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2018 January 23   16:04

Diana Shipping announces time charter contract for m/v Dione with Ausca

Diana Shipping Inc., a global shipping company specializing in the ownership of dry bulk vessels, has entered into a time charter contract with Ausca Shipping Limited, Hong Kong, for one of its Panamax dry bulk vessels, the m/v Dione, the company said in its press release. The gross charter rate is US$10,350 per day, minus a 5% commission paid to third parties, for a period of minimum fourteen months to about seventeen months. The charter is expected to commence on January 23, 2018. The m/v Dione is currently chartered, as previously announced, to Caravel Shipping Limited, Hong Kong, at a gross charter rate of US$7,200 per day for the first ninety (90) days of the charter period and US$7,050 per day for the balance period of the time charter, in each case minus a 5% commission paid to third parties.
 
The “Dione” is a 75,172 dwt Panamax dry bulk vessel built in 2001.
 
This employment is anticipated to generate approximately US$4.35 million of gross revenue for the minimum scheduled period of the time charter.
 
Diana Shipping Inc.’s fleet currently consists of 50 dry bulk vessels (4 Newcastlemax, 14 Capesize, 5 Post-Panamax, 5 Kamsarmax and 22 Panamax). As of today, the combined carrying capacity of the Company’s fleet is approximately 5.8 million dwt with a weighted average age of 8.42 years.
 
About the Company
 
Diana Shipping Inc. is a global provider of shipping transportation services through its ownership of dry bulk vessels. The Company’s vessels are employed primarily on medium to long-term time charters and transport a range of dry bulk cargoes, including such commodities as iron ore, coal, grain and other materials along worldwide shipping routes.

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