 ATHENS, Greece, Oct. 01, 2021 GLOBE NEWSWIRE -- Diana Shipping Inc. NYSE: DSX, the Company, a global shipping company specializing in the ownership of dry bulk vessels, today announced that, through a separate wholly-owned subsidiary, it has entered into a time charter contract with Olam International Limited, Singapore, for one of its Capesize dry bulk vessels, the mv Baltimore. The gross charter rate is US56,000 per day, minus a 4.75 commission paid to third parties, for a time charter trip duration of about ninety 90 days. The charter commenced retroactively as of September 28, 2021. The mv Baltimore was chartered, as previously announced, to Koch Shipping Pte. Ltd., Singapore, at a gross charter rate of US13,000 per day, minus a 5 commission paid to third parties. 