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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 June 30, 2020March 31, 2021

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

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)

The number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as of AugustMay 5, 2020:2021: Common stock, par value $0.01 per share — 41,801,75341,912,432 shares.

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PART I — FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1.

Financial Statements (unaudited)

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a)

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of June 30, 2020March 31, 2021 and December 31, 20192020

4

b)

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the Three and Six Months ended June 30,March 31, 2021 and 2020 and 2019

5

c)

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive LossIncome (Loss) for the Three and Six Months ended June 30,March 31, 2021 and 2020 and 2019

6

d)

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Equity for the Three and Six Months ended June 30,March 31, 2021 and 2020 and 2019

7

e)

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the SixThree Months ended June 30,March 31, 2021 and 2020 and 2019

8

f)

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

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Item 2.

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

2425

Item 3.

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

5149

Item 4.

Controls and Procedures

5250

PART II —OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1A.

Risk Factors

5351

Item 6.

Exhibits

5451

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Website Information

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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Genco Shipping & Trading Limited

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of June 30, 2020March 31, 2021 and December 31, 20192020

(U.S. Dollars in thousands, except for share and per share data)

(Unaudited)

June 30, 

December 31, 

    

2020

    

2019

 

    

    

 

Assets

Current assets:

Cash and cash equivalents

$

127,722

$

155,889

Restricted cash

 

14,855

 

6,045

Due from charterers, net of a reserve of $662 and $1,064, respectively

 

13,370

 

13,701

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

8,705

10,049

Inventories

23,034

27,208

Vessels held for sale

23,252

10,303

Total current assets

 

210,938

 

223,195

Noncurrent assets:

Vessels, net of accumulated depreciation of $242,465 and $288,373, respectively

 

1,109,341

 

1,273,861

Deferred drydock, net of accumulated amortization of $7,691 and $11,862 respectively

 

19,192

 

17,304

Fixed assets, net of accumulated depreciation and amortization of $2,057 and $2,154, respectively

 

7,215

 

5,976

Operating lease right-of-use assets

 

7,565

 

8,241

Restricted cash

 

315

 

315

Total noncurrent assets

 

1,143,628

 

1,305,697

Total assets

$

1,354,566

$

1,528,892

Liabilities and Equity

Current liabilities:

Accounts payable and accrued expenses

$

24,071

$

49,604

Current portion of long-term debt

 

79,522

 

69,747

Deferred revenue

 

4,368

 

6,627

Current operating lease liabilities

1,720

1,677

Total current liabilities:

 

109,681

 

127,655

Noncurrent liabilities:

Long-term operating lease liabilities

8,955

9,826

Long-term debt, net of deferred financing costs of $11,648 and $13,094, respectively

403,304

412,983

Total noncurrent liabilities

 

412,259

 

422,809

Total liabilities

 

521,940

 

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 June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively

418

417

Additional paid-in capital

1,714,019

1,721,268

Accumulated deficit

 

(881,811)

 

(743,257)

Total equity

 

832,626

 

978,428

Total liabilities and equity

$

1,354,566

$

1,528,892

March 31, 

December 31, 

    

2021

    

2020

 

    

    

 

Assets

Current assets:

Cash and cash equivalents

$

123,191

$

143,872

Restricted cash

 

40,519

 

35,492

Due from charterers, net of a reserve of $493 and $669, respectively

 

11,243

 

12,991

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

13,149

10,856

Inventories

24,148

21,583

Vessels held for sale

15,630

22,408

Total current assets

 

227,880

 

247,202

Noncurrent assets:

Vessels, net of accumulated depreciation of $215,970 and $204,201, respectively

 

924,468

 

919,114

Vessels held for exchange

38,214

Deferred drydock, net of accumulated amortization of $9,377 and $8,124 respectively

 

14,374

 

14,689

Fixed assets, net of accumulated depreciation and amortization of $2,664 and $2,266, respectively

 

6,139

 

6,393

Operating lease right-of-use assets

 

6,538

 

6,882

Restricted cash

 

315

 

315

Fair value of derivative instruments

 

629

 

Total noncurrent assets

 

952,463

 

985,607

Total assets

$

1,180,343

$

1,232,809

Liabilities and Equity

Current liabilities:

Accounts payable and accrued expenses

$

24,402

$

22,793

Current portion of long-term debt

 

65,277

 

80,642

Deferred revenue

 

7,389

 

8,421

Current operating lease liabilities

1,788

1,765

Total current liabilities:

 

98,856

 

113,621

Noncurrent liabilities:

Long-term operating lease liabilities

7,606

8,061

Contract liability

 

 

7,200

Long-term debt, net of deferred financing costs of $8,677 and $9,653, respectively

327,064

358,933

Total noncurrent liabilities

 

334,670

 

374,194

Total liabilities

 

433,526

 

487,815

Commitments and contingencies (Note 13)

Equity:

Common stock, par value $0.01; 500,000,000 shares authorized; 41,912,432 and 41,801,753 shares issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively

419

418

Additional paid-in capital

1,713,082

1,713,406

Accumulated other comprehensive income

 

161

 

Accumulated deficit

 

(966,845)

 

(968,830)

Total equity

 

746,817

 

744,994

Total liabilities and equity

$

1,180,343

$

1,232,809

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 Six Months Ended June 30,March 31, 2021 and 2020 and 2019

(U.S. Dollars in Thousands, Except for Earnings Per Share and Share Data)

(Unaudited)

For the Three Months Ended

For the Six Months Ended

For the Three Months Ended

June 30, 

June 30, 

March 31, 

    

2020

    

2019

    

2020

    

2019

   

    

2021

    

2020

   

Revenues:

Voyage revenues

$

74,206

$

83,550

$

172,542

$

177,014

$

87,591

$

98,336

Total revenues

74,206

 

83,550

172,542

 

177,014

87,591

 

98,336

Operating expenses:

Voyage expenses

41,695

 

41,800

90,063

 

84,822

35,074

 

48,368

Vessel operating expenses

21,058

 

24,358

42,871

 

47,549

19,046

 

21,813

Charter hire expenses

1,432

4,849

4,507

7,267

5,435

3,075

General and administrative expenses (inclusive of nonvested stock amortization expense of $476, $569, $957 and $1,021, respectively)

5,471

 

5,799

11,238

 

12,109

General and administrative expenses (inclusive of nonvested stock amortization expense of $522 and $481, respectively)

6,102

 

5,767

Technical management fees

1,724

1,885

3,578

3,825

1,464

1,854

Depreciation and amortization

15,930

 

18,271

33,504

 

36,348

13,441

 

17,574

Impairment of vessel assets

13,897

112,814

13,897

112,814

Loss (gain) on sale of vessels

486

(611)

Loss on sale of vessels

720

486

Total operating expenses

87,310

 

110,859

299,061

 

205,206

81,282

 

211,751

Operating loss

(13,104)

 

(27,309)

(126,519)

 

(28,192)

Operating income (loss)

6,309

 

(113,415)

Other (expense) income:

Other income (expense):

Other income (expense)

120

 

107

(464)

 

437

146

 

(584)

Interest income

253

 

1,073

847

 

2,400

71

 

594

Interest expense

(5,473)

 

(8,124)

(12,418)

(16,699)

(4,541)

(6,945)

Impairment of right-of-use asset

(223)

(223)

Other expense

(5,100)

 

(7,167)

(12,035)

 

(14,085)

Other expense, net

(4,324)

 

(6,935)

Net loss

$

(18,204)

$

(34,476)

$

(138,554)

$

(42,277)

Net income (loss)

$

1,985

$

(120,350)

Net loss per share-basic

$

(0.43)

$

(0.83)

$

(3.31)

$

(1.01)

Net loss per share-diluted

$

(0.43)

$

(0.83)

$

(3.31)

$

(1.01)

Net earnings (loss) per share-basic

$

0.05

$

(2.87)

Net earnings (loss) per share-diluted

$

0.05

$

(2.87)

Weighted average common shares outstanding-basic

41,900,901

 

41,742,301

41,883,629

 

41,734,248

41,973,782

 

41,866,357

Weighted average common shares outstanding-diluted

41,900,901

 

41,742,301

41,883,629

 

41,734,248

42,276,380

 

41,866,357

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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Genco Shipping & Trading Limited

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive LossIncome (Loss)

For the Three and Six Months Ended June 30,March 31, 2021 and 2020 and 2019

(U.S. Dollars in Thousands)

(Unaudited)

For the Three Months Ended

For the Six Months Ended

For the Three Months Ended

June 30, 

June 30, 

March 31, 

    

2020

    

2019

    

2020

    

2019

 

    

2021

    

2020

 

Net loss

$

(18,204)

 

$

(34,476)

$

(138,554)

 

$

(42,277)

Net income (loss)

$

1,985

 

$

(120,350)

Other comprehensive income

 

 

161

 

0

Comprehensive loss

$

(18,204)

 

$

(34,476)

$

(138,554)

 

$

(42,277)

Comprehensive income (loss)

$

2,146

 

$

(120,350)

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 Six Months Ended June 30,March 31, 2021 and 2020 and 2019

(U.S. Dollars in Thousands)

(Unaudited)

Additional

Accumulated

Common

Paid-in

Accumulated

Additional

Other

Stock

Capital

Deficit

Total Equity

Common

Paid-in

Comprehensive

Accumulated

Balance — January 1, 2020

$

417

$

1,721,268

$

(743,257)

$

978,428

Stock

Capital

Income

Deficit

Total Equity

Net loss

(120,350)

(120,350)

Balance — January 1, 2021

$

418

$

1,713,406

$

$

(968,830)

$

744,994

Issuance of 47,341 shares of vested RSUs, net of forfeitures of 1,490 shares

1

(1)

Net income

1,985

1,985

Cash dividends declared ($0.175 per share)

(7,363)

(7,363)

Other comprehensive income

161

161

Nonvested stock amortization

481

481

Balance — March 31, 2020

$

418

$

1,714,385

$

(863,607)

$

851,196

Net loss

(18,204)

(18,204)

Issuance of shares due to vesting of RSUs and exercise of options

1

(1)

Cash dividends declared ($0.02 per share)

(842)

(842)

(845)

(845)

Nonvested stock amortization

476

476

522

522

Balance — June 30, 2020

$

418

$

1,714,019

$

(881,811)

$

832,626

Balance — March 31, 2021

$

419

$

1,713,082

$

161

$

(966,845)

$

746,817

Additional

Accumulated

Common

Paid-in

Accumulated

Additional

Other

Stock

Capital

Deficit

Total Equity

Common

Paid-in

Comprehensive

Accumulated

Balance — January 1, 2019

$

416

$

1,740,163

$

(687,272)

$

1,053,307

Stock

Capital

Income

Deficit

Total Equity

Balance — January 1, 2020

$

417

$

1,721,268

$

$

(743,257)

$

978,428

Net loss

(7,801)

(7,801)

(120,350)

(120,350)

Issuance of 12,477 shares of vested RSUs

Issuance of shares due to vesting of RSUs, net of forfeitures

1

(1)

Cash dividends declared ($0.175 per share)

(7,363)

(7,363)

Nonvested stock amortization

452

452

481

481

��

Balance — March 31, 2019

$

416

$

1,740,615

$

(695,073)

$

1,045,958

Balance — March 31, 2020

$

418

$

1,714,385

$

$

(863,607)

$

851,196

Net loss

(34,476)

(34,476)

Nonvested stock amortization

569

569

Balance — June 30, 2019

$

416

$

1,741,184

$

(729,549)

$

1,012,051

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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Genco Shipping & Trading Limited

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the SixThree Months Ended June 30,March 31, 2021 and 2020 and 2019

(U.S. Dollars in Thousands)

(Unaudited)

For the Six Months Ended

For the Three Months Ended

June 30, 

March 31, 

    

2020

    

2019

 

    

2021

    

2020

 

Cash flows from operating activities:

Net loss

 

$

(138,554)

$

(42,277)

Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash (used in) provided by operating activities:

Net income (loss)

 

$

1,985

$

(120,350)

Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:

Depreciation and amortization

33,504

 

36,348

13,441

 

17,574

Amortization of deferred financing costs

1,909

 

1,867

976

 

951

Noncash operating lease expense

676

577

Right-of-use asset amortization

344

337

Amortization of nonvested stock compensation expense

957

 

1,021

522

 

481

Impairment of right-of-use asset

223

Impairment of vessel assets

112,814

 

13,897

 

112,814

Loss (gain) on sale of vessels

486

 

(611)

Loss on sale of vessels

720

 

486

Amortization of premium on derivative

69

Interest rate cap premium payment

(240)

Insurance proceeds for protection and indemnity claims

278

389

41

101

Insurance proceeds for loss of hire claims

78

Change in assets and liabilities:

Decrease in due from charterers

331

 

6,588

Decrease in prepaid expenses and other current assets

504

 

165

Decrease in inventories

4,174

223

(Decrease) increase in accounts payable and accrued expenses

(17,454)

 

828

Decrease (increase) in due from charterers

1,748

 

(1,303)

Increase in prepaid expenses and other current assets

(2,692)

 

(1,074)

Increase in inventories

(2,565)

(2,134)

Increase (decrease) in accounts payable and accrued expenses

1,548

 

(9,916)

(Decrease) increase in deferred revenue

(2,259)

 

1,859

(1,032)

 

1,191

Decrease in operating lease liabilities

(828)

(786)

(432)

(412)

Deferred drydock costs incurred

(5,593)

 

(5,488)

(939)

 

(2,784)

Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities

(8,977)

 

14,823

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

13,494

 

(4,038)

Cash flows from investing activities:

Purchase of vessels and ballast water treatment systems, including deposits

(2,275)

 

(7,754)

(1,190)

 

(273)

Purchase of scrubbers (capitalized in Vessels)

(10,839)

(10,370)

(41)

(7,778)

Purchase of other fixed assets

(2,716)

 

(2,494)

(152)

 

(1,039)

Net proceeds from sale of vessels

14,726

6,309

21,272

14,510

Insurance proceeds for hull and machinery claims

484

612

61

157

Net cash used in investing activities

(620)

 

(13,697)

Net cash provided by investing activities

19,950

 

5,577

Cash flows from financing activities:

Proceeds from the $133 Million Credit Facility

24,000

Repayments on the $133 Million Credit Facility

(3,280)

(3,160)

(22,740)

(1,580)

Proceeds from the $495 Million Credit Facility

11,250

11,250

Repayments on the $495 Million Credit Facility

(33,321)

(34,575)

(25,470)

(16,660)

Payment of common stock issuance costs

(105)

Cash dividends paid

(8,126)

(888)

(7,290)

Payment of deferred financing costs

(283)

 

(611)

Net cash used in financing activities

(9,760)

 

(38,451)

(49,098)

 

(14,280)

Net decrease in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash

(19,357)

 

(37,325)

(15,654)

 

(12,741)

Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at beginning of period

162,249

 

202,761

179,679

 

162,249

Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of period

 

$

142,892

$

165,436

 

$

164,025

$

149,508

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 1 business segment.

At June 30, 2020,March 31, 2021, the Company’s fleet consists of 5341 drybulk vessels, including 17 Capesize drybulk carriers, 69 Ultramax drybulk carriers 20and 15 Supramax drybulk carriers and 10 Handysize drybulk carriers, with an aggregate carrying capacity of approximately 4,837,0004,422,300 dwt and an average age of approximately 10.010.3 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 the overallany 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 2020.2021.  However, an increase in the severity or duration or a resurgence of the COVID-19 pandemic, any potential variants and the timing of wide-scale vaccine distribution 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, 20192020 (the “2019“2020 10-K”). The results of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020March 31, 2021 are not necessarily indicative of the operating results to be expected for the year ending December 31, 2020.2021.

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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vessels, useful life of vessels and the fair value of derivative instruments, if any.  Actual results could differ from those estimates.

RestrictedCash, cash equivalents and restricted cash

The Company considers highly liquid investments, such as money market funds and certificates of deposit with an original maturity of three months or less to be cash equivalents. 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:

June 30, 

December 31, 

March 31, 

December 31, 

    

2020

    

2019

 

    

2021

    

2020

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

127,722

 

$

155,889

 

$

123,191

 

$

143,872

Restricted cash - current

14,855

6,045

40,519

35,492

Restricted cash - noncurrent

 

315

 

315

 

315

 

315

Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash

 

$

142,892

 

$

162,249

 

$

164,025

 

$

179,679

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 2, 2020, the Company entered into an agreement to sell the Baltic WindJanuary 22, 2021 and on March 20, 2020,January 25, 2021, the Company entered into agreements to sell the Genco Lorraine and the Baltic Breeze and Genco Bay.Leopard. The relevant vesselvessels assets have been classified as held for sale in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as of June 30, 2020.March 31, 2021. The Baltic WindLeopard was sold on July 7, 2020, the Baltic Breeze was sold on July 31, 2020April 8, 2021 and the Genco BayLorraine is expected to be sold during the thirdsecond quarter of 2020.2021. Refer to Note 4 — Vessel Acquisitions and Dispositions for details of the agreements.

