		$	37,903		$	39,472		
Genco Maximus	 	2009	 	2009		 	37,898		 	39,498		
Genco Claudius		2010	 	2009		 	39,653		 	41,314		
Baltic Bear	 	2010	 	2010			39,356			40,967		
Baltic Wolf	 	2010	 	2010		 	39,584		 	41,163		
Baltic Lion	 	2009	 	2013		 	31,169		 	32,199		
Genco Tiger		2010		2013			29,220			30,115		
Genco Thunder	 	2007	 	2008		 	—		 	10,303		
Baltic Scorpion	 	2015	 	2015		 	24,789		 	25,583		
Baltic Mantis	 	2015	 	2015		 	25,038		 	25,835		
Genco Hunter	 	2007	 	2007	 		16,280	 		17,121		
Genco Warrior	 	2005	 	2007	 		7,547	 		15,053		
Genco Aquitaine	 	2009	 	2010		 	16,348		 	17,046		
Genco Ardennes	 	2009	 	2010		 	16,384		 	17,080		
Genco Auvergne	 	2009	 	2010		 	16,557		 	17,094		
Genco Bourgogne	 	2010	 	2010		 	17,321		 	17,802		
Genco Brittany	 	2010	 	2010		 	17,367		 	17,829		
Genco Languedoc	 	2010	 	2010		 	17,234		 	17,609		
Genco Loire	 	2009	 	2010		 	7,497		 	10,777		
Genco Lorraine	 	2009	 	2010		 	7,750		 	10,748		
Genco Normandy	 	2007	 	2010		 	5,738		 	8,717		
Baltic Leopard	 	2009	 	2009		 	7,750		 	10,773		
Baltic Jaguar	 	2009	 	2010		 	7,096		 	10,782		
Baltic Panther	 	2009	 	2010		 	7,285		 	10,784		
Baltic Cougar	 	2009	 	2010		 	7,750		 	10,791		
Genco Picardy	 	2005	 	2010		 	8,028		 	14,669		
Genco Provence	 	2004	 	2010		 	7,050		 	14,164		
Genco Pyrenees	 	2010	 	2010		 	17,430		 	17,528		
Genco Rhone	 	2011	 	2011		 	17,975		 	18,610		
Genco Bay	 	2010	 	2010		 	8,055		 	16,411		
Genco Ocean	 	2010	 	2010		 	7,833		 	16,562		
Genco Avra	 	2011	 	2011		 	8,297		 	17,505		
Genco Mare	 	2011	 	2011		 	8,299		 	17,546		
Genco Spirit	 	2011	 	2011		 	8,303		 	17,614		
Baltic Wind	 	2009	 	2010		 	—		 	15,996		
Baltic Cove	 	2010	 	2010		 	7,830		 	16,490		
Baltic Breeze	 	2010	 	2010		 	—		 	16,603		
Baltic Fox	 	2010	 	2013		 	8,813		 	15,995		
Baltic Hare	 	2009	 	2013		 	8,074		 	15,395		
Genco Constantine	 	2008	 	2008		 	34,744		 	36,450		
Genco Augustus	 	2007	 	2007		 	32,625		 	34,330		
Genco London	 	2007	 	2007		 	32,098		 	33,600		
Genco Titus	 	2007	 	2007		 	32,828		 	33,590		
Genco Tiberius	 	2007	 	2007		 	32,576		 	34,276		
Genco Hadrian	 	2008	 	2008		 	35,155		 	36,638		
Genco Predator	 	2005	 	2007		 	7,954		 	14,846		
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						Carrying Value (U.S.	 	
						dollars in	 	
						thousands) as of	 	
	    		    	Year	    	September 30, 	    	December 31, 	 	
Vessels	    	Year Built	    	Acquired	    	2020	    	2019	 	
Genco Charger	 	2005	 	2007		 	—		 	5,099		
Baltic Hornet	 	2014	 	2014		 	23,311		 	24,086		
Baltic Wasp	 	2015	 	2015		 	23,565		 	24,340		
TOTAL						$	851,357		$	1,044,798		
												
