September 23, 2019

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

       Re: Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc.
           Amendment No. 1 to
           Registration Statement on Form S-3
           Filed September 17, 2019
           File No. 333-233208

Dear Mr. Vogel:

      We have reviewed your amended registration statement and have the
following
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. Unless
we note
otherwise, our references to prior comments are to comments in our August 30,
2019 letter.

Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form S-3

General

1.     We note your response to our prior comment 1 that the forum selection
provision
       contained in the company's Third Amended and Restated Articles of
Incorporation could
       apply to actions brought under provisions of the federal securities
laws, including the U.S.
       Securities Act of 1933, as amended and the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Act of 1934, as
       amended. Please revise your prospectus to disclose such information.
Refer to prior
       comment 1.
 Gary Vogel
Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc.
September 23, 2019
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       You may contact John Stickel at 202-551-3324 or Laura Nicholson at
202-551-3584 if
you have any questions.



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