Exhibit 32.2

PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL OFFICER CERTIFICATION
PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350

          In connection  with the annual report of Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc. (the
"Company") on Form 10-K for the year ending December 31, 2005, as filed with the
Securities and Exchange  Commission (the "SEC") on or about the date hereof (the
"Report"),  I,  Alan  Ginsberg,  Principal  Financial  Officer  of the  Company,
certify,  pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906
of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

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

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

          A signed  original of this written  statement has been provided to the
Company and will be retained  by the  Company  and  furnished  to the SEC or its
staff upon request.

Date: March 14, 2006

/s/ Alan Ginsberg
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Alan Ginsberg
Chief Financial Officer