# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001318885
**File Stem:** 0000919574-26-001858
**Filing Date:** 2026-3
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0000919574-26-001858.hdr.sgml**: 20260323

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0000919574-26-001858

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: SCHEDULE 13D/A

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 1

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20260323

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20260323

**SUBJECT COMPANY**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** GENCO SHIPPING & TRADING LTD
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001326200
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** DEEP SEA FOREIGN TRANSPORTATION OF FREIGHT [4412]
- **ORGANIZATION NAME:** 01 Energy & Transportation
- **EIN:** 000000000
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** 1T
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** SCHEDULE 13D/A
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 005-81128
- **FILM NUMBER:** 26782473

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 299 PARK AVENUE
- **STREET 2:** 12TH FLOOR
- **CITY:** NEW YORK
- **STATE:** NY
- **ZIP:** 10171
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** (646) 443-8550

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 299 PARK AVENUE
- **STREET 2:** 12TH FLOOR
- **CITY:** NEW YORK
- **STATE:** NY
- **ZIP:** 10171
**FILED BY**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** DIANA SHIPPING INC.
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001318885
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** DEEP SEA FOREIGN TRANSPORTATION OF FREIGHT [4412]
- **ORGANIZATION NAME:** 01 Energy & Transportation
- **EIN:** 000000000

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** SCHEDULE 13D/A

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** PENDELIS 16
- **STREET 2:** 175 64 PALAIO FALIRO
- **CITY:** ATHENS
- **STATE:** J3
- **ZIP:** 00000
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 30-210-947-0100

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** PENDELIS 16
- **STREET 2:** 175 64 PALAIO FALIRO
- **CITY:** ATHENS
- **STATE:** J3
- **ZIP:** 00000

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

## SCHEDULE 13D

### Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

**(Amendment No. 7)**

**GENCO SHIPPING & TRADING LTD**

*(Name of Issuer)*

**Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share**

*(Title of Class of Securities)*

**—**

*(CUSIP Number)*

**Mr. Ioannis Zafirakis**<br>Pendelis 16<br>Palaio Faliro<br>Athens J3 175 64<br>30-210-947-0100

*(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)*

**03/20/2026**

*(Date of Event Which Requires Filing of this Statement)*

| **CUSIP No.** | **—** |

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| | | | |
|:--|:--|:--|:--|
| 1 | Name of reporting person<br>**DIANA SHIPPING INC.** | Name of reporting person<br>**DIANA SHIPPING INC.** | |
| 2 | Check the appropriate box if a member of a Group (See Instructions)<br>[ ] (a)<br>[x] (b) | Check the appropriate box if a member of a Group (See Instructions)<br>[ ] (a)<br>[x] (b) | |
| 3 | SEC use only | SEC use only | |
| 4 | Source of funds (See Instructions)<br>**BK** | Source of funds (See Instructions)<br>**BK** | |
| 5 | Check if disclosure of legal proceedings is required pursuant to Items 2(d) or 2(e)<br>[ ] | Check if disclosure of legal proceedings is required pursuant to Items 2(d) or 2(e)<br>[ ] | |
| 6 | Citizenship or place of organization<br>**1T** | Citizenship or place of organization<br>**1T** | |
| Number of Shares<br>Beneficially Owned by<br>Each Reporting Person With: | 7 | Sole Voting Power<br>**6413151.00** |
| Number of Shares<br>Beneficially Owned by<br>Each Reporting Person With: | 8 | Shared Voting Power<br>**0.00** |
| Number of Shares<br>Beneficially Owned by<br>Each Reporting Person With: | 9 | Sole Dispositive Power<br>**6413151.00** |
| Number of Shares<br>Beneficially Owned by<br>Each Reporting Person With: | 10 | Shared Dispositive Power<br>**0.00** |
| 11 | Aggregate amount beneficially owned by each reporting person<br>**6413151.00** | Aggregate amount beneficially owned by each reporting person<br>**6413151.00** | |
| 12 | Check if the aggregate amount in Row (11) excludes certain shares (See Instructions)<br>[ ] | Check if the aggregate amount in Row (11) excludes certain shares (See Instructions)<br>[ ] | |
| 13 | Percent of class represented by amount in Row (11)<br>**14.8%** | Percent of class represented by amount in Row (11)<br>**14.8%** | |
| 14 | Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions)<br>**CO** | Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions)<br>**CO** | |

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**Comment for Reporting Person:** Calculated based on 43,317,810 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Issuer outstanding as of February 18, 2026, as reported in the Issuer's Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 18, 2026.