On September 25, 2019,November 3, 2020, November 27, 2020 and November 30, 2020, the Company entered into an agreementagreements to sell the Genco Thunder,Baltic Panther, the Baltic Hare and the Baltic Cougar, respectively. The relevant vessel assets have been classified as held for sale in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as of December 31, 2019. This vessel was2020. The Baltic Panther, the Baltic Hare and the Baltic Cougar were sold on MarchJanuary 4, 2021, January 15, 2021 and February 24, 2021, respectively.

Vessels held for exchange

The vessel assets for the remaining 5 2020.vessels to be exchanged as part of an agreement entered into by the Company on December 17, 2020 have been classified as vessels held for exchange in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as of December 31, 2020 in the amount of $38,214, after recognition of impairment. This includes the vessel assets for the Baltic Cove, the Baltic Fox, the Genco Avra, the Genco Mare and the Genco Spirit. These vessels were exchanged during the first quarter of 2021. 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 1011 — Voyage Revenues for further discussion of the

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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 (gain) of $958($493) and ($113)$841 during the three months ended June 30,March 31, 2021 and 2020, and 2019, respectively, and $1,800 and $237 during the six months ended June 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 June 30,March 31, 2021 and 2020, and 2019, the Company recorded $0 and $13,897,$112,814, respectively, related to the impairment of vessel assets in accordance with ASCAccounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 360 — “Property,Property, Plant and Equipment”Equipment (“ASC 360”). Additionally, during the six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019, the Company recorded $112,814 and $13,897, respectively, related to the impairment of vessel assets in accordance with ASC 360.

At March 31, 2020, the Company determined that the expected estimated future undiscounted cash flows for 4 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 sixthree months ended June 30,March 31, 2020.

On February 24, 2020, the Board of Directors determined to dispose of the Company’s following 10 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 3 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 sixthree months ended June 30,March 31, 2020.

Refer to Note 4 — Vessel Acquisitions and Dispositions for further detail regarding the vessel sales. 

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 valuesale 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 three and six months ended June 30, 2019.  Refer to Note 4 — Vessel Acquisitions and Dispositions for further detail regarding the vessel sale. 

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 three and six months ended June 30, 2019. Refer to Note 4 — Vessel Acquisitions and Dispositions for further detail regarding the vessel sale.certain aforementioned vessels. 

Loss (gain) on sale of vessels

During the sixthree months ended June 30,March 31, 2021, the Company recorded a net loss of $720 related to the sale of vessels. The net loss of $720 recorded during the three months ended March 31, 2021 related primarily to the sale of the Baltic Panther, Baltic Hare and Baltic Cougar, as well as net losses associated with the exchange of the Baltic Cove, Baltic Fox, Genco Spirit, Genco Avra and Genco Mare. During the three months ended March 31, 2020, the Company recorded a net loss of $486$486 related to the sale of vessels. The net loss of $486 recorded during the sixthree months ended June 30,March 31, 2020 related primarily to the sale of the Genco Charger and Genco Thunder. During the six months ended June 30, 2019, the Company recorded a net gain of $611 relatedRefer to Note 4 — Vessel Acquisitions and Dispositions for further detail regarding the sale of these vessels. The net gain of $611 recorded during the six months ended June 30, 2019 related primarily to the sale of the Genco Vigour. There were 0 vessels sold during the three months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019.

Recent accounting pronouncements

In August 2018,March 2020, 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

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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 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, “ReferenceReference Rate Reform (Topic 848): Facilitation of the Effects of Reference Rate Reform on Financial Reporting (“(“ASU 2020-04”).ASU 2020-04which 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. ThisIn January 2021, the FASB issued ASU 2021-01, “Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848) –

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Scope (“ASU 2021-01”),” which permits entities to apply optional expedients in Topic 848 to derivative instruments modified because of discounting transition resulting from reference rate reform. ASU 2020-04 became effective upon issuance and may be applied prospectively to contract modification made on or before December 31, 2022. ASU 2021-01 became effective upon issuance and may be applied on a full retrospective basis as of any date from the beginning of an interim period that includes or is effective for adoption at any time betweensubsequent to March 12, 2020 andor prospectively for contract modification made on or before December 31, 2022. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of thisthe adoption of ASU 2020-04 and ASU 2021-01 on its condensed consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.

3 - CASH FLOW INFORMATION

For the sixthree months ended June 30,March 31, 2021, 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 $975 for the Purchase of vessels and ballast water treatment systems, including deposits, $17 for the Purchase of Scrubbers, $154 for the Purchase of other fixed assets and $61 for the Net proceeds from sale of vessels. For the three months ended March 31, 2021, 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 $71 for Cash dividends payable.

For the three months ended March 31, 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 $33$2,950 for the Purchase of scrubbers, $1,726$1,314 for the Purchase of vessels and ballast water treatment systems, including deposits, $490$548 for the Purchase of other fixed assets and $13$196 for the Net proceeds from sale of vessels. For the sixthree months ended June 30, 2020,March 31, 2021, 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 $10397 for Cash dividends paid and $179 for the Payment of deferred financing costs.

For the six months ended June 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 $2,383 for the Purchase of vessels and ballast water treatment systems, including deposits, $4,104 for the Purchase of scrubbers and $77 for the Purchase of other fixed assets.payable.

During the sixthree months ended June 30,March 31, 2021 and 2020, and 2019, cash paid for interest was $10,457$3,583 and $14,946$6,051, respectively.

During the sixthree months ended June 30,March 31, 2021 and 2020, and 2019, there was 0 cash paid for estimated income taxes.

During the sixthree months ended June 30,March 31, 2021, the Company made a reclassification of $15,630 from Vessels, net of accumulated depreciation to Vessels held for sale as the Company entered into agreements to sell the Baltic Leopard and Genco Lorraine prior to March 31, 2021.  Refer to Note 4 — Vessel Acquisitions and Dispositions.

During the three months ended March 31, 2020, the Company made a reclassification of $23,252$23,129 from Vessels, net of accumulated depreciation to Vessels held for sale as the Company entered into agreements to sell the Baltic Wind, Baltic Breeze and Genco Bay prior to June 30,March 31, 2020.  Refer to Note 4 — Vessel Acquisitions and Dispositions.

On February 23, 2021, the Company issued 103,599 restricted stock units and options to purchase 118,552 shares of the Company’s stock at an exercise price of $9.91 to certain individuals. The fair value of these restricted stock units and stock options were $1,027 and $513, respectively.

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 1314 — Stock-Based Compensation for further information regarding the aforementioned grants.

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

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

For the Three Months Ended

March 31, 

2021

2020

 

Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities:

Operating cash flows from operating lease

$

557

$

557

For the Six Months Ended

June 30, 

2020

2019

 

Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities:

Operating cash flows from operating lease

$

1,115

$

1,115

4 - VESSEL ACQUISITIONS AND DISPOSITIONS

Vessel Exchange

On December 17, 2020, the Company entered into an agreement to acquire 3 Ultramax vessels in exchange for 6 Handysize vessels for a fair value of $46,000 less a 1.0% commission payable to a third party. The Genco Magic, a 2014-built Ultramax vessel, and the Genco Vigilant and the Genco Freedom, both 2015-built Ultramax vessels, were delivered to the Company on December 23, 2020, January 28, 2021 and February 20, 2021, respectively. The Genco Ocean, the Baltic Cove and the Baltic Fox, all 2010-built Handysize vessels, were delivered to the buyers on December 29, 2020, January 30, 2021 and February 2, 2021, respectively. The Genco Spirit, the Genco Avra and the Genco Mare, all 2011-built Handysize vessels, were delivered to the buyers on February 15, 2021, February 21, 2021 and February 24, 2021, respectively. As of December 31, 2020, the vessel assets for the Baltic Cove, the Baltic Fox, the Genco Avra, the Genco Mare and the Genco Spirit have been classified as held for exchange in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet.

Vessel Dispositions

On March 20, 2020,January 25, 2021, the Company entered into agreementsan agreement to sell the Baltic Breeze and Genco Bay, both 2010-built Handysize vessels,Leopard, a 2009-built Supramax vessel, to a third party for $7,900 each$8,000 less a 2.0% broker commission payable to a third party. The sale of the Baltic Breeze was completed on July 31, 2020. Refer to Note 15 Subsequent Events. The sale of the Genco Bay is expected to be completed during the third quarter of 2020.April 8, 2021. The vessel assets have been classified as held for sale in the Condensed Consolidated Balance SheetsSheet as of June 30, 2020. Refer to “Impairment of vessel assets” section in Note 2 March 31, 2021.— Summary of Significant Accounting Policies for impairment expense recorded during the six months ended June 30, 2020.

On March 2, 2020,January 22, 2021, the Company entered into an agreement to sell the Baltic Wind,Genco Lorraine, a 2009-built HandysizeSupramax vessel, to a third party for $7,750$7,950 less a 2.0%2.5% broker commission payable to a third party. The sale wasis expected to be completed on July 7, 2020, refer to Note 15during the second quarter of 2021. Subsequent Events. The vessel assets have been classified as held for sale in the Condensed Consolidated Balance SheetsSheet as of June 30, 2020. Refer to “Impairment of vessel assets” section in Note 2 — Summary of Significant Accounting Policies for impairment expense recorded during the six months ended June 30, 2020.March 31, 2021.

On September 25, 2019,During November 2020, the Company entered into an agreementagreements 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 assetsBaltic Cougar, the Baltic Hare and the Baltic Panther. These vessels have been classified as held for sale in the Condensed Consolidated Balance SheetsSheet 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.2020. The sale of the Genco Charger wasBaltic Hare, Baltic Panther and Baltic Cougar were completed on January 15, 2021, January 4, 2021 and February 24, 2020.  2021, respectively.

On November 4, 2019,As of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the Company entered into an agreement to sellhas recorded $40,519 and $35,492 of restricted cash in the Genco Raptor, a 2007-built Panamax vessel, for $10,200 less a 2.0% broker commission payable to a third party.  TheCondensed Consolidated Balance Sheets which represents the net proceeds received from the sale was completed on December 11, 2019. 

The Genco Thunder, Genco Chargerof 9 and Genco Raptor8 vessels, respectively, that served as collateral under the $495 Million Credit Facility; therefore $5,339, $3,471 and $6,045, respectively, of theFacility. The net proceeds received from the salefor each vessel 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 June 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.dates. 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.  Refer to Note 7 — Debt for further information.

On September 20, 2019,Refer to the Company entered into an agreement to sell“Impairment of vessel assets” and “Loss on sale of vessels” sections in Note 2 — Summary of Significant Accounting Policies for discussion of impairment expense and the Genco Champion, a 2006-built Handysize vessel, for $6,600 less a 3.0% broker commission payable to a third party. Thenet loss on sale was completed on October 21, 2019. On August 2, 2019,of vessels recorded during the Company entered into an agreement to sell the Genco Challenger, a 2003-built Handysize vessel, for three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020.

$5,250 less a 2.0% broker commission payable to a third party.  The sale was completed on

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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 2 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.

5 - NET LOSSEARNINGS (LOSS) PER SHARE

The computation of basic net lossearnings (loss) per share is based on the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during the reporting period. The computation of diluted net lossearnings (loss) per share assumes the vesting of nonvested stock awards and the exercise of stock options (refer to Note 1314 — 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 288,319215,240 restricted stock units and 87,358 stock options that were dilutive during the three months ended March 31, 2021. There were 288,185 restricted stock units and 837,338 stock options excluded from the computation of diluted net loss per share during the three and six months ended June 30,March 31, 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 six months ended June 30, 2019 because they were anti-dilutive (refer to Note 1314 — Stock-Based Compensation).

The Company’s diluted net lossearnings (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 1314 — 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. All MIP Warrants during the three months ended March 31, 2020 were excluded from the computation of diluted net earnings (loss) per share because they were anti-dilutive. The MIP Warrants expired on August 7, 2020. There were 0 unvested MIP Warrants and 3,936,761 equity warrants excluded from the computation of diluted net lossearnings (loss) per share during the three and six months ended June 30,March 31, 2021 and 2020 and 2019 because they were anti-dilutive. The equity warrants expire at 5:00 p.m. on July 9, 2021.

The components of the denominator for the calculation of basic and diluted net lossearnings (loss) per share are as follows:

For the Three Months Ended

For the Six Months Ended

For the Three Months Ended

June 30, 

June 30, 

March 31, 

2020

    

2019

    

2020

    

2019

 

    

2021

    

2020

 

Common shares outstanding, basic:

Weighted-average common shares outstanding, basic

41,900,901

 

41,742,301

41,883,629

 

41,734,248

41,973,782

 

41,866,357

Common shares outstanding, diluted:

Weighted-average common shares outstanding, basic

41,900,901

 

41,742,301

41,883,629

 

41,734,248

41,973,782

 

41,866,357

Dilutive effect of warrants

 

 

 

Dilutive effect of stock options

87,358

Dilutive effect of restricted stock awards

 

 

215,240

 

Weighted-average common shares outstanding, diluted

41,900,901

 

41,742,301

41,883,629

 

41,734,248

42,276,380

 

41,866,357

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6 - RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

During the three and six months ended June 30,March 31, 2021 and 2020, and 2019, the Company did not identifyhave any related party transactions.

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7 – DEBT

Long-term debt, net consists of the following:

June 30, 

December 31, 

March 31, 

December 31, 

    

2020

    

2019

 

    

2021

    

2020

 

Principal amount

 

$

494,474

 

$

495,824

 

$

401,018

 

$

449,228

Less: Unamortized debt financing costs

 

(11,648)

 

(13,094)

 

(8,677)

 

(9,653)

Less: Current portion

 

(79,522)

 

(69,747)

 

(65,277)

 

(80,642)

Long-term debt, net

 

$

403,304

 

$

412,983

 

$

327,064

 

$

358,933

June 30, 2020

December 31, 2019

March 31, 2021

December 31, 2020

Unamortized

Unamortized

Unamortized

Unamortized

Debt Issuance

Debt Issuance

Debt Issuance

Debt Issuance

    

Principal

    

Cost

    

Principal

    

Cost

 

    

Principal

    

Cost

    

Principal

    

Cost

 

$495 Million Credit Facility

$

373,654

$

9,941

$

395,724

$

11,642

$

308,818

$

7,381

$

334,288

$

8,222

$133 Million Credit Facility

120,820

1,707

100,100

1,452

92,200

1,296

114,940

1,431

Total debt

$

494,474

 

$

11,648

$

495,824

 

$

13,094

$

401,018

 

$

8,677

$

449,228

 

$

9,653

As of June 30, 2020March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2019, $11,6482020, $8,677 and $13,094$9,653 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 7 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.days. On February 18, 2021 and February 26, 2021, the Company utilized $3,471 and $5,339 of the proceeds from the sale of the Genco Charger and Genco Thunder, respectively, as loan prepayment under these terms. These amounts were classified as restricted cash in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as of December 31, 2020 and are included in the total debt repayments below.

As a result of the loan prepayments for vessel sales, scheduled amortization payments were recalculated in accordance with the terms of the facility during April 2021. Scheduled amortization payments under the $460 million tranche were revised to $12,400 which will commence on June 30, 2021, with a final payment of $189,605 due on the maturity date.

On December 17, 2020, the Company entered into an amendment to the $495 Million Credit Facility that allowed the Company to enter into a vessel transaction in which the Company agreed to acquire 3 Ultramax vessels in exchange for 6 of the Company’s Handysize vessels. Refer to Note 4 — Vessel Acquisitions and Dispositions.

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 June 30, 2020,March 31,

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2021, the Company drewhas drawn down a total of $32,750, and this tranche is considered fully drawn. Scheduled quarterly repayments under this tranche are $2,339.

As of June 30, 2020,March 31, 2021, there was 0 availability under the $495 Million Credit Facility. Total debt repayments of $16,66125,470 and $19,575$16,660 were made during the three months ended June 30,March 31, 2021 and 2020 and 2019 under the $495 Million Credit

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Facility, respectively. Total debt repayments of $33,321 and $34,575 were made during the six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019 under the $495 Million Credit Facility, respectively.

As of June 30, 2020,March 31, 2021, 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 6 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.
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. On March 31, 2021, the Company repaid the remaining $21,160 outstanding balance under the Revolver from this drawdown.

As of June 30, 2020,March 31, 2021, there was $1,000$19,240 of availability under the Revolver of the $133 Million Credit Facility. Total debt repayments of $1,70022,740 and $1,580 were made during the three months ended June 30,March 31, 2021 and 2020 and 2019 under the $133 Million Credit Facility, respectively. Total debt repayments of $3,280 and $3,160 were made during the six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019 under the $133 Million Credit Facility, respectively.

