Filed Pursuant to Rule 424(b)(7)
                                                    Registration No. 333-135708

Prospectus Supplement
(to Prospectus dated July 11, 2006)




                            EAGLE BULK SHIPPING INC.
                         166,667 SHARES OF COMMON STOCK


     This Prospectus Supplement is related to 166,667 shares of our Common Stock
which may be sold from time to time by Structured Finance Americas, LLC.

     This Prospectus  Supplement  supplements  the information  contained in our
Prospectus dated July 11, 2006 (as amended or supplemented,  the  "Prospectus"),
relating to the  potential  sale from time to time of up to 2,750,000  shares of
Common  Stock of Eagle Bulk  Shipping  Inc. by certain of our  stockholders  who
acquired the shares in connection with a private placement completed on June 28,
2006.  This  Prospectus  Supplement  is not  complete  without,  and  may not be
delivered or utilized  except in connection  with, the  Prospectus.  Capitalized
terms used herein but not defined  have the  meanings  assigned to such terms in
the Prospectus.

     The following  information  supplements  the  information  set forth in the
Prospectus under the caption "Selling  Stockholders" with respect to the Selling
Stockholders, the number of Shares being offered by the Selling Stockholders and
the number and  percentage of shares of Common Stock  beneficially  owned by the
Selling  Stockholders  before and after the  offering of shares of Common  Stock
pursuant to the Prospectus:

                               Selling Stockholder

   Name of      Common Stock   Total Common   Common Stock  Percentage of
   Selling      Owned Before   Stock Hereby   to be owned    Class owned
 Stockholder      Offering       Offered       after the      after the
                                                Offering(1)   Offering

  Structured      166,667        166,667           0              0%
   Finance
Americas, LLC


(1)  Assumes the maximum amount of Common Stock will be sold.

     The date of this Prospectus Supplement is August 7, 2006


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