Diana Shipping Inc. Announces Delivery Of The Post-Panamax Dry Bulk Carrier M/V Alcmene And Time Charter Contract For M/V Aliki

ATHENS, Greece, Nov. 18, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Diana Shipping Inc. (NYSE:DSX), a global shipping transportation company specializing in dry bulk cargoes, announced that the Company has today taken delivery of the m/v "East Sunrise 88," renamed "Alcmene," a 93,193 dwt Post-Panamax dry bulk carrier built in 2010.

As previously announced, the Alcmene is chartered to Cargill International S.A., Geneva for a period of about twenty-three (23) to about twenty-five (25) months, at a gross charter rate of US$20,250 per day. The charter is expected to commence on November 20, 2010.

This employment is anticipated to generate approximately US$14 million of gross revenue for the minimum scheduled period of the charter.

The Company also announced today that it has entered into a time charter contract with Minmetals Logistics Group Co. Ltd., Beijing, for one of its Capesize dry bulk carriers, the m/v Aliki, at a gross charter rate of US$26,500 per day for a period of minimum fifty-nine (59) to maximum sixty-one (61) months. The charter is expected to commence in the beginning of March 2011. The m/v Aliki is a 180,235 dwt Capesize dry bulk carrier built in 2005.

This employment is anticipated to generate approximately US$47 million of gross revenue for the minimum scheduled period of the charter.

About the Company

Diana Shipping Inc. is a global provider of shipping transportation services. The Company specializes in transporting dry bulk cargoes, including such commodities as iron ore, coal, grain and other materials along worldwide shipping routes.

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