$133 Million Credit Facility												
Genco Endeavour		2015		2018		 	44,541		 	45,947		
Genco Resolute		2015		2018		 	44,781		 	46,093		
Genco Columbia		2016		2018		 	25,823		 	26,627		
Genco Weatherly		2014		2018		 	20,974		 	21,676		
Genco Liberty		2016		2018		 	48,167		 	49,506		
Genco Defender		2016		2018		 	48,134		 	49,517		
						$	232,420		$	239,366		
												
Consolidated Total						$	1,083,777		$	1,284,164		

If we were to sell a vessel or hold a vessel for sale, and the carrying value of the vessel were to exceed its fair market value, we would record a loss in the amount of the difference. Refer to Note 2 — Summary of Significant Accounting Policies and Note 4 — Vessel Acquisitions and Dispositions in our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for information regarding the sale of vessel assets and the classification of the vessel assets held for sale as of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019.

ITEM 3.       QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

Interest rate risk

We are exposed to the impact of interest rate changes. Our objective is to manage the impact of interest rate changes on our earnings and cash flow in relation to our borrowings. At September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, we did not have any interest rate swap agreements to manage interest costs and the risk associated with changing interest rates.

We are subject to market risks relating to changes in LIBOR rates because we have significant amounts of floating rate debt outstanding. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, we were subject to the following interest rates on the outstanding debt under our credit facilities:

	●	$133 Million Credit Facility	

	●	$108 Million Tranche — one-month LIBOR plus 2.50% effective August 17, 2018 when the initial draw down on this facility was made.	

	●	$25 Million Tranche — one-month LIBOR plus 3.00% effective June 15, 2020 when the initial draw down on this facility was made.	

	●	$495 Million Credit Facility —	

	●	$460 Million Tranche – one-month or three-month LIBOR plus 3.25% effective June 5, 2018, when the initial $460 million draw down on this tranche of this facility was made. The	
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		applicable margin was reduced to 3.00% from March 5, 2019 to August 9, 2019 pursuant to terms of the facility.	

	●	$35 Million Tranche – one-month LIBOR plus 2.50% effective August 28, 2019 when the initial draw down on this tranche of this facility was made.	

A 1% increase in LIBOR would result in an increase of $3.8 million in interest expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2020.

Derivative financial instruments

As part of our business strategy, we may enter into interest rate swap agreements to manage interest costs and the risk associated with changing interest rates. As of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, we did not have any derivative financial instruments.

Refer to “Interest rate risk” section above for further information regarding interest rate swap agreements.

Currency and exchange rates risk

The majority of transactions in the international shipping industry are denominated in U.S. Dollars. Virtually all of our revenues and most of our operating costs are in U.S. Dollars. We incur certain operating expenses in currencies other than the U.S. dollar, and the foreign exchange risk associated with these operating expenses is immaterial.

ITEM 4.        CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

EVALUATION OF DISCLOSURE CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and President and our Chief Financial Officer, we have evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) of the Exchange Act as of the end of the period covered by this report. Based upon that evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and President and our Chief Financial Officer have concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures are effective.

CHANGES IN INTERNAL CONTROL OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING

There have been no changes in our internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) of the Exchange Act) during our most recent fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

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PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

ITEM 6. EXHIBITS

The Exhibit Index attached to this report is incorporated into this Item 16 by reference.

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EXHIBIT INDEX

		
			
Exhibit		Document	
			
3.1		Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of Genco Shipping & Trading Limited.(1)	
			
3.2		Articles of Amendment to Genco Shipping & Trading Limited Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, dated July 17, 2015.(2)	
			
3.3		Articles of Amendment to Genco Shipping & Trading Limited Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, dated April 15, 2016.(3)	
			
3.4		Articles of Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of Genco Shipping & Trading Limited, dated July 7, 2016.(4)	
			
3.5		Articles of Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of Genco Shipping & Trading Limited, dated January 4, 2017.(5)	
			
3.6		Articles of Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of Genco Shipping & Trading Limited dated July 15, 2020.(6)	
			
3.7		Certificate of Designations of Rights, Preferences and Privileges of Series A Preferred Stock of Genco Shipping & Trading Limited, dated as of November 14, 2016.(7)	
			