As of June 30, 2020,March 31, 2021, the Company was in compliance with all of the financial covenants under the $133 Million Credit Facility.

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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 Six Months Ended

June 30, 

June 30, 

For the Three Months Ended March 31,

    

2020

2019

2020

  

2019

    

2021

2020

Effective Interest Rate

3.62

%  

5.43

%  

4.22

%  

  

5.50

%  

3.18

%  

4.76

%  

Range of Interest Rates (excluding unused commitment fees)

2.67 % to 4.57

%  

4.90 % to 5.50

%  

2.67 % to 5.05

%  

  

4.90 % to 5.76

%  

2.61 % to 3.48

%  

3.45 % to 5.05

%  

8 – DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS

The Company is exposed to interest rate risk on its floating rate debt. As of March 31, 2021, the Company had 3 interest rate cap agreements outstanding to manage interest costs and the risk associated with variable interest rates. The 3 interest rate cap agreements have been designated and qualify as cash flow hedges. The premium paid is recognized in income on a rational basis and all changes in the value of the caps are deferred in Accumulated other comprehensive income (“AOCI”) and are subsequently reclassified into Interest expense in the period when the hedged interest affects earnings.

The following table summarizes the interest rate cap agreements in place as of March 31, 2021.

Interest Rate Cap Detail

Notional Amount Outstanding

March 31, 

Trade date

Cap Rate

Start Date

End Date

    

2021

March 25, 2021

0.75

%

April 29, 2021

March 28, 2024

$

50,000

July 29, 2020

0.75

%

July 31, 2020

December 29, 2023

100,000

March 6, 2020

1.50

%

March 10, 2020

March 10, 2023

50,000

$

200,000

The Company records the fair value of the interest rate caps as Fair value of derivatives in the non-current asset section on its condensed consolidated balance sheet. The Company has elected to use the income approach to value the interest rate derivatives using observable Level 2 market expectations at the measurement date and standard valuation techniques to convert future amounts to a single present amount (discounted) reflecting current market expectations about those future amounts. Level 2 inputs for derivative valuations are limited to quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets (specifically futures contracts) and inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability (specifically LIBOR cash and swap rates, implied volatility, basis swap adjustments, and credit risk at commonly quoted intervals). Mid-market pricing is used as a practical expedient for most fair value measurements.

The Company recorded a $161 gain for the three months ended March 31, 2021. The estimated income that is currently recorded in AOCI as of March 31, 2021 that is expected to be reclassified into earnings within the next twelve months is $167.

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The Effect of Fair Value and Cash Flow Hedge Accounting on the Statement of Operations

For the Three Months Ended March 31,

2021

    

2020

Interest Expense

Interest Expense

Total amounts of income and expense line items presented in the statement of operations in which the effects of fair value or cash flow hedges are recorded

$

4,541

$

6,945

The effects of fair value and cash flow hedging

Gain or (loss) on cash flow hedging relationships in Subtopic 815-20:

Interest contracts:

Amount of gain or (loss) reclassified from AOCI to income

$

$

Premium excluded and recognized on an amortized basis

69

Amount of gain or (loss) reclassified from AOCI to income as a result that a forecasted transaction is no longer probable of occurring

The following table shows the interest rate cap assets as of March 31, 2021:

March 31, 

Derivatives designated as hedging instruments

Balance Sheet Location

2021

Interest rate caps

Fair value of derivative instruments - noncurrent

$

629

The components of AOCI included in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet consists of net unrealized gain (loss) on cash flow hedges as of March 31, 2021.

AOCI — January 1, 2021

$

Amount recognized in OCI on derivative, intrinsic

 

(97)

Amount recognized in OCI on derivative, excluded

 

258

Amount reclassified from OCI into income

 

AOCI — March 31, 2021

$

161

The

89 - FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

The fair values and carrying values of the Company’s financial instruments as of June 30, 2020March 31, 2021 and December 31, 20192020 which are required to be disclosed at fair value, but not recorded at fair value, are noted below.

June 30, 2020

December 31, 2019

March 31, 2021

December 31, 2020

    

Carrying

    

    

Carrying

    

 

    

Carrying

    

    

Carrying

    

 

    

Value

    

Fair Value

    

Value

    

Fair Value

 

    

Value

    

Fair Value

    

Value

    

Fair Value

 

Cash and cash equivalents

$

127,722

$

127,722

$

155,889

$

155,889

$

123,191

$

123,191

$

143,872

$

143,872

Restricted cash

 

15,170

 

15,170

 

6,360

 

6,360

 

40,834

 

40,834

 

35,807

 

35,807

Principal amount of floating rate debt

 

494,474

 

494,474

 

495,824

 

495,824

 

401,018

 

401,018

 

449,228

 

449,228

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The carrying value of the borrowings under the $495 Million Credit Facility and the $133 Million Credit Facility as of June 30, 2020March 31, 2021 and December 31, 20192020 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 June 30, 2020March 31, 2021 and December 31, 20192020 (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, “FairFair Value Measurements & Disclosures”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 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. Interest rate cap agreements are considered to be a Level 2 item. Refer to Note 8 — Derivative Instruments for further information. 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

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are Level 2 inputs. There was no vessel impairment recorded during the three months ended March 31, 2021. During the sixthree months ended June 30,March 31, 2020, the vessel assets for 14 of the Company’s vessels were written down as part of the impairment recorded during the six months ended June 30, 2020. There was 0 vessel impairment recorded during the three months ended June 30,March 31, 2020. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2019, the vessel assets for 3 of the Company’s vessels were written down as part of the impairment recorded during the three and six months ended June 30, 2019. The vessels held for sale as of June 30,March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020 were written down as part of the impairment recorded during the six monthsyear ended June 30, 2020. The vessel held for sale as of December 31, 2019 was written down as part of the impairment recorded during the three months ended September 30, 2019.2020. 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 six months ended June 30,March 31, 2021 and 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 six months ended June 30,March 31, 2021 and 2020, there waswere 0 indicators of impairment of the operating lease right-of-use assets.During the three and six months ended June 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 three and six months ended June 30, 2019. 

The Company did not have any Level 3 financial assets or liabilities as of June 30, 2020March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2019.2020.

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910 - ACCOUNTS PAYABLE AND ACCRUED EXPENSES

Accounts payable and accrued expenses consist of the following:

    

June 30, 

    

December 31, 

    

March 31, 

    

December 31, 

    

2020

    

2019

 

    

2021

    

2020

 

Accounts payable

$

11,206

$

26,040

$

14,888

$

11,864

Accrued general and administrative expenses

 

2,849

 

4,105

 

1,765

 

3,258

Accrued vessel operating expenses

 

10,016

 

19,459

 

7,749

 

7,671

Total accounts payable and accrued expenses

$

24,071

$

49,604

$

24,402

$

22,793

1011 – 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 June 30,March 31, 2021 and 2020, and 2019, the Company earned $74,20687,591 and $83,550$98,336 of voyage revenue,revenues, respectively. For the six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019, the Company earned $172,542 and $177,014 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.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.

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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 Six Months Ended

For the Three Months Ended

June 30, 

June 30, 

March 31, 

    

2020

    

2019

2020

    

2019

    

2021

    

2020

Lease revenue

$

11,983

$

25,852

$

31,134

$

49,242

$

18,900

$

19,151

Spot market voyage revenue

62,223

57,698

141,408

127,772

68,691

79,185

Total voyage revenues

$

74,206

$

83,550

$

172,542

$

177,014

$

87,591

$

98,336

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1112 - 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 $612 of sublease income recorded during the three and six months ended June 30, 2020, respectively. There was 0 sublease income recorded during the threeMarch 31, 2021 and six months ended June 30, 2019.2020. 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 six months ended June 30,March 31, 2021 and 2020, and 2019, all charter-in agreements for third-party vessels were less than twelve months and considered short-term leases.

1213 – COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

During the second half of 2018, the Company entered into agreements for the purchase of ballast water treatments systems (“BWTS”) for 4236 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 beare 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 $16,049$17,774 and $12,783$17,009 in Vessel assets in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of June 30, 2020March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2019,2020, 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 $42,621 and $41,270 in Vessel assets in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively, related to scrubber

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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.

1314 - STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION

2014 Management Incentive Plan

As of June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, a total of 8,557,461 of warrants were outstanding under the Genco Shipping & Trading Limited 2014 Management Incentive Plan (the “MIP”).

The MIP Warrants were issued in 3 tranches for 238,066, 246,701 and 370,979 shares and have 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 six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019, there was 0 amortization expense of the fair value of these warrants. As of June 30, 2020, there was 0 unamortized stock-based compensation for the warrants and all warrants were vested.

The following table summarizes certain information about the warrants outstanding as of June 30, 2020:

Warrants Outstanding and Exercisable,

June 30, 2020

Weighted

Weighted

Average

Average

Remaining

Number of

Exercise

Contractual

Warrants

    

Price

    

Life

 

8,557,461

$

281.82

0.10

2015 Equity Incentive Plan

Stock Options

On February 25, 2020,23, 2021, the Company issued options to purchase 344,568118,552 of the Company’s shares of common stock to certain individuals with an exercise price of $7.06$9.91 per share. One third of the options become exercisable on each of the first three anniversaries of February 25, 2020,23, 2021, 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 $2.014.33 per share, or $693$513 in the aggregate. The assumptions used in the Cox-Ross-Rubinstein option pricing formula are as follows: volatility of 53.91%60.91% (representing the Company’s historical volatility), a risk-free interest rate of 1.41%0.41%, a dividend yield of 7.13%0.98%, and expected life of 4 years (determined using the simplified method as outlined in SAB Topic 14 due to lack of historical exercise data).

For the three and six months ended June 30,March 31, 2021 and 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 Six Months Ended

For the Three Months Ended

June 30, 

June 30, 

March 31, 

2020

2019

2020

    

2019

 

2021

    

2020

 

General and administrative expenses

$

192

$

229

$

397

$

411

$

180

$

205

Amortization of the unamortized stock-based compensation balance of $823 as of March 31, 2021 is expected to be expensed $456, $278, $81 and $8 during the remainder of 2021 and during the years ending December 31, 2022,

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Amortization of the unamortized stock-based compensation balance of $879 as of June 30, 2020 is expected to be expensed $389, $367, $1112023 and $12 during the remainder of 2020 and during the years ended December 31, 2021, 2022 and 2023,2024, respectively. The following table summarizes the unvestedstock option activity for the sixthree months ended June 30, 2020:March 31, 2021:

Weighted

Weighted

Weighted

Weighted

Number

Average

Average

Number

Average

Average

of

Exercise

Fair

of

Exercise

Fair

    

Options

    

Price

    

Value

    

    

Options

    

Price

    

Value

    

Outstanding at January 1, 2020 - Unvested

 

322,279

 

$

9.41

4.72

Outstanding as of January 1, 2021

 

837,338

 

$

8.86

4.02

Granted

 

344,568

7.06

2.01

 

118,552

9.91

4.33

Exercisable

 

(119,923)

9.87

5.05

Exercised

 

 

(16,742)

7.47

2.72

Forfeited

 

(3,378)

8.07

3.76

 

Outstanding at June 30, 2020 - Unvested

 

543,546

 

$

7.83

$

2.94

Outstanding as of March 31, 2021

 

939,148

 

$

9.02

$

4.08

Exercisable as of March 31, 2021

 

511,830

 

$

9.84

$

5.00

The following table summarizes certain information about the options outstanding as of June 30, 2020:March 31, 2021:

Options Outstanding and Unvested,

Options Outstanding and Exercisable,

Options Outstanding and Unvested,

Options Outstanding and Exercisable,

June 30, 2020

June 30, 2020

March 31, 2021

March 31, 2021

Weighted

Weighted

Weighted

 

Weighted

Weighted

Weighted

 

Weighted

Average

Average

 

Weighted

Average

Weighted

Average

Average

 

Weighted

Average

Weighted

Average

Exercise Price of

Exercise Price of

 

Average

Remaining

Average

Remaining

Exercise Price of

 

Average

Remaining

Average

Remaining

Outstanding

Outstanding

Number of

Exercise

Contractual

Number of

Exercise

Contractual

Outstanding

Number of

Exercise

Contractual

Number of

Exercise

Contractual

Options

Options

    

Options

    

Price

    

Life

    

Options

    

Price

    

Life

 

Options

    

Options

    

Price

    

Life

    

Options

    

Price

    

Life

 

$

8.86

 

543,546

$

7.83

5.22

293,792

$

10.78

3.51

9.02

 

427,318

$

8.04

5.00

511,830

$

9.84

3.38

As of June 30, 2020March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2019,2020, a total of 837,338939,148 and 496,148837,338 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 June 30, 2020March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2019,2020, 373,588478,848 and 326,247373,588 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.Plan.

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

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three anniversaries of the determined vesting date. The table below summarizes the Company’s unvested RSUs for the sixthree months ended June 30, 2020:March 31, 2021:

Weighted

Weighted

Number of

Average Grant

Number of

Average Grant

RSUs

Date Price

RSUs

Date Price

Outstanding at January 1, 2020

162,096

$

9.26

Outstanding as of January 1, 2021

298,834

$

7.49

Granted

178,385

7.00

103,870

9.91

Vested

(50,672)

9.45

(105,458)

8.29

Forfeited

(1,490)

8.39

Outstanding at June 30, 2020

288,319

$

7.83

Outstanding as of March 31, 2021

297,246

$

8.06

The total fair value of the RSUs that vested during the sixthree months ended June 30,March 31, 2021 and 2020 was $1,130 and 2019 was $352 and $230$351, 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 June 30, 2020:March 31, 2021:

Unvested RSUs

Unvested RSUs

Vested RSUs

Unvested RSUs

Vested RSUs

June 30, 2020

June 30, 2020

March 31, 2021

March 31, 2021

March 31, 2021

Weighted

Weighted

Weighted

Average

Weighted

Weighted

Average

Weighted

Average

Remaining

Average

Average

Remaining

Average

Number of

Grant Date

Contractual

Number of

Grant Date

Grant Date

Contractual

Number of

Grant Date

RSUs

    

Price

    

Life

    

RSUs

    

Price

 

    

Price

    

Life

    

RSUs

    

Price

 

288,319

$

7.83

2.04

472,895

$

11.25

297,246

$

8.06

1.88

611,355

$

10.59

The Company is amortizing these grants over the applicable vesting periods, net of anticipated forfeitures. As of June 30, 2020,March 31, 2021, unrecognized compensation cost of $1,2741,534 related to RSUs will be recognized over a weighted-average period of 2.041.88 years.

For the three and six months ended June 30,March 31, 2021 and 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 Six Months Ended

For the Three Months Ended

June 30, 

June 30, 

March 31, 

2020

2019

    

2020

    

2019

 

    

2021

    

2020

 

General and administrative expenses

$

284

$

340

$

560

$

610

$

342

$

276

1415 - 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.

1516 – SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

On August 5, 2020,May 4, 2021, the Company announced a regular quarterly dividend of $0.02$0.05 per share to be paid on or about AugustMay 25, 20202021 to shareholders of record as of AugustMay 17, 2020.2021. The aggregate amount of the dividend is expected to be approximately $0.8$2.1 million, which the Company anticipates will be funded from cash on hand at the time the payment is to be made.

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On July 31, 2020,May 4, 2021, the Company’s Board of Directors awarded grants of 18,428 RSUs to the Chairman of the Board under the 2015 Plan.  The awards generally vest ratably in one-third increments on the first three anniversaries of May 4, 2021.

On April 20, 2021, the Company entered into an agreement to purchase a 2016-built, 64,000 dwt Ultramax vessel for a purchase price of $20,200, to be renamed the Genco Enterprise. The vessel is expected to deliver during the second or third quarter of 2021, and the Company intends to use a combination of cash on hand and debt to finance the purchase. On April 29, 2021, we paid a deposit of $4,040, which is being held in an escrow account until we take delivery of the vessel.

On April 8, 2021, the Company completed the sale of the Baltic Breeze,Leopard, a 2010-built Handysize2009-built Supramax vessel, to a third party for $7,900$8,000 less a 2.02.0%% broker commission payable to a third party. Additionally, on July 7, 2020, the Company completed the sale of the Baltic Wind, a 2009-built Handysize vessel, to a third party for $7,750 less a 2.0% broker commission payable to a third party. The vessel assetsasset for the Baltic Breeze and Baltic Wind haveLeopard has been classified as held for sale in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as of June 30, 2020.  Refer also to Note 4 — Vessel Acquisitions and Dispositions.  The Company expects to record aMarch 31, 2021 at its estimated net loss on the sale of the Baltic Breeze during the third quarter of 2020 of between approximately $200 and $400. The Company expects to record a net loss on the sale of the Baltic Wind during the third quarter of 2020 of between $200 and $400.

