August 30, 2019

Gary Vogel
Chief Executive Officer
Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc.
300 First Stamford Place, 5th Floor
Stamford, CT 06902

       Re: Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc.
           Form S-3 Filed August 9, 2019
           File No. 333-233208

Dear Mr. Vogel:

       We have limited our review of your registration statement to those
issues we have
addressed in our comments. In some of our comments, we may ask you to provide
us with
information so we may better understand your disclosure.

       Please respond to this letter by amending your registration statement
and providing the
requested information. If you do not believe our comments apply to your facts
and
circumstances or do not believe an amendment is appropriate, please tell us why
in your
response.

       After reviewing any amendment to your registration statement and the
information you
provide in response to these comments, we may have additional comments.

Form S-3 Filed on August 9, 2019

General

1.     We note that the forum selection provision in the thirteenth article of
your third amended
       and restated articles of incorporation identifies the U.S. federal
courts located in the
       Southern District of New York or, if such court lacks jurisdiction, the
state courts of the
       State of New York, as the sole and exclusive forum for certain
litigation, including any
       "derivative action." Please disclose whether this provision applies to
actions arising under
       the Securities Act or Exchange Act. If so, describe any risks or other
impacts on
       investors. In addition, please disclose any uncertainty relating to
enforceability of your
       forum selection provision, including uncertainty under the federal
securities laws.


       We remind you that the company and its management are responsible for
the accuracy
and adequacy of their disclosures, notwithstanding any review, comments, action
or absence of
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Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc.
August 30, 2019
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action by the staff.

       Refer to Rules 460 and 461 regarding requests for acceleration. Please
allow adequate
time for us to review any amendment prior to the requested effective date of
the registration
statement.

      Please contact John Dana Brown at 202-551-3859 or Laura Nicholson,
Special
Counsel, at 202-551-3584 with any questions.



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