 ATHENS, Greece, June 25, 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 Viterra Chartering B.V., Rotterdam, for one of its Panamax dry bulk vessels, the mv Melia. The gross charter rate is US25,750 per day, minus a 5 commission paid to third parties, for a period until minimum April 7, 2022 up to maximum June 7, 2022. The charter commenced retroactively on June 11, 2021. The mv Melia was chartered, as previously announced, to Ausca Shipping Limited, Hong Kong, at a gross charter rate of US10,000 per day, plus US500,000 gross ballast bonus, minus a 5 commission paid to third parties. 