These vesselsrealizable value. This vessel served as collateral under the $495 Million Credit Facility;Facility, therefore $4,797 and $4,575$4,087 of the net proceeds received from the sale of the Baltic Breeze and Baltic Wind, respectively, will remain classified as restricted cash for 360 days following the sale date. Those amountsThat amount can be used towards a loan prepayment under the facility or for the financing of a replacement vesselvessels 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 thesethe proceeds as a loan prepayment.

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. The awards will vest on the earlier of the date of the next annual shareholders meeting of the Company and the date that is fourteen months after the grant date.

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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)worldwide compliance with sulfur emissions regulations that took effect on January 1, 2020 and 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)(xix) our financial results for the year ending December 31, 20202021 and other factors relating to determination of the tax treatment of dividends we have declared; (xx) the financial results we achieve for each quarter that apply to the formula under our new dividend policy, including without limitation the actual amounts earned by our vessels and the amounts of various expenses we incur, as a significant decrease in such earnings or a significant increase in such expenses may affect our ability to carry out our new value strategy; (xxi) the exercise of the discretion of our Board regarding the declaration of dividends, including without limitation the amount that our Board determines to set aside for reserves under our dividend policy; (xxii) our ability to refinance and amend the terms of our credit facilities as contemplated in connection with our new dividend policy; (xxiii) 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)(xxiv) 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, 20192020 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

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review of our financial performance.performance, market developments, and the best interests of the Company and its shareholders. 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. OurAfter the anticipated sale of one of our Supramax vessels and the anticipated acquisition of one Ultramax vessel, our fleet currently consistswill consist of 5140 drybulk vessels, including 17 Capesize drybulk carriers, sixten Ultramax drybulk carriers 20and thirteen Supramax drybulk carriers and eight Handysize drybulk carriers, with an aggregate carrying capacity of approximately 4,768,0004,379,400 dwt and an average age of approximately 10.110.2 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 34 - 35 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. Capesize vessels represent our major bulk vessel category and the other vessel classes, including Ultramax, Supramax and Handysize vessels, represent our minor bulk vessel category. On February 24, 2021, we disposed of the last Handysize vessel in our fleet. Our major bulk vessels are primarily used to transport iron ore and coal, while our minor bulk vessels are primarily used to transport grains, steel products and other drybulk cargoes such as cement, scrap, fertilizer, bauxite, nickel ore, salt and sugar. 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. However, depending on market conditions, we may seek to enter into longer term time charter contracts.  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.

Drawing on one of the strongest balance sheets in the drybulk industry, in April 2021 we announced a new comprehensive value strategy. Specifically, we intend to use a phased in approach to further reduce our debt and refinance our current credit facilities in order to lower our cash flow breakeven levels and position us to pay a sizeable quarterly dividend across diverse market environments. Utilizing this approach, we maintain significant flexibility to grow the fleet through accretive vessel acquisitions. We are targeting the fourth quarter of 2021 results for our anticipated first dividend under our new corporate strategy, which would be payable in the first quarter of 2022.

In implementing this strategy, we will focus on the following specific priorities for the remainder of 2021:

Continue to pay down debt through regularly scheduled quarterly repayments and prepayments from a combination of cash flow generation and cash on the balance sheet;
Opportunistically grow the fleet on a low levered basis utilizing proceeds from previous vessel sales; and
Refinance credit facilities to increase flexibility, improve key terms and lower cash flow breakeven rates

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

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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 2020, 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 China2020, China’s economy has shown substantial improvement,substantially improved, as various economic indicators such as fixed asset investment and industrial production rose as compared to the previous months of the year.year, which led to GDP growth of 3.2%, 4.9% and 6.5% during the second, third and fourth 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 seensaw meaningful contractions in economic output in 2020. Several economies around the world gradually eased measures taken earlier in 2020 resulting in improved activity levels from earlier year to date.lows. The impact of the economic contraction remains highly dependent on the trajectory of COVID-19, potential variants and the timing of wide-scale vaccine distribution, which isremains uncertain.

While the drybulk earnings environment in 2020 was already trending lower in part due to Brazilian iron ore supply constraints, the onset and continued spread of COVID-19 further accentuated this decline. The Capesize market is heavily reliant on iron ore shipments, particularly from Brazil, which decreasedglobal economic activity levels, led by 11% throughChina, have improved, the first six months of 2020 as compared to the same period of 2019. Heavy rainfall in Brazil and operational issues at Vale’s iron ore mines relating to the 2019 Brumadinho dam failure along with the impact from COVID-19 limited production and export

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activity, although iron ore exports from Brazil have begun to recover and showed an improvement of nearly 40% in June compared to May 2020.

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 datein 2020 due to lower end user demand resulting from a decline in global economic activity. As countries worldwide began to gradually reopenreopened their respective economies since June 2020,in mid-2020, trade flows and demand for raw materials have increased.increased, particularly during the second half of 2020. This demand has continued so far in 2021 to date. 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 thirdsecond half of 2020. In 2021 to date, spot rates for Capesize vessels have experienced their best first quarter to date. However,since 2014, while Supramax rates have exceeded $20,000 per day, marking the highest point since 2010. During the fourth quarter of 2020 and early 2021, there has been a resurgence of the virus in some European countries, Brazil and the U.S. that may impact the sustainability of this recovery cannot be predicted and could be affected by a resurgence of the virus.in addition to drybulk specific seasonality described in further detail below.

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 become increasinglybeen 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.

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team worked remotely. Regarding our headquarters in New York, we are planning to implement a phased-in approach towards reopening the office; however awe currently estimate that we will return date has not yet been determined.to the office during September 2021. 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 many crew changes over the course of the pandemic to date, 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. Please refer to Risk Factors (Part II, Item 1A of this Form 10-Q) for a discussion of these factors and other risks.

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 Septemberthe fourth quarter and extends into the fourth quarter. Whileearly first quarter of the following year. In recent months, China has recently agreed to purchasepurchased large amounts of agricultural products that are transported on drybulk vessels itwhich has helped support freight rates for the mid-sized and smaller vessel classes. It remains to be seen ifthe stance the new U.S. administration will take towards China as well as any previously agreed upon trade volumes towards the end of this year will approach levels prior to the trade

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dispute. A furtherdeals. Any 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.

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 has 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 may result in additional increases. 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 begunbegan consuming compliant, low sulfur fuel beginning in 2020, although we intend to continue to evaluate other options.  

During the course of 2019,

Vessel Sales and Acquisitions

On April 20, 2021, we sold four of our vessels. Additionally, we have sold two of our vessels during the first quarter of 2020, sold two vessels during July 2020, and entered into an agreement to purchase a 2016-built, 64,000 dwt Ultramax vessel for a purchase price of $20.2 million, to be renamed the Genco Enterprise. The vessel is expected to deliver during the second or third quarter of 2021, and we intend to use cash on hand and debt to finance the purchase.

On December 17, 2020, we entered into an agreement to acquire three modern, eco Ultramax vessels in exchange for six of our older Handysize vessels. The Genco Magic, a 2014-built Ultramax vessel, and the Genco Vigilant and the Genco Freedom, both 2015-built Ultramax vessels, were delivered to the Company on December 23, 2020, January 28, 2021 and February 20, 2021, respectively. We delivered the Genco Ocean, Baltic Cove and Baltic Fox, all 2010-built Handysize vessels, and the Genco Spirit, Genco Avra and Genco Mare, all 2011-built Handysize

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vessels, on December 29, 2020, January 30, 2021, February 2, 2021, February 15, 2021, February 21, 2021 and February 24, 2021, respectively.

During April 2021, we completed the sale of one Supramax vessel. During the first quarter of 2021, we completed the sale of eight of our vessels, including three Supramax vessels and five of the Handysize vessels as noted above. We have entered in agreements to sell one additional Supramax vessel that is classified as held for whichsale as of March 31, 2021.

During 2020, we completed the sale is expected to be completed duringof nine of our vessels, including one of the third quarterHandysize vessels as noted above. Three vessels were classified as held for sale as of December 31, 2020 and the five Handysize vessels were classified as held for exchange as of December 31, 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 twothree independent technical managers to provide technical management of our fleet at a lower cost than we believe would be possible in-house.fleet. 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 six months ended June 30,March 31, 2021 and 2020 and 2019 on a consolidated basis. 

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For the Three Months Ended

 

June 30, 

Increase

 

    

2020

    

2019

    

(Decrease)

    

% Change

 

Fleet Data:

 

Ownership days (1)

Capesize

 

1,547.0

1,547.0

 

%

Panamax

 

182.0

(182.0)

 

(100.0)

%

Ultramax

 

546.0

546.0

 

%

Supramax

 

1,820.0

1,820.0

 

%

Handymax

 

 

%

Handysize

 

910.0

1,183.0

(273.0)

 

(23.1)

%

Total

 

4,823.0

5,278.0

(455.0)

 

(8.6)

%

Chartered-in days (2)

Capesize

79.4

(79.4)

(100.0)

%

Panamax

%

Ultramax

114.2

66.0

48.2

73.0

%

Supramax

98.7

95.4

3.3

 

3.5

%

Handymax

%

Handysize

35.6

106.6

(71.0)

(66.6)

%

Total

248.5

347.4

(98.9)

(28.5)

%

Available days (owned & chartered-in fleet) (3)

Capesize

 

1,530.1

1,509.9

20.2

 

1.3

%

Panamax

 

182.0

(182.0)

 

(100.0)

%

Ultramax

��

637.2

612.0

25.2

 

4.1

%

Supramax

 

1,782.0

1,788.2

(6.2)

 

(0.3)

%

Handymax

 

 

%

Handysize

 

942.5

1,233.6

(291.1)

 

(23.6)

%

Total

 

4,891.8

5,325.7

(433.9)

 

(8.1)

%

Available days (owned fleet) (4)

Capesize

1,530.1

1,430.5

99.6

 

7.0

%

Panamax

182.0

(182.0)

 

(100.0)

%

Ultramax

523.0

546.0

(23.0)

 

(4.2)

%

Supramax

1,683.3

1,692.8

(9.5)

 

(0.6)

%

Handymax

 

%

Handysize

906.9

1,127.0

(220.1)

 

(19.5)

%

Total

4,643.3

4,978.3

(335.0)

 

(6.7)

%

Operating days (5)

Capesize

 

1,529.6

1,494.3

35.3

 

2.4

%

Panamax

 

182.0

(182.0)

 

(100.0)

%

Ultramax

 

635.6

610.8

24.8

 

4.1

%

Supramax

 

1,765.2

1,760.7

4.5

 

0.3

%

Handymax

 

 

%

Handysize

 

896.7

1,189.1

(292.4)

 

(24.6)

%

Total

 

4,827.1

5,236.9

(409.8)

 

(7.8)

%

Fleet utilization (6)

Capesize

 

98.9

%  

97.7

%  

1.2

%  

1.2

%

Panamax

 

%  

100.0

%  

(100.0)

%  

(100.0)

%  

Ultramax

 

99.7

%  

99.8

%  

(0.1)

%  

(0.1)

%

Supramax

 

97.7

%  

97.7

%  

%  

%

Handymax

 

%  

%  

%  

%

Handysize

 

94.8

%  

96.4

%  

(1.6)

%  

(1.7)

%

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For the Three Months Ended

 

June 30, 

Increase

 

    

2020

    

2019

    

(Decrease)

    

% Change

 

Fleet average

 

97.8

%  

97.7

%  

0.1

%  

0.1

%

For the Three Months Ended

June 30, 

Increase

    

2020

    

2019

    

(Decrease)

    

% Change

 

Average Daily Results:

Time Charter Equivalent (7)

Capesize

$

9,466

$

7,292

$

2,174

 

29.8

%

Panamax

 

 

10,554

 

(10,554)

 

(100.0)

%

Ultramax

 

7,848

 

9,873

 

(2,025)

 

(20.5)

%

Supramax

 

5,301

 

6,971

 

(1,670)

 

(24.0)

%

Handymax

 

 

 

 

%

Handysize

 

3,952

 

6,517

 

(2,565)

 

(39.4)

%

Fleet average

 

6,693

 

7,412

 

(719)

 

(9.7)

%

Daily vessel operating expenses (8)

Capesize

$

5,049

$

5,057

$

(8)

 

(0.2)

%

Panamax

 

 

4,505

 

(4,505)

 

(100.0)

%

Ultramax

 

3,829

 

4,738

 

(909)

 

(19.2)

%

Supramax

 

4,190

 

4,456

 

(266)

 

(6.0)

%

Handymax

 

 

 

 

%

Handysize

 

3,864

 

4,246

 

(382)

 

(9.0)

%

Fleet average

 

4,366

 

4,615

 

(249)

 

(5.4)

%

For the Six Months Ended

 

For the Three Months Ended

 

June 30, 

Increase

 

March 31, 

Increase

 

    

2020

    

2019

    

(Decrease)

    

% Change

 

    

2021

    

2020

    

(Decrease)

    

% Change

 

Fleet Data:

 

Ownership days (1)

Capesize

 

3,094.0

3,077.0

17.0

 

0.6

%

 

1,530.0

1,547.0

(17.0)

 

(1.1)

%

Panamax

 

64.8

389.2

(324.4)

 

(83.4)

%

 

64.8

(64.8)

 

(100.0)

%

Ultramax

 

1,092.0

1,086.0

6.0

 

0.6

%

 

731.8

546.0

185.8

 

34.0

%

Supramax

 

3,640.0

3,620.0

20.0

 

0.6

%

 

1,407.7

1,820.0

(412.3)

 

(22.7)

%

Handymax

 

 

%

 

 

%

Handysize

 

1,874.7

2,353.0

(478.3)

 

(20.3)

%

 

227.5

964.7

(737.2)

 

(76.4)

%

Total

 

9,765.5

10,525.2

(759.7)

 

(7.2)

%

 

3,897.0

4,942.5

(1,045.5)

 

(21.2)

%

Chartered-in days (2)

Capesize

79.4

(79.4)

(100.0)

%

%

Panamax

%

%

Ultramax

292.5

96.3

196.2

203.7

%

Supramax

302.8

281.8

21.0

 

7.5

%

Handymax

14.5

17.4

(2.9)

(16.7)

%

Handysize

60.7

165.5

(104.8)

(63.3)

%

Total

670.5

640.4

30.1

4.7

%

Available days (owned & chartered-in fleet) (3)

Capesize

 

3,058.4

3,038.7

19.7

 

0.6

%

Panamax

 

64.4

389.2

(324.8)

 

(83.5)

%

Ultramax

 

1,305.6

1,182.2

123.4

 

10.4

%

Supramax

 

3,753.0

3,733.8

19.2

 

0.5

%

Handymax

 

14.5

17.4

(2.9)

 

(16.7)

%

Handysize

 

1,924.6

2,460.3

(535.7)

 

(21.8)

%

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For the Six Months Ended

 

For the Three Months Ended

 

June 30, 

Increase

 

March 31, 

Increase

 

    

2020

    

2019

    

(Decrease)

    

% Change

 

    

2021

    

2020

    

(Decrease)

    

% Change

 

Ultramax

232.5

178.3

54.2

30.4

%

Supramax

108.3

204.1

(95.8)

 

(46.9)

%

Handymax

14.5

(14.5)

(100.0)

%

Handysize

25.1

(25.1)

(100.0)

%

Total

340.8

422.0

(81.2)

(19.2)

%

Available days (owned & chartered-in fleet) (3)

Capesize

 

1,505.6

1,528.4

(22.8)

 

(1.5)

%

Panamax

 

64.4

(64.4)

 

(100.0)

%

Ultramax

 

955.6

668.4

287.2

 

43.0

%

Supramax

 

1,512.2

1,971.0

(458.8)

 

(23.3)

%

Handymax

 

14.5

(14.5)

 

(100.0)

%

Handysize

 

227.5

982.2

(754.7)

 

(76.8)

%

Total

 

10,120.5

10,821.6

(701.1)

 

(6.5)

%

 

4,200.9

5,228.9

(1,028.0)

 

(19.7)

%

Available days (owned fleet) (4)

Capesize

3,058.4

2,959.3

99.1

 

3.3

%

1,505.6

1,528.4

(22.8)

 

(1.5)

%

Panamax

64.4

389.2

(324.8)

 

(83.5)

%

64.4

(64.4)

 

(100.0)

%

Ultramax

1,013.1

1,085.9

(72.8)

 

(6.7)

%

723.1

490.1

233.0

 

47.5

%

Supramax

3,450.2

3,452.0

(1.8)

 

(0.1)

%

1,403.9

1,766.9

(363.0)

 

(20.5)

%

Handymax

 