3.8		Amended and Restated By-Laws of Genco Shipping & Trading Limited, dated July 9, 2014.(1)	
			
3.9		Amendment to Amended and Restated By-Laws, dated June 4, 2018.(8)	
			
3.10		Second Amendment to Amended and Restated By-Laws, dated July 15, 2020.(6)	
			
4.1		Form of Specimen Stock Certificate of Genco Shipping & Trading Limited.(1)	
			
4.2		Form of Specimen Warrant Certificate of Genco Shipping & Trading Limited.(1)	
			
10.1		Form of Director Restricted Stock Unit Agreement dated as of July 15, 2020.(9)	
			
31.1		Certification of Chief Executive Officer and President pursuant to Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.(*)	
			
31.2		Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.(*)	
			
32.1		Certification of Chief Executive Officer and President pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350.(*)	
			
32.2		Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350.(*)	
			
101		The following materials from Genco Shipping & Trading Limited’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2020 formatted in Inline XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language): (i) Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019 (Unaudited), (ii) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019 (Unaudited), (iii) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Loss for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019 (Unaudited), (iv) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Equity for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019 (Unaudited), (v) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019 (Unaudited), and (vi) Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited).(*)	
			
104		Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101).	

			
	
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(*)	Filed with this report.	
			
(1)	Incorporated by reference to Genco Shipping & Trading Limited’s Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 15, 2014.	
			
(2)	Incorporated by reference to Genco Shipping & Trading Limited’s Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 17, 2015.	
			
(3)	Incorporated by reference to Genco Shipping & Trading Limited’s Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 15, 2016.	
		
(4)	Incorporated by reference to Genco Shipping & Trading Limited’s Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 7, 2016.	
			
(5)	Incorporated by reference to Genco Shipping & Trading Limited’s Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 4, 2017.	
		
(6)	Incorporated by reference to Genco Shipping & Trading Limited’s Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 15, 2020.	
		
(7)	Incorporated by reference to Genco Shipping & Trading Limited’s Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 15, 2016.	
		
(8)	Incorporated by reference to Genco Shipping & Trading Limited’s Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 5, 2018.	
		
(9)	Incorporated by reference to Genco Shipping & Trading Limited’s Report on Form 10-Q, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 5, 2020.	

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

		GENCO SHIPPING & TRADING LIMITED	

	DATE: November 4, 2020	By:	/s/ John C. Wobensmith	
		John C. Wobensmith	
		Chief Executive Officer and President	
		(Principal Executive Officer)	

	DATE: November 4, 2020	By:	/s/ Apostolos Zafolias	
		Apostolos Zafolias	
		Chief Financial Officer	
		(Principal Financial Officer)	

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Exhibit 31.1

CERTIFICATION

I, John C. Wobensmith, certify that:

1.    I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2020 of Genco Shipping & Trading Limited;

2.    Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3.    Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4.    The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

(a)   Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

(b)   Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

(c)   Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

(d)   Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5.    The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

(a)   All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

(b)   Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

	/s/ John C. Wobensmith	
	Name: John C. Wobensmith	
Date:  November 4, 2020	Title: Chief Executive Officer and President	

Exhibit 31.2

CERTIFICATION

I, Apostolos Zafolias, certify that:

1.    I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2020 of Genco Shipping & Trading Limited;

2.    Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3.    Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4.    The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

(a)   Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

(b)   Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

(c)   Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

(d)   Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5.    The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

(a)   All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

(b)   Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

ugust		
	/s/ Apostolos Zafolias	
	Name: Apostolos Zafolias	
Date:  November 4, 2020	Title: Chief Financial Officer	

Exhibit 32.1

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with Genco Shipping & Trading Limited’s (the “Company”) quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2020, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), the undersigned Chief Executive Officer and President of the Company, hereby certifies pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

	(1)	The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and	

	(2)	The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.	

Date: November 4, 2020	/s/ John C. Wobensmith	
	Name: John C. Wobensmith	
	Title: Chief Executive Officer and President	

The foregoing certification is being furnished solely pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350 and is not being filed as part of the Report or as a separate disclosure document. A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 has been provided to the Company and will be retained by the Company and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.

Exhibit 32.2

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with Genco Shipping & Trading Limited’s (the “Company”) quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2020, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), the undersigned Chief Financial Officer of the Company, hereby certifies pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

	(1)	The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and	

	(2)	The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.	

Date: November 4, 2020	/s/ Apostolos Zafolias	
	Name: Apostolos Zafolias	
	Title: Chief Financial Officer	

The foregoing certification is being furnished solely pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350 and is not being filed as part of the Report or as a separate disclosure document. A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 has been provided to the Company and will be retained by the Company and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.