NEW YORK, Dec. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- General Maritime Corporation
(NYSE: GMR) and Genco Shipping & Trading Limited (Nasdaq: GSTL) announced
today that they will host a joint investor and analyst meeting on Monday,
December 11, 2006 in New York. Members of General Maritime's senior management
team will present at 11:00 a.m. ET and members of Genco's senior management
team will present at 12:30 p.m. ET.
Each company presentation will be broadcast live over the Internet. The
webcast and accompanying slide presentation will be available in the Investor
Relations section of General Maritime's website at www.generalmaritimecorp.com
and the Investor Relations section of Genco Shipping's website at
www.gencoshipping.com.
About General Maritime Corporation
General Maritime Corporation is a provider of international seaborne crude
oil transportation services principally within the Atlantic basin which
includes ports in the Caribbean, South and Central America, the United States,
West Africa, the Mediterranean, Europe and the North Sea. We also currently
operate tankers in other regions including the Black Sea and Far East. General
Maritime Corporation currently owns and operates a fleet of 21 tankers -- 10
Aframax, 8 Suezmax tankers and 3 Suezmax newbuilding contracts -- making it
one of the largest mid-sized tanker companies in the world, with a carrying
capacity of approximately 2.8 million dwt.
About Genco Shipping & Trading Limited
Genco Shipping & Trading Limited transports iron ore, coal, grain, steel
products and other drybulk cargoes along worldwide shipping routes. Currently,
Genco Shipping & Trading Limited owns a fleet of 20 drybulk vessels,
consisting of seven Panamax, eight Handymax and five Handysize vessels, with a
carrying capacity of approximately 1,029,000 dwt.
SOURCE General Maritime Corporation; Genco Shipping & Trading Limited
CONTACT:
Jeffrey D. Pribor,
Chief Financial Officer of General Maritime
Corporation,
+1-212-763-5680; or
John C. Wobensmith,
Chief Financial Officer
of Genco Shipping & Trading Limited,
+1-646-443-8555