ATHENS, Greece, March 20, 2025 (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 Cargill Ocean Transportation (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., for one of its Ultramax dry bulk vessels, the m/v DSI Andromeda. The gross charter rate is US$14,000 per day, minus a 4.75% commission paid to third parties, for a period until minimum November 15, 2025 up to maximum January 15, 2026. The charter is expected to commence on March 29, 2025. The m/v DSI Andromeda is currently chartered, as previously announced, to Bunge SA, Geneva, at a gross charter rate of US$13,500 per day, minus a 5.00% commission paid to third parties.