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X0202 SCHEDULE 13D/A 0001318885 XXXXXXXX LIVE 8 Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share 04/13/2026 false 0001326200 Y2685T131 GENCO SHIPPING & TRADING LTD 299 Park Avenue 12th Floor New York NY 10171 Mr. Ioannis Zafirakis 30-210-947-0100 Pendelis 16, Palaio Faliro Athens J3 175 64 0001318885 N Diana Shipping Inc. b BK WC N 1T 6413151.00 0.00 6413151.00 0.00 6413151.00 N 14.8 CO Calculated based on 43,317,810 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Issuer outstanding as of February 18, 2026, as reported in the Issuer's Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 18, 2026. Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share GENCO SHIPPING & TRADING LTD 299 Park Avenue 12th Floor New York NY 10171 This Amendment No. 8 (this "Amendment") amends and supplements, to the extent set forth herein, the statement on Schedule 13D originally filed by Diana Shipping Inc. ("Diana" or the "Reporting Person") with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on July 17, 2025 (the "Original Schedule 13D"), as amended by Amendment No. 1 thereto filed on July 31, 2025 ("Amendment No. 1"), Amendment No. 2 thereto filed on September 30, 2025 ("Amendment No. 2"), Amendment No. 3 thereto filed on November 24, 2025 ("Amendment No. 3"), Amendment No. 4 thereto filed on January 13, 2026 ("Amendment No. 4"), Amendment No. 5 thereto filed on January 16, 2026 ("Amendment No. 5"), Amendment No. 6 thereto filed on March 10, 2026 ("Amendment No. 6"), and Amendment No. 7 thereto filed on March 23, 2026 ("Amendment No. 7," and the Original Schedule 13D, Amendment No. 1, Amendment No. 2, Amendment No. 3, Amendment No. 4, Amendment No. 5, Amendment No. 6, Amendment No. 7 and this Amendment, collectively, the "Current Schedule 13D"). Except as expressly provided herein, this Amendment does not modify the information previously reported on the Current Schedule 13D. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined in this Amendment shall have the meaning ascribed to them in the Current Schedule 13D. This Amendment relates to the shares of common stock (the "Shares"), par value $0.01 per share, of Genco Shipping & Trading Limited, a Marshall Islands corporation (the "Issuer"). Item 3 of the Current Schedule 13D is hereby amended and supplemented to add the following: The information set forth in Item 4 of this Amendment is incorporated herein by reference. Item 4 of the Current Schedule 13D is hereby amended and supplemented to add the following: As previously disclosed in Amendment No. 6 and Amendment No. 7, on March 6, 2026, the Reporting Person submitted an updated non-binding proposal (the "Revised Proposal") to the Issuer's Board of Directors to acquire all of the issued and outstanding Shares not already owned by the Reporting Person for cash consideration of US$23.50 per share (the "Proposed Transaction"), and on March 19, 2026, the Issuer issued a press release stating that its Board of Directors had rejected the Revised Proposal. On April 13, 2026, the Reporting Person delivered to the Issuer a draft merger agreement in respect of the Proposed Transaction (the "Proposed Merger Agreement"). A copy of the Proposed Merger Agreement is attached hereto as Exhibit N. Item 6 of the Current Schedule 13D is hereby amended and supplemented to add the following: The description set forth in Item 4 of this Amendment is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. Exhibit N: Proposed Merger Agreement Diana Shipping Inc. /s/ Ioannis Zafirakis Ioannis Zafirakis, Authorized Representative 04/13/2026