DOCUMENT AND ENTITY INFORMATION	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2012	Aug. 09, 2012
Entity Registrant Name	Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc.
Entity Central Index Key	0001322439
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--12-31
Entity Filer Category	Accelerated Filer
Trading Symbol	egle
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		15,771,496
Document Type	10-Q
Amendment Flag	true
Document Period End Date	Jun. 30, 2012
Document Fiscal Period Focus	Q2
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2012
Amendment Description	This Amendment No. 1 on Form 10-Q/A (this "Amendment No. 1") amends the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc. (the "Company") for the period ended June 30, 2012, originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on August 9, 2012 ("Original Filing"). This Amendment No. 1 is being filed solely to furnish a corrected Exhibit 101 that amends certain discrepancies contained in the Interactive Data Files furnished as Exhibit 101 to the Original Filing. No other changes have been made in this Amendment No. 1 to the Original Filing. This Amendment No. 1 speaks as of the original date of the Original Filing, does not reflect events that may have occurred subsequent to the Original Filing date and does not, and does not purport to, amend, modify, update or restate in any way the information contained in the Original Filing. Pursuant to Rule 406T of Regulation S-T, the Interactive Data Files attached as Exhibit 101 hereto are deemed not filed or part of a registration statement or prospectus for purposes of Sections 11 or 12 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, are deemed not filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and otherwise are not subject to liability under those Sections.