%

 

%

Handysize

1,863.9

2,294.8

(430.9)

 

(18.8)

%

227.5

957.1

(729.6)

 

(76.2)

%

Total

9,450.0

10,181.2

(731.2)

 

(7.2)

%

3,860.1

4,806.9

(946.8)

 

(19.7)

%

Operating days (5)

Capesize

 

3,057.8

3,006.6

51.2

 

1.7

%

 

1,499.1

1,528.4

(29.3)

 

(1.9)

%

Panamax

 

60.1

381.7

(321.6)

 

(84.3)

%

 

60.1

(60.1)

 

(100.0)

%

Ultramax

 

1,303.3

1,142.3

161.0

 

14.1

%

 

950.0

667.8

282.2

 

42.3

%

Supramax

 

3,707.8

3,672.5

35.3

 

1.0

%

 

1,482.0

1,944.9

(462.9)

 

(23.8)

%

Handymax

 

14.5

17.4

(2.9)

 

(16.7)

%

 

14.5

(14.5)

 

(100.0)

%

Handysize

 

1,807.1

2,391.7

(584.6)

 

(24.4)

%

 

191.3

910.4

(719.1)

 

(79.0)

%

Total

 

9,950.6

10,612.2

(661.6)

 

(6.2)

%

 

4,122.4

5,126.1

(1,003.7)

 

(19.6)

%

Fleet utilization (6)

Capesize

 

99.4

%  

98.3

%  

1.1

%

1.1

%

 

99.6

%  

99.9

%  

(0.3)

%  

(0.3)

%

Panamax

 

92.7

%  

98.1

%  

(5.4)

%  

(5.5)

%

 

%  

92.7

%  

(92.7)

%  

(100.0)

%  

Ultramax

 

99.8

%  

96.6

%  

3.2

%  

3.3

%

 

98.5

%  

99.9

%  

(1.4)

%  

(1.4)

%

Supramax

 

98.1

%  

97.3

%  

0.8

%

0.8

%

 

97.8

%  

98.6

%  

(0.8)

%  

(0.8)

%

Handymax

 

100.0

%  

100.0

%  

%

%

 

%  

100.0

%  

(100.0)

%  

(100.0)

%

Handysize

 

93.4

%  

97.1

%  

(3.7)

%

(3.8)

%

 

84.1

%  

92.0

%  

(7.9)

%  

(8.6)

%

Fleet average

 

97.8

%  

97.5

%  

0.3

%

0.3

%

 

97.8

%  

97.8

%  

%  

%

For the Six Months Ended

June 30, 

Increase

    

2020

    

2019

    

(Decrease)

    

% Change

 

Average Daily Results:

Time Charter Equivalent (7)

Capesize

$

13,062

$

9,752

$

3,310

 

33.9

%

Panamax

 

5,256

 

9,135

 

(3,879)

 

(42.5)

%

Ultramax

 

7,973

 

9,151

 

(1,178)

 

(12.9)

%

Supramax

 

5,911

 

7,887

 

(1,976)

 

(25.1)

%

Handymax

 

 

 

 

%

Handysize

 

4,867

 

6,732

 

(1,865)

 

(27.7)

%

Fleet average

 

8,251

 

8,341

 

(90)

 

(1.1)

%

Daily vessel operating expenses (8)

Capesize

$

4,968

$

5,010

$

(42)

 

(0.8)

%

Panamax

 

3,338

 

4,410

 

(1,072)

 

(24.3)

%

Ultramax

 

4,233

 

4,520

 

(287)

 

(6.3)

%

Supramax

 

4,200

 

4,362

 

(162)

 

(3.7)

%

Handymax

 

 

 

 

%

Handysize

 

3,874

 

4,131

 

(257)

 

(6.2)

%

Fleet average

 

4,390

 

4,518

 

(128)

 

(2.8)

%

For the Three Months Ended

March 31, 

Increase

    

2021

    

2020

    

(Decrease)

    

% Change

 

Average Daily Results:

Time Charter Equivalent (7)

Capesize

$

13,595

$

16,660

$

(3,065)

 

(18.4)

%

Panamax

 

 

5,439

 

(5,439)

 

(100.0)

%

Ultramax

 

10,582

 

8,107

 

2,475

 

30.5

%

Supramax

 

12,292

 

6,492

 

5,800

 

89.3

%

Handymax

 

 

 

 

%

Handysize

 

7,912

 

5,734

 

2,178

 

38.0

%

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For the Three Months Ended

March 31, 

Increase

    

2021

    

2020

    

(Decrease)

    

% Change

 

Fleet average

 

12,197

 

9,755

 

2,442

 

25.0

%

Major bulk vessels

13,595

16,660

(3,065)

(18.4)

%

Minor bulk vessels

11,303

6,536

4,767

72.9

%

Daily vessel operating expenses (8)

Capesize

$

5,208

$

4,886

$

322

 

6.6

%

Panamax

 

 

4,175

 

(4,175)

 

(100.0)

%

Ultramax

 

4,972

 

4,637

 

335

 

7.2

%

Supramax

 

4,484

 

4,209

 

275

 

6.5

%

Handymax

 

 

 

 

%

Handysize

 

4,931

 

3,884

 

1,047

 

27.0

%

Fleet average

 

4,887

 

4,413

 

474

 

10.7

%

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.

(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

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expressed in per-day amounts while charterhire rates for vessels on time charters generally are expressed in such amounts.

Entire Fleet

Major Bulk

Minor Bulk

 

For the Three Months Ended

For the Six Months Ended

For the Three Months Ended

For the Three Months Ended

For the Three Months Ended

June 30, 

June 30, 

March 31, 

March 31, 

March 31, 

    

2020

    

2019

    

2020

    

2019

 

 

2021

    

2020

2021

    

2020

2021

    

2020

 

Voyage revenues (in thousands)

$

74,206

$

83,550

$

172,542

$

177,014

$

87,591

$

98,336

$

37,657

$

44,448

$

49,934

$

53,888

Voyage expenses (in thousands)

 

41,695

 

41,800

 

90,063

 

84,822

 

35,074

 

48,368

 

17,187

 

18,984

 

17,887

 

29,384

Charter hire expenses (in thousands)

1,432

4,849

4,507

7,267

5,435

3,075

5,435

3,075

 

31,079

36,901

 

77,972

 

84,925

 

47,082

 

46,893

 

20,470

 

25,464

 

26,612

 

21,429

Total available days for owned fleet

 

4,643

 

4,978

 

9,450

 

10,181

 

3,860

 

4,807

 

1,506

 

1,528

 

2,355

 

3,279

Total TCE rate

$

6,693

$

7,412

$

8,251

$

8,341

$

12,197

$

9,755

$

13,595

$

16,660

$

11,303

$

6,536

(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 six months ended June 30,March 31, 2021 and 2020 and 2019 on a consolidated basis.

For the Three Months Ended

 

For the Three Months Ended

 

June 30, 

 

March 31, 

 

    

2020

    

2019

    

Change

    

% Change

 

    

2021

    

2020

    

Change

    

% Change

 

(U.S. dollars in thousands, except for per share amounts)

 

(U.S. dollars in thousands, except for per share amounts)

 

Revenue:

Voyage revenues

 

$

74,206

 

$

83,550

 

$

(9,344)

 

(11.2)

%

 

$

87,591

 

$

98,336

 

$

(10,745)

 

(10.9)

%

Total revenues

 

74,206

 

83,550

 

(9,344)

 

(11.2)

%

 

87,591

 

98,336

 

(10,745)

 

(10.9)

%

Operating Expenses:

Voyage expenses

 

41,695

 

41,800

 

(105)

 

(0.3)

%

 

35,074

 

48,368

 

(13,294)

 

(27.5)

%

Vessel operating expenses

 

21,058

 

24,358

 

(3,300)

 

(13.5)

%

 

19,046

 

21,813

 

(2,767)

 

(12.7)

%

Charter hire expenses

1,432

4,849

(3,417)

(70.5)

%

5,435

3,075

2,360

76.7

%

General and administrative expenses (inclusive of nonvested stock amortization expense of $476 and $569, respectively)

 

5,471

 

5,799

 

(328)

 

(5.7)

%

General and administrative expenses (inclusive of nonvested stock amortization expense of $522 and $481, respectively)

 

6,102

 

5,767

 

335

 

5.8

%

Technical management fees

1,724

1,885

(161)

(8.5)

%

1,464

1,854

(390)

(21.0)

%

Depreciation and amortization

 

15,930

 

18,271

 

(2,341)

 

(12.8)

%

 

13,441

 

17,574

 

(4,133)

 

(23.5)

%

Impairment of vessel assets

 

13,897

(13,897)

(100.0)

%

 

112,814

(112,814)

(100.0)

%

Loss on sale of vessels

 

720

486

234

48.1

%

Total operating expenses

 

87,310

 

110,859

 

(23,549)

 

(21.2)

%

 

81,282

 

211,751

 

(130,469)

 

(61.6)

%

Operating loss

 

(13,104)

 

(27,309)

 

14,205

 

(52.0)

%

Other expense

 

(5,100)

 

(7,167)

 

2,067

 

(28.8)

%

Operating income (loss)

 

6,309

 

(113,415)

 

119,724

 

(105.6)

%

Other expense, net

 

(4,324)

 

(6,935)

 

2,611

 

(37.6)

%

Net loss

$

(18,204)

$

(34,476)

$

16,272

 

(47.2)

%

Net income (loss)

$

1,985

$

(120,350)

$

122,335

 

(101.6)

%

Net loss per share - basic

 

$

(0.43)

 

$

(0.83)

$

0.40

 

(48.2)

%

Net loss per share - diluted

 

$

(0.43)

 

$

(0.83)

$

0.40

 

(48.2)

%

Net earnings (loss) per share - basic

 

$

0.05

 

$

(2.87)

$

2.92

 

(101.7)

%

Net earnings (loss) per share - diluted

 

$

0.05

 

$

(2.87)

$

2.92

 

(101.7)

%

Weighted average common shares outstanding - basic

 

41,900,901

 

41,742,301

 

158,600

 

0.4

%

 

41,973,782

 

41,866,357

 

107,425

 

0.3

%

Weighted average common shares outstanding - diluted

 

41,900,901

 

41,742,301

 

158,600

 

0.4

%

 

42,276,380

 

41,866,357

 

410,023

 

1.0

%

EBITDA (1)

 

$

2,946

 

$

(9,154)

 

$

12,100

 

(132.2)

%

 

$

19,896

 

$

(96,425)

 

$

116,321

 

(120.6)

%

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For the Six Months Ended

 

June 30, 

 

    

2020

    

2019

    

Change

    

% Change

 

(U.S. dollars in thousands, except for per share amounts)

 

Revenue:

Voyage revenues

 

$

172,542

 

$

177,014

 

$

(4,472)

 

(2.5)

%

Total revenues

 

172,542

 

177,014

 

(4,472)

 

(2.5)

%

Operating Expenses:

Voyage expenses

 

90,063

 

84,822

 

5,241

 

6.2

%

Vessel operating expenses

 

42,871

 

47,549

 

(4,678)

 

(9.8)

%

Charter hire expenses

4,507

7,267

(2,760)

(38.0)

%

General and administrative expenses (inclusive of nonvested stock amortization expense of $957 and $1,021, respectively)

 

11,238

 

12,109

 

(871)

 

(7.2)

%

Technical management fees

3,578

3,825

(247)

 

(6.5)

%

Depreciation and amortization

 

33,504

 

36,348

 

(2,844)

 

(7.8)

%

Impairment of vessel assets

 

112,814

 

13,897

 

98,917

 

711.8

%

Loss (gain) on sale of vessels

 

486

 

(611)

 

1,097

 

(179.5)

%

Total operating expenses

 

299,061

 

205,206

 

93,855

 

45.7

%

Operating loss

 

(126,519)

 

(28,192)

 

(98,327)

 

348.8

%

Other expense

 

(12,035)

 

(14,085)

 

2,050

 

(14.6)

%

Net loss

$

(138,554)

$

(42,277)

$

(96,277)

 

227.7

%

Net loss per share - basic

 

$

(3.31)

 

$

(1.01)

 

(2.30)

 

227.7

%

Net loss per share - diluted

 

$

(3.31)

 

$

(1.01)

 

(2.30)

 

227.7

%

Weighted average common shares outstanding - basic

 

41,883,629

 

41,734,248

 

149,381

 

0.4

%

Weighted average common shares outstanding - diluted

 

41,883,629

 

41,734,248

 

149,381

 

0.4

%

EBITDA (1)

 

$

(93,479)

 

$

8,370

 

$

(101,849)

 

(1,216.8)

%

(1)EBITDA represents net income (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 demonstrates our calculation of EBITDA and provides a reconciliation of EBITDA to net lossincome (loss) for each of the periods presented above:

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(2)

For the Three Months Ended

 

For the Six Months Ended

 

 

For the Three Months Ended

 

June 30, 

 

June 30, 

 

 

March 31, 

 

2020

2019

    

2020

    

2019

 

    

2021

    

2020

 

Net loss

 

$

(18,204)

 

$

(34,476)

$

(138,554)

 

$

(42,277)

Net income (loss)

$

1,985

 

$

(120,350)

Net interest expense

 

5,220

 

7,051

 

11,571

 

14,299

 

4,470

 

6,351

Income tax expense

 

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

15,930

 

18,271

 

33,504

 

36,348

 

13,441

 

17,574

EBITDA (1)

 

$

2,946

 

$

(9,154)

$

(93,479)

 

$

8,370

$

19,896

 

$

(96,425)

Results of Operations

The following tables set forth information about the current employment of the vessels in our fleet as of AugustMay 4, 2020:2021:

  

Year

  

Charter

  

  

Year

  

Charter

  

Vessel

    

Built

    

Expiration(1)

    

Cash Daily Rate(2)

 

    

Built

    

Expiration(1)

    

Cash Daily Rate(2)

 

Capesize Vessels

Genco Augustus

 

2007

 

August 2020

 

Voyage

 

2007

 

June 2021

 

Voyage

Genco Tiberius

 

2007

 

August 2020

 

Voyage

 

2007

 

June 2021

 

Voyage

Genco London

 

2007

 

October 2020

Voyage

 

2007

 

June 2021

$11,600

Genco Titus

 

2007

 

October 2020

Voyage

 

2007

 

May 2021

Voyage

Genco Constantine

 

2008

 

July 2020

Voyage

 

2008

 

May 2021

Voyage

Genco Hadrian

 

2008

 

August 2020

Voyage

 

2008

 

May 2021

Voyage

Genco Commodus

 

2009

 

August 2020

$13,750

 

2009

 

June 2021

Voyage

Genco Maximus

 

2009

 

August 2020

Voyage

 

2009

 

May 2021

Voyage

Genco Claudius

 

2010

 

August 2020

Voyage

 

2010

 

May 2021

Voyage

Genco Tiger

 

2011

 

August 2020

Voyage

 

2011

 

May 2021

Voyage

Baltic Lion

 

2012

 

August 2020

Voyage

 

2012

 

May 2021

Voyage

Baltic Bear

 

2010

 

September 2020

Voyage

 

2010

 

May 2021

Voyage

Baltic Wolf

 

2010

 

October 2020

Voyage

 

2010

 

May 2021

Voyage

Genco Resolute

2015

October 2020

Voyage

2015

May 2021

Voyage

Genco Endeavour

2015

August 2020

Voyage

2015

June 2021

Voyage

Genco Defender

2016

September 2020

Voyage

2016

May 2021

Voyage

Genco Liberty

2016

September 2020

Voyage

2016

February 2022

$31,000

Ultramax Vessels

Baltic Hornet

 

2014

 

August 2020

$14,000

 

2014

 

June 2021

$13,250

Baltic Wasp

 

2015

 

August 2020

$11,000

 

2015

 

May 2021

$20,000

Baltic Scorpion

 

2015

 

September 2020

$8,000

��

 

2015

 

May 2021

Voyage

Baltic Mantis

 

2015

 

September 2020

$23,625

 

2015

 

May 2021

Voyage

Genco Weatherly

2014

September 2020

$20,000

Genco Columbia

2016

August 2020

$9,500

Supramax Vessels

Genco Predator

 

2005

 

August 2020

$8,500

Genco Warrior

 

2005

 

September 2020

Voyage

Genco Hunter

 

2007

 

September 2020

$20,000

Genco Lorraine

 

2009

 

August 2020

Voyage

Genco Loire

 

2009

 

July 2020

Voyage

Genco Aquitaine

 

2009

 

August 2020

Voyage

Genco Ardennes

 

2009

 

August 2020

Voyage

Genco Auvergne

 

2009

 

August 2020

$8,500

Genco Bourgogne

 

2010

 

August 2020

$13,000

Genco Brittany

 

2010

 

