Diana Shipping Inc. Announces Time Charter Contract for m/v Crystalia with SwissMarine

04 Mar 2026 15:43 CET

ATHENS, GREECE, March 4, 2026 – 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
SwissMarine Pte. Ltd., Singapore, for one of its Panamax dry bulk vessels, the
m/v Crystalia. The gross charter rate is US$16,200 per day, minus a 5.00%
commission paid to third parties, for a period until minimum March 10, 2027 up
to maximum May 10, 2027. The charter is expected to commence on March 11, 2026.
The m/v Crystalia is currently chartered, as previously announced, to Louis
Dreyfus Company Freight Asia Pte. Ltd., at a gross charter rate of US$13,900 per
day, minus a 5.00% commission paid to third parties.

The “Crystalia” is a 77,525 dwt Ice Class Panamax dry bulk vessel built in 2014.

The employment of “Crystalia” is anticipated to generate a total of
approximately US$5.78 million of gross revenue for the minimum scheduled period
of the time charter.

Diana Shipping Inc.’s fleet currently consists of 36 dry bulk vessels (4
Newcastlemax, 8 Capesize, 4 Post-Panamax, 6 Kamsarmax, 5 Panamax and 9
Ultramax). The Company also expects to take delivery of two methanol dual fuel
new-building Kamsarmax dry bulk vessels by the second half of 2027 and the first
half of 2028, respectively. As of today, the combined carrying capacity of the
Company’s fleet, excluding the two vessels not yet delivered, is approximately
4.1 million dwt, with a weighted average age of 12.28 years. A table describing
the current Diana Shipping Inc. fleet can be found on the Company’s website,
www.dianashippinginc.com. Information contained on the Company’s website does
not constitute part of this press release...

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