Diana Shipping Inc. Announces Time Charter Contracts for m/v Newport News with NYK Line And m/v Ismene with Paralos Shipping

ATHENS, Greece, Sept. 11, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Diana Shipping Inc. (NYSE: DSX), (the “Company”), a global shipping company specializing in the ownership and bareboat charter-in of dry bulk vessels, today announced that, through a separate wholly-owned subsidiary, it has entered into a time charter contract with Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, for one of its Newcastlemax dry bulk vessels, the m/v Newport News. The gross charter rate is US$20,000 per day, minus a 5% commission paid to third parties, for a period until minimum March 10, 2025 up to maximum June 10, 2025. The charter is expected to commence during the second half of September 2023.