August 2020

Voyage

Genco Languedoc

 

2010

 

September 2020

Voyage

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Year

  

Charter

  

Vessel

    

Built

    

Expiration(1)

    

Cash Daily Rate(2)

 

Genco Normandy

 

2007

 

August 2020

$11,000

Genco Picardy

 

2005

 

October 2020

Voyage

Genco Provence

 

2004

 

August 2020

Voyage

Genco Pyrenees

 

2010

 

August 2020

Voyage

Genco Rhone

 

2011

 

September 2020

Voyage

Baltic Leopard

 

2009

 

August 2020

$8,000

Baltic Panther

 

2009

 

August 2020

Voyage

Baltic Jaguar

 

2009

 

August 2020

$9,000

Baltic Cougar

 

2009

 

September 2020

Voyage

Handysize Vessels

Baltic Hare

 

2009

 

August 2020

 

Voyage

Baltic Fox

 

2010

 

August 2020

 

$6,000

Baltic Cove

 

2010

 

August 2020

 

$5,000

Genco Ocean

 

2010

 

September 2020

 

$15,750

Genco Bay

 

2010

 

July 2020

 

$8,000

Genco Avra

 

2011

 

July 2020

 

$11,500

Genco Mare

 

2011

 

September 2020

 

Voyage

Genco Spirit

 

2011

 

August 2020

$6,125

  

Year

  

Charter

  

Vessel

    

Built

    

Expiration(1)

    

Cash Daily Rate(2)

 

Genco Weatherly

2014

May 2021

Voyage

Genco Columbia

2016

June 2021

Voyage

Genco Magic

2014

October 2021

$25,000

Genco Vigilant

2015

June 2021

$10,000

Genco Freedom

2015

June 2021

Voyage

Supramax Vessels

Genco Predator

 

2005

 

July 2021

Voyage

Genco Warrior

 

2005

 

July 2021

$23,625

Genco Hunter

 

2007

 

June 2021

Voyage

Genco Lorraine

 

2009

 

June 2021

$15,000

Genco Aquitaine

 

2009

 

May 2021

$25,000

Genco Ardennes

 

2009

 

June 2021

Voyage

Genco Auvergne

 

2009

 

June 2021

$8,400

Genco Bourgogne

 

2010

 

May 2021

Voyage

Genco Brittany

 

2010

 

May 2021

$14,500

Genco Languedoc

 

2010

 

May 2021

$14,000

Genco Picardy

 

2005

 

May 2021

$21,500

Genco Provence

 

2004

 

May 2021

Voyage

Genco Pyrenees

 

2010

 

October 2021

$23,000

Genco Rhone

 

2011

 

June 2021

$26,250

(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 June 30, 2020March 31, 2021 compared to the three months ended June 30, 2019March 31, 2020

VOYAGE REVENUES-

For the three months ended June 30, 2020,March 31, 2021, voyage revenues decreased by $9.3$10.7 million, or 11.2%10.9%, to $74.2$87.6 million as compared to $83.6$98.3 million for the three months ended June 30, 2019.March 31, 2020. The decrease in voyage revenues was primarily due to lower rates achieved by the majority of our vessels, as well as the operation of fewer vessels in our fleet. During the first quarter of 2020, a significant portion offleet, in addition to lower rates achieved by our revenues were derived from forward cargoes and short-period time charters entered into before the COVID-19 pandemic began to have a significant economic effect. As such, our results for the first quarterCapesize vessels. These decreases were partially insulated from the impact of COVID-19. However, as previous contracts expired, we then redeployed our vessels based on current spot market freight rates at the time of contract expiration. We believe the pandemic resulted in lower drybulk rates from March through the majority of the second quarter of this year than we would have otherwise achieved in the absence of the virus, given lower demand for some of the cargoes we carry, including iron ore, coal and various minor bulk commodities.

The average Time Charter Equivalent (“TCE”) rate of our fleet decreased 9.7% to $6,693 a day for the three months ended June 30, 2020 from $7,412 a day for the three months ended June 30, 2019. The decrease in TCE rates was primarily a result of loweroffset by higher rates achieved by our minor bulk vessels partially offset by highervessels. During the fourth quarter of 2020, we had fixed a portion of our fleet on time charters and spot market voyage charters through the first quarter of 2021 in anticipation of a seasonally softer first quarter. However, the freight market experienced a counter-seasonal rise in freight rates forduring the period. Certain of our Capesize vessels.vessels were also repositioning towards the Atlantic basin during the first quarter of 2021, impacting their ability to benefit from the rising market. We now have approximately seven Capesize vessels coming open for employment in the coming weeks during this strong market, of which we plan to ballast two to the Atlantic basin.

From mid-May throughDuring the end of the secondfirst quarter of 2020,2021, the drybulk freight rates beganmarket continued to improve primarily driven byfollowing the Capesize sector. Capesize ratesfirm end to 2020. Despite various drybulk seasonal factors such as reported by the Baltic Exchange reached a yeartiming of newbuilding deliveries, the Lunar New Year holiday celebration in China and weather-related cargo disruptions that materialized during the quarter, the earnings environment strengthened. This has led to date low of $1,992 on May 14, 2020 and subsequently rebounded to $30,857 on June 30, 2020, a level not seen since the second half of 2019. We believe this significant rise in Capesize rates is largely attributable to increased iron ore exportscontinued robust demand from Brazil which improved by nearly 40% in June versus May to reach a year to date high, as well as continued strong demand for iron ore in China as steel production and industrial activity ramp up combined withcontinues to reach new record levels, while iron ore cargo volume from Brazil increased by 17% year-over-year. Minor bulk earnings have been supported by large scale purchases of U.S. agricultural products by China following the phase-one trade deal, as well as the country’s recovery from African Swine Fever. On the supply side, while newbuilding deliveries are frontloaded towards the beginning of the year, the historically low overall orderbook as a gradual reopeningpercentage of economies globally.the fleet has resulted in lower newbuilding deliveries on a year-over-year basis.

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Regarding minor bulk vessels, market conditions and freight rates remained at low levels despite steady gains experienced from May

The average Time Charter Equivalent (“TCE”) rate of our overall fleet increased 25% to the end of the second quarter. Subsequently, in the third quarter to date, we have seen an improvement in the earnings environment for both our major and minor bulk vessels as compared to the rates achieved$12,197 a day during the first halfquarter of 2021 from $9,755 a day during the year. We believe this improvement isfirst quarter of 2020. The TCE for our major bulk vessels decreased by 18.4% from $16,660 a day during the first quarter of 2020 to $13,595 a day during the first quarter of 2021. This decrease was primarily a result of lower rates achieved by our Capesize vessels. The TCE for our minor bulk vessels increased by 72.9% from $6,536 a gradual reopeningday during the first quarter of economies globally together with continued growth in2020 to $11,303 a day during the Brazilian grain trade as well as seasonally stronger cargo flows for various other commodities.first quarter of 2021 primarily a result of higher rates achieved by our Supramax vessels.

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.virus and the timing of wide-scale vaccine distribution. 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, has resulted in days in June 2020 and the thirdfirst quarter of 20202021 in which our vessels have beenwere unable to earn revenue and may continue to do so.

For the three months ended June 30,March 31, 2021 and 2020, and 2019, we had 4,823.03,897.0 and 5,278.04,942.5 ownership days, respectively. The decrease in ownership days is primarily due to the sale of fournine vessels during 20192020 and twoeight vessels during the first quarter of 2020.2021, partially offset by the delivery of one and two vessels during 2020 and the first quarter of 2021, respectively. Fleet utilization was 97.8% during both periods.

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 anticipateexperienced increased deviation time for certain of our vessels to undertake crew rotations. Commencingrotations during Junethe second half of 2020 and the first quarter of 2021. As such, we have experienced higher voyage expenses for certain crew changes that we have completed, which we expect to continue at least through the remainder of 2020 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. Additionally, during the first quarter of 2021, fuel prices began to increase, which could result in higher bunker expenses during the remainder of 2021.

Voyage expenses were $41.7$35.1 million and $41.8$48.4 million during the three months ended June 30,March 31, 2021 and 2020, and 2019, respectively. The decrease is primarily attributable to changes in bunker prices.

VESSEL OPERATING EXPENSES-

Vessel operating expenses decreased by $3.3 million from $24.4 million during the three months ended June 30, 2019 to $21.1 million during the three months ended June 30, 2020. TheThis decrease was primarily due to the operation of fewer owned vessels, during the second quarter of 2020 as compared to the second quarter of 2019, as well as lower drydocking and crew related expenses.a decrease in bunker consumption.

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VESSEL OPERATING EXPENSES-

Daily

Vessel operating expenses decreased by $2.8 million from $21.8 million during the three months ended March 31, 2020 to $19.0 million during the three months ended March 31, 2021. The decrease was primarily due to fewer owned vessels during the first quarter of 2021 as compared to the first quarter of 2020, as well as lower drydocking expenses, partially offset by COVID-19 related expenditures and higher crew related expenses.

Average daily vessel operating expenses decreasedfor our fleet increased to $4,366$4,887 per vessel per day for the three months ended June 30, 2020March 31, 2021 from $4,615$4,413 per day for the three months ended June 30, 2019.March 31, 2020. The decreaseincrease in daily vessel operating expense was predominantly due to COVID-19 related expenditures and higher crew related expenses, as well higher spares and maintenance related expenditures, partially offset by lower drydocking and crew related expenses.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 June 30, 2020March 31, 2021 were $224$113 below the weighted-average budgeted rate of $4,590$5,000 per vessel per day for the entire year. The budgeted rate reflects the larger weighting of our fleet towards Capesize vessels following our sales of smaller Supramax and Handysize vessels, as well as an anticipated increase in COVID-19 related expenses. The potential impacts of COVID-19 are beyond our control and are difficult to predict due to uncertainties surrounding the pandemic.

Restrictions onAs a result of COVID-19 restrictions with regard to crew rotations, led to a temporary decline in crewingwe still expect higher crew related expenses of approximately $1 million during the first half of this year. However, such costs began to increase in June 2020, and we expect them to continue to increase at least through the remainder of 2020 as compared to budgeted figures set out at the beginning of the year.costs. Travel and port restrictions together with ensuringpromoting the health of the on-signing crew is healthy 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 decreasedincreased by $3.4$2.4 million from $4.8$3.1 million during the three months ended June 30, 2019March 31, 2020 to $1.4$5.4 million during the three months ended June 30, 2020.March 31, 2021. The decreaseincrease was primarily due to fewer chartered-in days, as well as the charteringhigher charter in of smaller class vesselsrates during the secondfirst quarter of 20202021 as compared to the secondfirst quarter of 2019.2020.

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

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issued to our Directors and employees pursuant to Management Incentive Program (the “MIP”) and the 2015 Equity Incentive Plan. Refer to Note 1314 — 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. We incurred additionalalso incur general and administrative expenses during 2019 as a result offor our global expansion tooverseas offices located in Singapore and Copenhagen and may incur additional such expenses related to these overseas offices during 2020.Copenhagen.

For the three months ended June 30,March 31, 2021 and 2020, and 2019, general and administrative expenses were $5.5$6.1 million and $5.8 million, respectively. The $0.3 million decreaseincrease was primarily due to lower office renthigher legal and administrative expensesprofessional fees.

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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$1.5 million and $1.9 million during the three months ended June 30,March 31, 2021 and 2020, and 2019, respectively.The decrease was a result of fewer owned vessels during the first quarter of 2021 as compared to the first quarter of 2020.

DEPRECIATION AND AMORTIZATION-

Depreciation and amortization expense decreased by $2.3$4.1 million to $15.9$13.4 million during the three months ended June 30, 2020March 31, 2021 as compared to $18.3$17.6 million during the three months ended June 30, 2019. March 31, 2020. This decrease was primarily due to a decrease in depreciation expense for the ten Handysize and four Supramax vessels that were impaired during the first quarter of 2020, as well as a decrease for the fivefifteen vessels that were sold during the fourth quartersecond half of 20192020 and the first quarter of 2020. Refer to Note 4 — Vessel Acquisitions and Dispositions2021, as well as a decrease in depreciation for certain vessels in our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements. These decreasesfleet that were partially offset by an increase in depreciation expense related to scrubber additions for our Capesize vessels.impaired during 2020.

IMPAIRMENT OF VESSEL ASSETS-

During the three months ended March 31, 2020, we recorded $112.8 million of impairment of vessel assets. There was no vessel impairment of vessel assetsrecorded during the three months ended June 30, 2020. March 31, 2021. During the three months ended June 30, 2019,March 31, 2020, we recorded $13.9 millionimpairment losses for four of impairmentour Supramax vessels and ten of vessel assets.

On August 2, 2019, we entered into an agreement to sell the Genco Challenger, a 2003-builtour 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, we reduced the carrying value of the Genco Challenger to the net sales price on June 30, 2019.  This resulted in an impairment loss of $4.4 million during the three months ended June 30, 2019.  

At June 30, 2019, we 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, we adjusted the value of these vessels to their respective fair market values as of June 30, 2019.  This resulted in an impairment loss of $9.5 million during the three months ended June 30, 2019. vessels.

Refer to Note 2 — Summary of Significant Accounting Policies in our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statement for further information.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 addition, we consider the current market rate environment and, if necessary, adjust our estimates of undiscounted cash flows to reflect the current rate environment. For our older vessels, those vessels in operation for at least 18 years, we evaluate the current rate environment compared to the ten-year historical one-year time charter rate and adjust the rate to better reflect the expected cash flows over the remaining useful lives of those vessels. 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 2020 10-K.

LOSS ON SALE OF VESSELS-

During the first quarter of 2021, we recorded a net loss on sale of vessels of $0.7 million related primarily to the sale of the Baltic Panther, Baltic Hare and Baltic Cougar, as well as net losses associated with the exchange the Baltic Cove, Baltic Fox, Genco Spirit, Genco Avra and Genco Mare. During the first quarter of 2020, we recorded a net loss on sale of vessels of $0.5 million related primarily to the sale of the Genco Charger and Genco Thunder.

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OTHER INCOME (EXPENSE) INCOME--

NET INTEREST EXPENSE –

Net interest expense decreased by $1.9 million from $7.1$6.4 million during the three months ended June 30, 2019March 31, 2020 to $5.2$4.5 million during the three months ended June 30, 2020.March 31, 2021. Net interest expense during the three months ended June 30,March 31, 2021 and 2020 and 2019 consisted primarily 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.

IMPAIRMENT OF RIGHT-OF-USE ASSET –

During the second quarter of 2019, we recognized $0.2 million of impairment charges on our operating lease right-of-use asset in accordance with ASC 360.  

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VOYAGE REVENUES-

For the six months ended June 30, 2020, voyage revenues decreased by $4.5 million, or 2.5%, to $172.5 million as compared to $177.0 million for the six months ended June 30, 2019.  The decrease in voyage revenues was primarily due to the sale of five vessels during the fourth quarter of 2019 and the first quarter of 2020, 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 June 30, 2020 compared to the three months ended June 30, 2019 – Voyage Revenues” for further information. During the six months ended June 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 1.1% to $8,251 a day for the six months ended June 30, 2020 from $8,341 a day for the six months ended June 30, 2019.  

For the six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019, we had 9,765.5 and 10,525.2 ownership days, respectively. The decrease in ownership days is primarily due to the sale of four vessels during 2019 and two vessels during the first quarter of 2020. Fleet utilization increased to 97.8% during the six months ended June 30, 2020 from 97.5% during the six months ended June 30, 2019, primarily due to less offhire during the six months ended June 30, 2020 as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2019. 

VOYAGE EXPENSES-

Voyage expenses increased by $5.2 million from $84.8 million during the six months ended June 30, 2019 as compared to $90.1 million during the six months ended June 30, 2020.  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, 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 six months ended June 30, 2020 was at a higher cost basis. This was partially offset by savings in fuel costs on our Capesize vessels, which are all fitted with scrubbers and continue to consume the less expensive high sulfur fuel. 

VESSEL OPERATING EXPENSES-

Vessel operating expenses decreased by $4.7 million from $47.5 million during the six months ended June 30, 2019 to $42.9 million during the six months ended June 30, 2020.  The decrease was primarily due to fewer owned vessels during the six months ended June 30, 2020, as well a decrease in drydocking and crew related expenses.

