 Diamond S Shipping Inc. NYSE: DSSI Diamond S announced today a strategic partnership with NORDEN AS CPH:DNORD, DiaNor, to facilitate the commercial consolidation of two of the worlds largest owneroperators of product tankers. Diamond S will initially contribute 28 medium range MR2 product tankers to the endeavor, which will be marketed and operated through the Norient Product Pool NPP. Diamond S also intends to contribute its existing in-house commercial expertise in the product tanker space to the global network of NPP. Pro forma the contribution of DiaNor ships, the Norient Product Pool will manage approximately 150 tankers and become one of the largest operators of medium range MR product tankers in the world. 