 ATHENS, Greece, July 16, 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 it has signed, through a separate wholly-owned subsidiary, a Memorandum of Agreement to acquire from unaffiliated third parties the mv Magnolia, a 2011 built Kamsarmax dry bulk vessel of 82,165 dwt, for a purchase price of US22.0 million. The Company anticipates to take delivery of the vessel by the end of February 2022. 