Daily vessel operating expenses decreased to $4,390 per vessel per day for the six months ended June 30, 2020 from $4,518 per day for the six months ended June 30, 2019.  The decrease in daily vessel operating expense was primarily due to lower crew and drydocking related expenses, partially offset by higher insurance and spare parts 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 six months ended June 30, 2020 were $200 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 $2.8 million from $7.3 million during the six months ended June 30, 2019 to $4.5 million during the six months ended June 30, 2020. The decrease was primarily due to lower daily charter hire rates for third party time charter-in vessels. During the first half of 2020, we chartered in 20 third-party vessels as compared to 19 vessels during the first half of 2019

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GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES-

For the six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019, general and administrative expenses were $11.2 million and $12.1 million, respectively. The $0.9 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 $3.6 million and $3.8 million during the six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

DEPRECIATION AND AMORTIZATION-

Depreciation and amortization expense decreased by $2.8 million to $33.5 million during the six months ended June 30, 2020 as compared to $36.3 million during the six months ended June 30, 2019. This decrease was primarily due to a decrease in depreciation expense for the ten Handysize and four Supramax vessels that were impaired during the first quarter of 2020, as well as a decrease for the five vessels that were sold during the fourth quarter of 2019 and the first quarter of 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 six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019, we recorded $112.8 million and $13.9 million of impairment of vessel assets, respectively.

On February 24, 2020, the Board of Directors determined to dispose of ten of our 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, we have adjusted the values of these older vessels to their respective fair market values during the first quarter of 2020. Subsequent to February 24, 2020, we have entered into agreements to sell three of these vessels during the first quarter of 2020, namely the Baltic Wind, the Baltic Breeze and the Genco Bay, which were adjusted to their net sales prices. Total impairment recorded during the first half of 2020 related to these ten Handysize vessels was $85.8 million.  

At March 31, 2020, we determined that the expected estimated future undiscounted cash flows for four of our 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.  As such, we 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 $27.0 million during the first half of 2020.

On August 2, 2019, we 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, we reduced the carrying value of the Genco Challenger to the net sales price on June 30, 2019.  This resulted in an impairment loss of $4.4 million during the six months ended June 30, 2019.  

At June 30, 2019, we 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, we adjusted the value of these vessels to their respective fair market values as of June 30, 2019.  This resulted in an impairment loss of $9.5 million during the six months ended June 30, 2019.

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LOSS (GAIN) ON SALE OF VESSELS-

During the first half of 2020, we recorded a net loss on sale of vessels of $0.5 million related primarily to the sale of the Genco Charger on February 24, 2020 and Genco Thunder on March 5, 2020. During the first half of 2019, we recorded a net gain on sale of vessels of $0.6 million related primarily to the sale of the Genco Vigour on January 28, 2019.

OTHER (EXPENSE) INCOME-

NET INTEREST EXPENSE –

Net interest expense decreased by $2.7 million from $14.3 million during the six months ended June 30, 2019 to $11.6 million during the six months ended June 30, 2020. Net interest expense during the six months ended June 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 $4.3$2.4 million decrease in interest expense as a result of lower interest rates, as well as lower outstanding debt. This was offset by a $1.6$0.5 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 first half of 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 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 $127.7$123.2 million as of June 30, 2020,March 31, 2021, which compares to a minimum liquidity requirement under our credit facilities of approximately $37$30 million as of the date of this report. Given future quarterly amortization payments of $19.0$16.3 million during the third quarter of 2020 and $20.2 million beginning on December 31, 2020 under our credit facilities (which reflects the reset of amortization payments under the $495 Million Credit Facility), 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 $24.0 million as of June 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.

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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. Please refer to Risk Factors (Part II, Item 1A of this Form 10-Q) for a further discussion of risks related to our liquidity and capital resources.

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

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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.On December 17, 2020, we entered into an amendment to the $495 Million Credit Facility that allowed us to enter into a vessel transaction in which we agreed to acquire three modern Ultramax vessels in exchange for six of our older Handysize vessels.

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. As of March 31, 2021, the revolver has been fully repaid. We currently have $19.2 million of availability remaining under the revolving credit facility. Refer to Note 7 — Debt in our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

At June 30, 2020,March 31, 2021, we were in compliance with all financial covenants under the $495 Million Credit facility and the $133 Million Credit Facility.

Dividends

OurWe disclosed on April 19, 2021 that, on management’s recommendation, our Board of Directors hasdirectors adopted a new quarterly dividend policy following the third quarter of 2019 to pay a dividend of $0.175 per share. However,for dividends payable commencing 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 quarter of 20202022 in respect of our financial results for the fourth quarter of 2021. Under the new quarterly dividend policy, the amount available for quarterly dividends is to $0.02 per sharebe calculated based on the following itsformula:

Operating cash flow

Less: Debt repayments

Less: Capital expenditures for drydocking

Less: Reserve

Cash flow distributable as dividends

The amount of dividends payable under the foregoing formula for each quarter of the year will be determined on a quarterly review inbasis.

For purposes of the foregoing calculation, operating cash flow is defined as voyage revenue less voyage expenses, charter hire expenses, vessel operating expenses, general and administrative expenses other than non-cash restricted stock expenses, technical management fees, and interest expense other than non-cash deferred financing costs. Anticipated uses for the reserve include, but are not limited to, vessel acquisitions, debt repayments, and general corporate purposes. In order to support our balance sheet and liquidity position and better position usset aside funds for an eventual economic recovery. Furthermore,these purposes, the reserve will be set on a quarterly basis in the discretion of our Board of Directors determinedand is anticipated to maintain this dividend level for the second quarter of 2020, as we announcedbe based on future quarterly debt repayments and interest expense.

On May 4, 2021, our Board declared a quarterly dividend of $0.02$0.05 per share on August 5, 2020.share. Our Board expects to reassess the payment of dividends as appropriate from time to time. Ourquarterly dividend policy and declaration and payment of dividends isare subject to a numberlegally available funds, compliance with applicable law and contractual obligations (including our credit facilities) and our Board’s determination that each declaration and payment is at that time in the best interests of conditionsthe Company and its shareholders after its review of our financial performance.

In connection with our new dividend policy, we will seek to pay down additional indebtedness under our existing credit facilities and refinance these credit facilities to reduce its breakeven rates and achieve more favorable terms, including to minimize any restrictions ason dividend payments. There can be no assurance that we will be able to do so. If we do not refinance its existing credit facilities, dividends under its new quarterly dividend policy will continue to be subject to the terms of our credit facilities, which are described below.

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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 June 30, 2020,As of March 31, 2021, we had unrestricted cash and cash equivalents of $127.7$123.2 million. We have commitments for quarterly amortization payments expected to be $19.0of $16.3 million during the third quarter of 2020 and $20.2 million beginning on December 31, 2020 under our credit facilities.facilities, which reflects the reset of amortization payments under the $495 Million Credit Facility. Therefore, if we do not generate cash flow from operations, we would be unlikely to be able to declare or pay dividends afterin the endfuture under the terms of 2020,our existing credit facilities, except to the extent of permissible dividends from net income.

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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."

Subject to the discussion of passive foreign investment company (PFIC) status on pages 41334234 in the 20192020 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

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(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

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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 20192020 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.

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

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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

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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.

Cash Flow

Net cash used inprovided by operating activities for the sixthree months ended June 30, 2020March 31, 2021 was $9.0$13.5 million as compared to net cash provided byused in operating activities of $14.8$4.0 million for the sixthree months ended June 30, 2019.March 31, 2020. This decreaseincrease in cash provided by operating activities was primarily due to an increase in amounts due from charterers as of June 30, 2020 based on the timing of freight payments and otherhigher rates achieved by our minor bulk vessels, changes in working capital.  capital, as well as a decrease in drydocking related expenditures.

Net cash usedprovided by investing activities during the sixthree months ended June 30,March 31, 2021 and 2020 and 2019 was $0.6$20.0 million and $13.7$5.6 million, respectively. This decreasefluctuation was primarily due to an increase in net proceeds from the sale of vessels in 2020 year to dateduring the first quarter of 2021 as compared to 2019,the first quarter of 2020, as well as a decrease in ballast water treatment systemscrubber related expenditures. 

Net cash used in financing activities during the sixthree months ended June 30,March 31, 2021 and 2020 and 2019 was $9.8$49.1 million and $38.5$14.3 million, respectively.  The decreaseincrease was primarily due to the $24.0$21.2 million drawdown onrepayment of the revolver under the $133 Million Credit Facility andduring the first quarter of 2021. Additionally, this increase was due to the $11.3 million drawdown on the $495 Million Credit Facility during the first halfquarter of 2020. Additionally, there was a $1.32020, as well as an $8.8 million decreaseincrease in debt repayments under the $495 Million Credit Facility during the six months ended June 30, 2020first quarter of 2021 as compared to the same period during 2019.first quarter of

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2020. These decreasesincreases were partially offset by $8.1a $6.4 million decrease in the payment of dividends during the first halfquarter of 2021 as compared to the first quarter of 2020.

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.

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

At June 30,March 31, 2021, we had three interest rate cap agreements to manage interest costs and the risk associated with changing interest rates. Such agreements cap the borrowing rate on our variable debt to provide a hedge against the risk of rising rates. At March 31, 2021, the total notional principal amount of the interest rate cap agreements is $200.0 million. At December 31, 2020, and December 31, 2019, we did not have any material interest rate cap or interest rate swap agreements.

Refer to the table in Note 8 — Derivative instruments of our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements which summarizes the interest rate cap agreements in place as of March 31, 2021.

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 economically during periods of strong demand in the market.  We have not entered into any FFAs as of June 30, 2020March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2019.2020.

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Capital Expenditures

We make capital expenditures from time to time in connection with our vessel acquisitions. OurAfter the anticipated sale of one Supramax vessel and the anticipated acquisition of one Ultramax vessel, our fleet currently consistswill consist of 5140 drybulk vessels, including 17 Capesize drybulk carriers, sixten Ultramax drybulk carriers 20and thirteen Supramax drybulk carriers and eight 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. Twenty-two of our vessels are outfitted with energy saving devices which are meant to reduce the fuel consumption of these vessels. The upgrades have been successfully installed on 17 of our vessels in the aggregate during previous drydockingsdrydockings.

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 year 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

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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 have entered into agreements for the purchase of BWTS for 4236 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. TheseThe BWTS will be installed during a vessel’s scheduled drydocking and these costs will be capitalized and depreciated over the remainder of the life of the vessel.  During 2019the years ended December 31, 2020 and the first half of 2020,2019, we completed the installation of BWTS on 17nine and five17 of our vessels, respectively.There were no BWTS installations completed during the first quarter of 2021. Eight of these vessels have since been sold. We anticipate that we will complete the installation of BWTS on 5 vessels during 2021 and five vessels during 2022. 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 does 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 June 30, 2020,March 31, 2021, we have paid $42.6$42.8 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 20212022 to be:

Year

    

Estimated Drydocking 
Cost (1)

Estimated BWTS
Cost (2)

    

Estimated Off-hire 
Days (3)

 

(U.S. dollars in millions)

 

Remainder of 2020

$

4.3

$

2.0

120

2021

$

9.3

$

5.5

230

(1)Estimated drydocking costs during the remainder of 2020 and 2021 include $2.1 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 $1.1 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 60 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.

Year

    

Estimated Drydocking 
Cost (1)

Estimated BWTS
Cost (2)

    

Estimated Off-hire 
Days (3)

 

(U.S. dollars in millions)

 

Remainder of 2021

$

7.4

$

3.2

170

2022

$

7.5

$

4.0

185

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).hand. These costs do not include drydock expense items that are reflected in vessel operating expenses.

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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 sixthree months ended June 30,March 31, 2021 and 2020, and 2019, we incurred a total of $5.6$0.9 million and $5.5$2.8 million of drydocking costs, respectively, excluding costs incurred during drydocking that were capitalized to vessel assets or vessel equipment.

Nine vesselsOne vessel completed their respective drydockings during the six months ended June 30, 2020, which included one vessel that began its drydocking during the fourth quarter of 2019.three months ended March 31, 2021. We estimate that sixeight of of our vessels will be drydocked during the remainder of 20202021 and 11seven of our vessels will be drydocked during 2021.2022.

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.

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 20192020 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

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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 20192020 10-K.

During the sixthree months ended June 30,March 31, 2020, we recorded losses of $112.8 million related to the impairment of vessel assets.  There was $85.8 million ofwere no impairment expenselosses recorded during the sixthree months ended June 30,March 31, 2021. During the three months ended March 31, 2020, we recorded impairment for the remaining ten of our Handysize vessels;vessels (the Genco Avra, the Genco Bay, the Genco Mare, the Genco Ocean, the Genco Spirit, the Baltic Hare,Breeze, the Baltic Cove, the Baltic Fox, the Baltic Wind,Hare and the Baltic Cove, the Baltic Breeze,Wind) and four of our Supramax vessels (the Genco Picardy, the Genco Ocean,Predator, the Genco Bay, the Genco Avra, the Genco MareProvence and the Genco Spirit. On February 24, 2020, our Board of Directors determined to dispose of these vessels 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

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exceed the net book value for each vessel given the estimated probabilities of whether the vessels will be sold, we adjusted the values of these older vessels to their respective fair market values during the first quarter of 2020. Subsequent to February 24, 2020, we have entered into agreements to sell three of these vessels during the first quarter of 2020, namely the Baltic Wind, the Baltic Breeze and the Genco Bay, which were adjusted to their net sales price.Warrior). Refer to Note 2 — Summary of Significant Accounting Policies in our Condensed Consolidated Financial StatementsStatement for further information.information regarding the impairment recorded during the three month period ended March 31, 2020.

Additionally, at March 31, 2020, we determined that the expected estimated future undiscounted cash flows for four of our 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.  As such, we 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 $27.0 million during the six months ended June 30, 2020.

Pursuant

There was no impairment of vessel assets recorded during the three months ended June 30, 2020.

During the three and six months ended June 30, 2019, we recorded a loss of $13.9 million related to the impairment of vessel assets.  There was $4.4 million of impairment expense recorded during the three and six months ended June 30, 2019 for the Genco Challenger.  On August 2, 2019, we entered into an agreement to sell the Genco Challenger.  As the anticipated undiscounted cash flows, including the net sales price, did not exceed the net book value of the vessel at June 30, 2019, the vessel value was adjusted to its net sales price as of June 30, 2019.  At June 30, 2019, the Company determined that the expected estimated future undiscounted cash flows for the Genco Champion and the Genco Charger 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 $9.5 million during the three and six months ended June 30, 2019. 

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 June 30, 2020.March 31, 2021. 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 June 30, 2020March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2019.2020. Vessels have been grouped according to their collateralized status as of June 30, 2020.March 31, 2021 and does not include any vessels held for sale or held for exchange. The carrying value of the ten Handysize vesselsour thirteen and fourfifteen Supramax vessels that were not held for sale as noted aboveof March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively, reflect the impairment loss recorded during the six monthsyear ended June 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.2020.

At June 30, 2020,As of March 31, 2021, 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 June 30, 2020,March 31, 2021, with the exception of the Baltic Wind, the Genco Avra, the Genco Mare and the Genco Spirit, ourwhich 13 Supramax vessels that were impaired during the six monthsyear ended June 30, 2020 as noted above. At December 31, 2019,2020, the Baltic Lion, the Genco Tiger and the three Ultramax vessels acquired during the fourth quarter of 2020 (the Genco Magic) and the first quarter of 2021 (the Genco Vigilant and the Genco Freedom). As of December 31, 2020, 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, 2019,2020, with the exception of nine of the Supramax vessels that were impaired as of December 31, 2020 (the Genco Aquitaine, the Genco Charger, whichArdennes, the Genco Auvergne, the Genco Bourgogne, the Genco Brittany, the Genco Hunter, the Genco Languedoc, the Genco Pyrenees and the Genco Rhone) and the Genco Magic that was impairedacquired during the year ended December 31, 2019.fourth quarter of 2020.

The amount by which the carrying value at June 30, 2020March 31, 2021 of all of the vessels in our fleet, with the exception of the four18 aforementioned vessels, exceeded the valuation of such vessels for covenant compliance purposes ranged, on an individual vessel basis, from $0.1$0.6 million to $17.7$13.0 million per vessel, and $357.7$159.9 million on an aggregate fleet basis. The amount by which the carrying value at December 31, 20192020 of all of the vessels in our fleet, with the exception of the oneten aforementioned vessel,vessels, exceeded the valuation of such vessels for covenant compliance purposes ranged, on an individual vessel basis, from $1.3$0 million to $18.1$18.3 million per vessel, and $419.4$260.8 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 $7.3$7.6 million at June 30, 2020March 31, 2021 and $7.8$9.0 million as of December 31, 2019.2020. However, neither

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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.

 

Carrying Value (U.S.

