 ATHENS, Greece, May 18, 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 on May 14, 2021, it signed a sustainability linked loan facility with ABN AMRO Bank N.V., through six wholly-owned subsidiaries the Borrowers, in the amount of US91 million. The purpose of the senior secured term loan facility was the refinancing of existing indebtedness on the Borrowers vessels, mv Medusa, mv New Orleans, mv Los Angeles, mv Philadelphia, mv Santa Barbara and mv Artemis, and for general corporate purposes. 