**Item 1. Security and Issuer**

**(a) Title of Class of Securities:**
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share

**(b) Name of Issuer:**
GENCO SHIPPING & TRADING LTD

**(c) Address of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices:**
299 PARK AVENUE, 12TH FLOOR, New York, NY, 10171

This Amendment No. 7 (this "Amendment") amends and supplements, to the extent set forth herein, the statement on Schedule 13D originally filed by Diana Shipping Inc. ("Diana" or the "Reporting Person") with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on July 17, 2025 (the "Original Schedule 13D"), as amended by Amendment No. 1 thereto filed on July 31, 2025 ("Amendment No. 1"), Amendment No. 2 thereto filed on September 30, 2025 ("Amendment No. 2"), Amendment No. 3 thereto filed on November 24, 2025 ("Amendment No. 3"), Amendment No. 4 thereto filed on January 13, 2026 ("Amendment No. 4"), Amendment No. 5 thereto filed on January 16, 2026 ("Amendment No. 5"), and Amendment No. 6 thereto filed on March 10, 2026 ("Amendment No. 6", and, collectively with the Original Schedule 13D, Amendment No. 1, Amendment No. 2, Amendment No. 3, Amendment No. 4, Amendment No. 5, and this Amendment, the "Current Schedule 13D"). Except as expressly provided herein, this Amendment does not modify the information previously reported on the Current Schedule 13D. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined in this Amendment shall have the meaning ascribed to them in the Current Schedule 13D. This Amendment relates to the shares of common stock (the "Shares"), par value $0.01 per share, of Genco Shipping & Trading Limited, a Marshall Islands corporation (the "Issuer").

**Item 4. Purpose of Transaction**

Item 4 of the Current Schedule 13D is hereby amended and supplemented to add the following:

As previously disclosed in Amendment No. 6, on March 6, 2026, the Reporting Person submitted an updated non-binding proposal (the "Revised Proposal") to the Issuer's Board of Directors to acquire all of the issued and outstanding Shares not already owned by the Reporting Person for cash consideration of US$23.50 per share (the "Proposed Transaction"). On March 19, 2026, the Issuer issued a press release stating that its Board of Directors had rejected the Revised Proposal. On March 20, 2026, the Reporting Person issued a press release responding to the Issuer's rejection of the Revised Proposal and indicating that the Reporting Person would proceed with its effort to elect the Nominees (as defined below) to the Issuer's Board of Directors. A copy of the Reporting Person's press release is attached as Exhibit M to this Amendment and is incorporated herein by reference.

As previously disclosed in Amendment No. 5, on January 16, 2026, the Reporting Person delivered a notice to the Issuer to (1) submit, at the Issuer's upcoming 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the "Annual Meeting"), proposals to repeal prospective amendments to the Issuer's By-Laws and to conduct a process to explore strategic alternatives for the Issuer in order to maximize shareholder value and (2) to nominate a slate of six highly-qualified director candidates (the "Nominees") for election to the Issuer's Board of Directors at the Annual Meeting. On March 23, 2026, the Reporting Person filed a preliminary proxy statement and accompanying GOLD proxy card with the SEC for the solicitation of proxies from shareholders of the Issuer in favor of the adoption of the foregoing proposals and the election of the Nominees at the Annual Meeting.

**Item 6. Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or Relationships With Respect to Securities of the Issuer.**

Item 6 of the Current Schedule 13D is hereby amended and supplemented to add the following:

The description set forth in Item 4 of this Amendment is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.

### SIGNATURE

After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.

**Reporting Person:** DIANA SHIPPING INC.

**Signature:** /s/ Ioannis Zafirakis

**Name/Title:** Ioannis Zafirakis, Authorized Representative

**Date:** 03/23/2026