Cover - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2019	Apr. 20, 2020	Jun. 30, 2019
Cover [Abstract]
Document Type	10-K/A
Document Annual Report	true
Document Period End Date	Dec. 31, 2019
Document Transition Report	false
Entity File Number	001-33831
Entity Registrant Name	EAGLE BULK SHIPPING INC.
Entity Incorporation, State or Country Code	1T
Entity Tax Identification Number	98-0453513
Entity Address, Address Line One	300 First Stamford Place
Entity Address, Address Line Two	5th Floor
Entity Address, City or Town	Stamford
Entity Address, State or Province	CT
Entity Address, Postal Zip Code	06902
City Area Code	203
Local Phone Number	276–8100
Title of 12(b) Security	Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share
Trading Symbol	EGLE
Security Exchange Name	NASDAQ
Entity Well-known Seasoned Issuer	No
Entity Voluntary Filers	No
Entity Current Reporting Status	Yes
Entity Interactive Data Current	Yes
Entity Filer Category	Accelerated Filer
Entity Small Business	true
Entity Emerging Growth Company	false
Entity Shell Company	false
Entity Public Float			$ 157,456,718
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		76,749,622
Entity Central Index Key	0001322439
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2019
Document Fiscal Period Focus	FY
Amendment Flag	true
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--12-31
Amendment Description	This Amendment amends the Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Company for the year ended December 31, 2019 that was originally filed with the SEC on March 12, 2020 (the “Original Filing”) and is being filed to provide the information required by Items 10, 11, 12, 13, and 14 of Part III. This information was previously omitted from the Original Filing in reliance on General Instruction G(3) to Form 10-K, which permits the information in the above referenced items to be incorporated in the Form 10-K by reference from a definitive proxy statement if such statement is filed no later than 120 days after our fiscal year end. We are filing this Amendment to include Part III information in our Form 10-K because we do not expect to file a definitive proxy statement containing this information before that date. The reference on the cover of the Original Filing to the incorporation by reference to portions of our definitive proxy statement into Part III of the Original Filing has been deleted.