 

dollars in

 

dollars in

 

thousands) as of

 

thousands) as of

 

    

    

Year

    

June 30, 

    

December 31, 

 

    

    

Year

    

March 31, 

    

December 31, 

 

Vessels

    

Year Built

    

Acquired

    

2020

    

2019

 

    

Year Built

    

Acquired

    

2021

    

2020

 

$495 Million Credit Facility

Genco Commodus

 

2009

 

2009

$

38,453

$

39,472

 

2009

 

2009

$

36,820

$

37,356

Genco Maximus

 

2009

 

2009

 

38,435

 

39,498

 

2009

 

2009

 

36,824

 

37,355

Genco Claudius

2010

 

2009

 

40,215

 

41,314

2010

 

2009

 

38,540

 

39,091

Baltic Bear

 

2010

 

2010

39,901

40,967

 

2010

 

2010

38,283

38,813

Baltic Wolf

 

2010

 

2010

 

40,117

 

41,163

 

2010

 

2010

 

38,531

 

39,050

Baltic Lion

 

2009

 

2013

 

31,500

 

32,199

 

2009

 

2013

 

30,462

 

30,811

Genco Tiger

2010

2013

29,533

30,115

2010

2013

29,184

29,020

Genco Thunder

 

2007

 

2008

 

 

10,303

Baltic Scorpion

 

2015

 

2015

 

25,053

 

25,583

 

2015

 

2015

 

24,258

 

24,520

Baltic Mantis

 

2015

 

2015

 

25,302

 

25,835

 

2015

 

2015

 

24,505

 

24,768

Genco Hunter

 

2007

 

2007

 

16,563

 

17,121

 

2007

 

2007

 

8,136

 

8,250

Genco Warrior

 

2005

 

2007

 

7,676

 

15,053

 

2005

 

2007

 

7,295

 

7,422

Genco Aquitaine

 

2009

 

2010

 

16,584

 

17,046

 

2009

 

2010

 

8,898

 

9,000

Genco Ardennes

 

2009

 

2010

 

16,619

 

17,080

 

2009

 

2010

 

8,899

 

9,000

Genco Auvergne

 

2009

 

2010

 

16,791

 

17,094

 

2009

 

2010

 

8,900

 

9,000

Genco Bourgogne

 

2010

 

2010

 

17,561

 

17,802

 

2010

 

2010

 

9,639

 

9,750

Genco Brittany

 

2010

 

2010

 

17,611

 

17,829

 

2010

 

2010

 

9,640

 

9,750

Genco Languedoc

 

2010

 

2010

 

17,416

 

17,609

 

2010

 

2010

 

9,640

 

9,750

Genco Loire

 

2009

 

2010

 

10,516

 

10,777

Genco Lorraine

 

2009

 

2010

 

10,480

 

10,748

 

2009

 

2010

 

 

7,751

Genco Normandy

 

2007

 

2010

 

8,498

 

8,717

Baltic Leopard

 

2009

 

2009

 

10,517

 

10,773

 

2009

 

2009

 

 

7,840

Baltic Jaguar

 

2009

 

2010

 

10,544

 

10,782

Baltic Panther

 

2009

 

2010

 

10,529

 

10,784

Baltic Cougar

 

2009

 

2010

 

10,543

 

10,791

Genco Picardy

 

2005

 

2010

 

8,167

 

14,669

 

2005

 

2010

 

7,755

 

7,890

Genco Provence

 

2004

 

2010

 

7,169

 

14,164

 

2004

 

2010

 

6,813

 

6,930

Genco Pyrenees

 

2010

 

2010

 

17,323

 

17,528

 

2010

 

2010

 

9,642

 

9,750

Genco Rhone

 

2011

 

2011

 

18,143

 

18,610

 

2011

 

2011

 

10,776

 

10,625

Genco Bay

 

2010

 

2010

 

7,810

 

16,411

Genco Ocean

 

2010

 

2010

 

7,913

 

16,562

Genco Avra

 

2011

 

2011

 

8,384

 

17,505

Genco Mare

 

2011

 

2011

 

8,386

 

17,546

Genco Spirit

 

2011

 

2011

 

8,388

 

17,614

Baltic Wind

 

2009

 

2010

 

7,654

 

15,996

Baltic Cove

 

2010

 

2010

 

7,911

 

16,490

Baltic Breeze

 

2010

 

2010

 

7,788

 

16,603

Baltic Fox

 

2010

 

2013

 

8,846

 

15,995

Baltic Hare

 

2009

 

2013

 

8,179

 

15,395

Genco Constantine

 

2008

 

2008

 

35,291

 

36,450

 

2008

 

2008

 

33,624

 

34,179

Genco Augustus

 

2007

 

2007

 

33,200

 

34,330

 

2007

 

2007

 

31,502

 

32,049

Genco London

 

2007

 

2007

 

32,599

 

33,600

 

2007

 

2007

 

31,086

 

31,587

Genco Titus

 

2007

 

2007

 

33,327

 

33,590

 

2007

 

2007

 

31,796

 

32,306

Genco Tiberius

 

2007

 

2007

 

33,147

 

34,276

 

2007

 

2007

 

31,448

 

32,007

Genco Hadrian

 

2008

 

2008

 

35,676

 

36,638

 

2008

 

2008

 

34,121

 

34,633

Genco Predator

 

2005

 

2007

 

8,093

 

14,846

 

2005

 

2007

 

7,680

 

7,816

Baltic Hornet

 

2014

 

2014

 

22,800

 

23,055

Baltic Wasp

 

2015

 

2015

 

23,053

 

23,308

Genco Magic

2014

2020

14,764

14,683

Genco Vigilant

2015

2021

15,748

Genco Freedom

2015

2021

15,733

TOTAL

$

696,795

$

689,115

$133 Million Credit Facility

Genco Endeavour

2015

2018

 

43,611

 

44,069

Genco Resolute

2015

2018

 

43,880

 

44,320

Genco Columbia

2016

2018

 

25,289

 

25,553

Genco Weatherly

2014

2018

 

20,510

 

20,740

Genco Liberty

2016

2018

 

47,217

 

47,676

Genco Defender

2016

2018

 

47,166

 

47,641

$

227,673

$

229,999

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Carrying Value (U.S.

 

dollars in

 

thousands) as of

 

    

    

Year

    

June 30, 

    

December 31, 

 

Vessels

    

Year Built

    

Acquired

    

2020

    

2019

 

Genco Charger

 

2005

 

2007

 

 

5,099

Baltic Hornet

 

2014

 

2014

 

23,571

 

24,086

Baltic Wasp

 

2015

 

2015

 

23,825

 

24,340

TOTAL

$

897,747

$

1,044,798

$133 Million Credit Facility

Genco Endeavour

2015

2018

 

45,014

 

45,947

Genco Resolute

2015

2018

 

45,242

 

46,093

Genco Columbia

2016

2018

 

26,093

 

26,627

Genco Weatherly

2014

2018

 

21,210

 

21,676

Genco Liberty

2016

2018

 

48,659

 

49,506

Genco Defender

2016

2018

 

48,628

 

49,517

$

234,846

$

239,366

Consolidated Total

$

1,132,593

$

1,284,164

Carrying Value (U.S.

 

dollars in

 

thousands) as of

 

    

    

Year

    

March 31, 

    

December 31, 

 

Vessels

    

Year Built

    

Acquired

    

2021

    

2020

 

Consolidated Total

$

924,468

$

919,114

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 and exchange as of June 30, 2020March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2019.2020.

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. We held three interest rate cap agreements as of March 31, 2021 to manage future interest costs and the risk associated with changing interest rates. The total notional amount of the caps at March 31, 2021 is $200.0 million and the caps have specified rates and durations. Refer to Note 8 — Derivative Instruments of our condensed consolidated financial statements, which summarizes the interest rate caps in place as of March 31, 2021.

At June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019,2020, we did not have any material interest rate cap or interest rate swap agreements to manage interest costs and the risk associated with changing interest rates.

The interest rate cap agreements cap the borrowing rate on our variable debt to provide a hedge against the risk of rising rates.

The total asset associated with the caps at March 31, 2021 is $0.6 million, which has been classified as a noncurrent asset on the balance sheet.  As of March 31, 2021, the Company has accumulated other comprehensive income (“AOCI”) of $0.2 million related to the interest rate cap agreements.  At March 31, 2021, $0.2 million of AOCI is expected to be reclassified into income over the next 12 months associated with interest rate derivatives.

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 six months ended June 30,March 31, 2021 and 2020, and 2019, we were subject to the following interest rates on the outstanding debt under our credit facilities:

$133 Million Credit Facility — one-month LIBOR plus 2.50% effective August 17, 2018 when the initial draw down on this facility was made.

$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 applicable
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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 $2.5$1.1 million in interest expense for the sixthree months ended June 30, 2020.March 31, 2021.

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Derivative financial instruments

As part of our business strategy, we may enter into interest rate swapswaps or interest rate cap agreements to manage interest costs and the risk associated with changing interest rates. As of June 30, 2020March 31, 2021, we held three interest rate cap agreements to manage interest costs and the risk associated with changing interest rates. As of December 31, 2019,2020, we did not have any material derivative financial instruments. The total notional amount of the caps at March 31, 2021 is $200.0 million and the caps have specified rates and durations. Refer to Note 8 — Derivative Instruments of our condensed consolidated financial statements which summarizes the interest rate caps in place as of March 31, 2021.

The Company is currently utilizing cash flow hedge accounting for the interest rate cap agreements. The premium paid is recognized in income on a rational basis, and all changes in the value of the caps are deferred in AOCI and are subsequently reclassified into Interest expense in the period when the hedged interest affects earnings. If for any period of time we did not designate the caps for hedge accounting, the change in the value of the interest rate cap agreements prior to designation would be recognized as other (expense) income.

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 1A.  RISK FACTORS

In addition to the other information set forth in this report, you should carefully consider the factors discussed in Part I, “Item 1A. Risk Factors” in the 20192020 10-K, and Part II, “Item 1A. Risk Factors” in our quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2020, which could materially affect our business, financial condition or future results. Below is updated information foran update to the following risk factors:

factor entitled, “The COVID-19 pandemic and measures to contain its spread have impacted the markets in which we operate and could have a material adverse impact on our business and its operations.operations”:

TheA severe outbreak of COVID-19 pandemicin India has placed crew members based in India at risk and measuresled to contain its spread have negatively impacted 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 negative impacts could continue or worsen, even after the pandemic itself diminishes or ends. The COVID-19 pandemic may have far-reaching repercussions on our business and industry that are currently unknown. Governments in affected countries have imposed travel bans, quarantines, and other emergency public health measures, and a number of countries implemented lockdown measures. Dependingand territories imposing bans on the course of the pandemic, such measures could be newly imposed or reimposed in certain countries. Companies,travel from India, including us, have also taken precautions, such as requiring employees to work remotely and imposing travel restrictions, while some other businesses have been required to close entirely. 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, and we believe it resulted in lower drybulk rates during the first half of 2020, given lower demand for some of the cargoes we carry, including iron ore and coal.  Economic activity has also declined in other major industrial and financial centers of the world, includingAustralia, Canada, France, Israel, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Kuwait, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, the United States,Arab Emirates, the European Union, Japan, India, South Korea and Brazil. Deterioration of worldwide, regional, or national economic conditions and activity could result in further reduced demand for the cargoes we carry and drybulk shipping services and may also negatively affect our charters, suppliers, and other parties with which we do business.

Moreover, we face significant risks to our personnel and operations due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Our crews face risk of exposure to COVID-19 as a result of travel to ports in which cases of COVID-19 have been reported. Our shore-based personnel likewise face risk of such exposure, as we are headquartered in New York, an area that has been severely impacted by the spread of COVID-19. Ongoing disruption of normal business activities due to COVID-19United Kingdom, and the imposition of measures to prevent or limit its spread may result in severe operational disruptions and delays. Measures against COVID-19 in a number of countries have restricted crew rotations on our vessels, which may continue or become more severe.United States. As a result, since June 2020, we have experienced and may continuedifficulties with regard to experience disruptions to our normal vessel operations caused by increased deviation time associated with positioning our vessels to countries in which we can undertake a crew rotation in compliance with such measures. Delays in crew rotations involving Indian crew members and have ledincurred increased costs and deviation to issues with crew fatigue and may continue to do so, which may result in delays or other operational issues. The occurrence of one or more of the foregoing events or circumstances could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, cash flows, financial condition, values of our vessels, and ability to pay dividends.

The COVID-19 pandemic and measures to contain its spread could have a material adverse impact on our financial condition, compliance with our credit facility covenants, and ability to pay dividends.

Restrictions onconduct crew rotations on our vessels resulting from the imposition of measures against COVID-19 pose risks to our financial condition and liquidity in a number of ways. Since June 2020, these restrictions have led to deviation time associated with positioning our vessels for crew rotations as described in the preceding risk factor, and we expect this will continue at least through the remainder of 2020. 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. Accordingly, we have had and expect to continue to have increased expenses due to incremental fuel consumption and days in which our vessels are unable to earn revenue in order to deviate to certain ports on which we would ordinarily not call during a typical voyage. We may also incur additional expenses associated with testing, personal protective equipment, quarantines, and travel expenses such as

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airfare costs in order to perform crew rotations in the current environment. Since June 2020, delays in crew rotations have also caused us to incur additional costs related to crew bonuses paid to retain the existing crew members on board and may continue to do so.

Moreover, COVID-19 and measures against it have led to a highly difficult environment in which to dispose of vessels. The ability and willingness of potential buyers to consummate vessel transactions has been limited as a result of general economic conditions, the availability of financing, and their ability to inspect vessels in the current environment. Constraints regarding crew changes have caused us to incur additional expenses and waiting time that has reduced earnings from our vessels in order to comply with the terms of agreements we have entered into for the disposition of certain of our vessels. These conditions may continue, and we may be unable to comply with such terms at all. As a result of the foregoing, we may therefore experience a material adverse impact on our financial condition, compliance with our credit facility covenants, and ability to pay dividends.

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 further significantly 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 $24.0 million as of June 30, 2020, may 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.

We also reduced our quarterly dividend to $0.02 per share in order to maintain our cash reserves in the face of uncertainties presented by COVID-19.  Our credit facilities permit the payment of dividends to the extent our unrestricted cash and cash equivalents are greater than $100 million and 18.75% of our total indebtedness, whichever is higher (or a specified percentage of consolidated net income for the preceding quarter).  At June 30, 2020, we had cash for this purpose of $127.7 million. We have commitments for amortization payments expected to be $19.0 million during the third quarter of 2020 and $20.2 million per quarter beginning 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. 

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)

3.11

Third Amendment to Amended and Restated By-laws, dated January 11, 2021(9)

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

Letter Amendment dated as of April 29, 2020Agreement by and among Genco Shipping & Trading Limited, as Borrower, Nordea Bank ABP, New York Branch, as Administrative Agent, and Security Agent,Centerbridge Partners L.P., and the Lenders party thereto, pertaining to the $495 Million Credit FacilityInvestors named therein, dated March 22, 2021.(10).(*)

10.2

Letter Amendment dated as of April 29, 2020 by and among Genco Shipping & Trading Limited as Borrower, Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, as Administrative Agent and Security Agent, and the Lenders party thereto, pertaining to the $133 Million Credit Facility.(*)

10.3

Fourth Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of June 5, 2020 by and among Genco Shipping & Trading Limited as Borrower, the Subsidiary Guarantors party thereto, the Lenders party thereto, and Nordea Bank ABP, New York Branch, as Administrative Agent and Security Agent, pertaining to the $495 Million Credit Facility.(*)

10.4

Amendment and Restatement Agreement dated as of June 11, 2020 by and among Genco Shipping & Trading Limited as Borrower, the Subsidiary Guarantors party thereto, the Revolving Lenders and other lenders party thereto, and Crédit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank, as Administrative Agent and as Security Agent, pertaining to the $133 Million Credit Facility.(9)

10.5

Form of Director Restricted Stock Unit Agreement dated as of July 15, 2020.(*)

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.(*)

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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.(*)

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The following materials from Genco Shipping & Trading Limited’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2020March 31, 2021 formatted in Inline XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language): (i) Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of June 30, 2020March 31, 2021 and December 31, 20192020 (Unaudited), (ii) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three and six months ended June 30,March 31, 2021 and 2020 and 2019 (Unaudited), (iii) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive LossIncome (Loss) for the three and six months ended June 30,March 31, 2021 and 2020 and 2019 (Unaudited), (iv) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Equity for the three and six months ended June 30,March 31, 2021 and 2020 and 2019 (Unaudited), (v) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the sixthree months ended June 30,March 31, 2021 and 2020 and 2019 (Unaudited), and (vi) Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited).(*)

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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 8-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 12, 2020.January 11, 2021.

(10)

Incorporated by reference to Genco Shipping & Trading Limited’s Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 22, 2021.

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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: AugustMay 5, 20202021

By:

/s/ John C. Wobensmith

John C. Wobensmith

Chief Executive Officer and President

(Principal Executive Officer)

DATE: AugustMay 5, 20202021

By:

/s/ Apostolos Zafolias

Apostolos Zafolias

Chief Financial Officer

(Principal Financial Officer)

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