UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 20-F/A

(Amendment No. 1)

(Mark One)

[ ]	REGISTRATION STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

OR

[X]	ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

	For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017

OR

[ ]	TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

	For the transition period from _________________ to _________________

OR

[ ]	SHELL COMPANY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

	Date of event requiring this shell company report _________________

Commission file number: 001-37947

HUNTER MARITIME ACQUISITION CORP.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

(Translation of Registrant's name into English)

The Republic of the Marshall Islands

(Jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

c/o MI Management Company, Trust Company Complex, Suite 206, Ajeltake Road, P.O. Box 3055, Majuro, Marshall Islands, MH96960

(Address of principal executive offices)

Alexander Saverys, Chief Executive Officer, De Gerlachekaai 20, BE 2000, Antwerp, Belgium,

011-323-247-59-11

(Name, Telephone, E-mail and/or Facsimile, and address of Company Contact Person)

Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to section 12(b) of the Act.

Title of each class		Name of each exchange on which registered
Class A Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share		The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Warrants to purchase one share of Class A Common Stock		The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Units, each consisting of one share of Class A Common Stock and one-half of one Warrant		The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to section 12(g) of the Act.

NONE

(Title of class)

Securities for which there is a reporting obligation pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Act.

NONE

(Title of class)

Indicate the number of outstanding shares of each of the issuer's classes of capital or common stock as of the close of the period covered by the annual report.

As of December 31, 2017, there were outstanding 15,173,100 Class A common shares, par value $0.0001 per share, and 3,793,275 Class B common shares, par value $.0001 per share.

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.

Yes

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If this report is an annual or transition report, indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

Yes

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Note – Checking the box above will not relieve any registrant required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 from their obligations under those Sections.

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.

Yes

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).

Yes

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Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or an emerging growth Company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

	Large accelerated filer ☐		Accelerated filer ☐

	Non-accelerated filer		Emerging growth company ☒
	(Do not check if a smaller reporting company) ☐

If an emerging growth company that prepares its financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards† provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

† The term "new or revised financial accounting standard" refers to any update issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board to its Accounting Standards Codification after April 5, 2012.

Indicate by check mark which basis of accounting the registrant has used to prepare the financial statements included in this filing:

☐		U.S. GAAP
☒		International Financial Reporting Standards as issued by the international Accounting Standards Board

☐		Other

If "Other" has been checked in response to the previous question, indicate by check mark which financial statement item the registrant has elected to follow:

Item 17

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Item 18 ☐

If this is an annual report, indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).

Yes

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EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Amendment No. 1 to the Annual Report on Form 20-F (this "Amendment") of Hunter Maritime Acquisition Corp. (the "Company") for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017, originally filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on March 30, 2018 (the "Original 20-F"), is being filed solely for the purposes of adding Exhibit 101 to Item 19 "Exhibits," which was not included in the Original 20-F, and to furnish the Interactive Data File disclosure as Exhibit 101 in accordance with Rule 405 of Regulation S-T.

Except as described above, this Amendment does not amend any information set forth in the Original 20-F, and the Company has not updated disclosures included therein to reflect any events that occurred subsequent to March 30, 2018.

EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit		Description

101.INS		XBRL Instance Document

101.SCH		XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document

101.CAL		XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document

101.DEF		XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document

101.LAB		XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document

101.PRE		XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document

SIGNATURES

The registrant hereby certifies that it meets all of the requirements for filing this Amendment No. 1 to Form 20-F and has duly caused and authorized the undersigned to sign this Amendment No. 1 to Form 20-F on its behalf.

	Hunter Maritime Acquisition Corp.
	By:	/s/ Alexander Saverys
		Name: Alexander Saverys
		Title: Chief Executive Officer

Date: April 24, 2018