Diana Shipping Inc. Announces Direct Continuation of Time Charter Contract for m/v Semirio With Solebay and Time Charter Contract for m/v Maera With CRC Shipping

ATHENS, Greece, Oct. 22, 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 extended the time charter contract with Solebay Shipping Cape Company Limited, Hong Kong, for one of its Capesize dry bulk vessels, the m/v Semirio. The gross charter rate is US$21,650 minus a 5.00% commission paid to third parties, for a period until minimum January 31, 2027 up to maximum April 15, 2027. The new charter period is expected to commence on March 15, 2026. The m/v Semirio is currently chartered, as previously announced, at a gross charter rate of US$16,650 per day, minus a 5.00% commission paid to third parties.