Ownership Submission
FORM 4
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
GENCO SHIPPING & TRADING LTD
  2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Baltic Trading Ltd [BALT]
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director __X__ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
299 PARK AVENUE,, 12TH FLOOR
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
07/17/2015
(Street)

NEW YORK,, NY 10171
4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 3)
2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)
4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)
5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 3 and 4)
6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)
7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Common Stock 07/17/2015   A   100 (1) A (1) 100 I (2) see footnote (2)

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)
2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)
5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)
6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)
7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)
8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)
9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)
10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)
11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Class B Stock (3) 07/17/2015   D     6,356,471   (3)   (3) Common Stock 6,356,471 (3) 0 I (4) see footnote (4)

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
GENCO SHIPPING & TRADING LTD
299 PARK AVENUE,
12TH FLOOR
NEW YORK,, NY 10171
    X    

Signatures

 /s/ Apostolos Zafolias, Chief Financial Officer   07/21/2015
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) On July 17, 2015 (the "Effective Date"), Poseidon Merger Sub Limited ("Merger Sub"), a Marshall Islands corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of Genco Shipping & Trading Limited ("Genco"), a Marshall Islands corporation, merged (the "Merger") with and into Baltic Trading Limited ("Baltic Trading") with Baltic Trading surviving the Merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of Genco pursuant to that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of April 7, 2015, as amended (the "Merger Agreement") by and among Merger Sub, Genco and Baltic Trading. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, each share of common stock of Merger Sub, all of which were owned by Genco Investments LLC ("Genco Investments"), was converted into one share of common stock of Baltic Trading on the Effective Date.
(2) The securities reported in this form are owned by Genco Investments and may be deemed beneficially owned by Genco by virtue of its ownership of Genco Investments. Genco disclaims beneficial ownership of the securities reported herein except to the extent of its pecuniary interest therein, and the inclusion of these securities in this report shall not be deemed an admission that Genco has beneficial ownership of such securities for purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or for any other purposes.
(3) Each share of Class B Stock was convertible at any time at the option of the holder into one share of Common Stock, for no additional consideration. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, each share of Class B Stock was cancelled on the Effective Date.
(4) The securities reported in this form were owned by Genco Investments and may be deemed beneficially owned by Genco by virtue of its ownership of Genco Investments. Genco disclaims beneficial ownership of the securities reported herein except to the extent of its pecuniary interest therein, and the inclusion of these securities in this report shall not be deemed an admission that Genco has beneficial ownership of such securities for purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or for any other purposes.

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