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Genco Shipping & Trading Ltd – ‘10-Q’ for 9/30/19 – ‘EX-101.PRE’

On:  Thursday, 11/7/19, at 4:33pm ET   ·   For:  9/30/19   ·   Accession #:  1558370-19-10404   ·   File #:  1-33393

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size             Issuer                      Filing Agent

11/07/19  Genco Shipping & Trading Ltd      10-Q        9/30/19   93:14M                                    Toppan Merrill Bridge/FA

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q   —   Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML   1.49M 
 2: EX-10.2     Material Contract                                   HTML    114K 
 3: EX-10.3     Material Contract                                   HTML     86K 
 4: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     31K 
 5: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     31K 
 6: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     27K 
 7: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     27K 
44: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     51K 
73: R2          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML    125K 
62: R3          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML     50K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
17: R4          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations     HTML     93K 
46: R5          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations     HTML     27K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
74: R6          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Loss       HTML     34K 
63: R7          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Equity         HTML     51K 
19: R8          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Equity         HTML     27K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
42: R9          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows     HTML    138K 
18: R10         Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows     HTML     37K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
41: R11         General Information                                 HTML    274K 
75: R12         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    115K 
60: R13         Cash Flow Information                               HTML     34K 
20: R14         Vessel Acquisitions and Dispositions                HTML     43K 
43: R15         Net (Loss) Earnings Per Share                       HTML     92K 
76: R16         Related Party Transactions                          HTML     27K 
61: R17         Debt                                                HTML    193K 
16: R18         Fair Value of Financial Instruments                 HTML     71K 
45: R19         Prepaid Expenses and Other Current and Assets       HTML     56K 
91: R20         Fixed Assets                                        HTML     60K 
58: R21         Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses               HTML     47K 
30: R22         Voyage Revenue                                      HTML     61K 
37: R23         Leases                                              HTML    110K 
92: R24         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     31K 
59: R25         Stock-Based Compensation                            HTML    298K 
31: R26         Legal Proceedings                                   HTML     27K 
38: R27         Subsequent Events                                   HTML     34K 
93: R28         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    146K 
                (Policies)                                                       
57: R29         General Information (Tables)                        HTML    269K 
65: R30         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     69K 
                (Tables)                                                         
79: R31         Net (Loss) Earnings Per Share (Tables)              HTML     88K 
40: R32         Debt (Tables)                                       HTML    115K 
15: R33         Fair Value of Financial Instruments (Tables)        HTML     59K 
64: R34         Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets (Tables)  HTML     55K 
78: R35         Fixed Assets (Tables)                               HTML     58K 
39: R36         Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses (Tables)      HTML     46K 
14: R37         Voyage Revenue (Tables)                             HTML     56K 
66: R38         Leases (Tables)                                     HTML    105K 
77: R39         Stock-Based Compensation (Tables)                   HTML    294K 
52: R40         General Information (Details)                       HTML     34K 
87: R41         General Information - Vessel Details (Details)      HTML    196K 
36: R42         SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES -        HTML     26K 
                Segment (Details)                                                
29: R43         SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES -        HTML     41K 
                Restricted Cash (Details)                                        
51: R44         SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES -        HTML     36K 
                Vessels, net and Deferred revenue (Details)                      
86: R45         SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES -        HTML     31K 
                Revenue and Voyage Expense (Details)                             
35: R46         SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES -        HTML     78K 
                Impairment (Details)                                             
28: R47         SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES - Sale   HTML     32K 
                of Vessels (Details)                                             
53: R48         SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES - Loss   HTML     42K 
                on Debt Extinguishment (Details)                                 
85: R49         SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES -        HTML     32K 
                Recent Accounting Pronouncements (Details)                       
80: R50         Cash Flow Information (Details)                     HTML     54K 
68: R51         Cash Flow Information - Stock-Based Compensation    HTML     42K 
                (Details)                                                        
23: R52         Vessel Acquisitions and Dispositions (Details)      HTML    172K 
49: R53         Net (Loss) Earnings Per Share (Details)             HTML     58K 
81: R54         Related Party Transactions (Details)                HTML     28K 
69: R55         DEBT - Components of Long-term Debt (Details)       HTML     48K 
24: R56         DEBT - Expenses (Details)                           HTML     34K 
50: R57         DEBT - $495 Million Credit Facility (Details)       HTML    150K 
82: R58         DEBT - $108 Million Credit Facility (Details)       HTML     97K 
67: R59         DEBT - $400 Million Credit Facility (Details)       HTML    109K 
26: R60         DEBT - $98M Credit Facility (Details)               HTML     66K 
32: R61         DEBT - 2014 Term Loan (Details)                     HTML     75K 
89: R62         DEBT - Interest Rates (Details)                     HTML     33K 
54: R63         Fair Value of Financial Instruments - Recurring     HTML     61K 
                (Details)                                                        
27: R64         Fair Value of Financial Instruments - Nonrecurring  HTML     28K 
                (Details)                                                        
33: R65         Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets           HTML     41K 
                (Details)                                                        
90: R66         Fixed Assets (Details)                              HTML     51K 
55: R67         Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses (Details)     HTML     33K 
25: R68         Voyage Revenue (Details)                            HTML     36K 
34: R69         LEASES - Narrative (Details)                        HTML     59K 
48: R70         LEASES - Balance Sheet Information (Details)        HTML     37K 
22: R71         LEASES - Operating Lease Liabilities (Details)      HTML     76K 
72: R72         Commitments and Contingencies (Details)             HTML     56K 
84: R73         Stock-Based Compensation - 2014 Mip (Details)       HTML     95K 
47: R74         STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION - 2015 EIP Stock Options   HTML    148K 
                and Other (Details)                                              
21: R75         STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION - 2015 EIP Restricted      HTML     89K 
                Stock Units (Details)                                            
71: R76         STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION - 2015 EIP Restricted      HTML     46K 
                Stock (Details)                                                  
83: R77         Subsequent Events (Details)                         HTML    117K 
70: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    165K 
88: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX    108K 
 8: EX-101.INS  XBRL Instance -- gnk-20190930                        XML   3.49M 
10: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- gnk-20190930_cal                XML    181K 
11: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- gnk-20190930_def                 XML   1.14M 
12: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- gnk-20190930_lab                      XML   1.98M 
13: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- gnk-20190930_pre               XML   1.57M 
 9: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- gnk-20190930                          XSD    350K 
56: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0001558370-19-010404-xbrl      Zip    243K

‘EX-101.PRE’   —   XBRL Presentations — gnk-20190930_pre

This Exhibit is an XBRL XML File.

                                                                                                                                                                                
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