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 Hudson Shipping Lines
Incorporated for one of its Panamax dry bulk vessels, the m/v Thetis. The gross charter rate is US$10,650 per day, minus a 3.75% commission paid to third parties, for a period of minimum fourteen (14) months to maximum seventeen (17) months. The charter is expected to commence tomorrow. The m/v Thetis was chartered, as previously announced, to Ausca Shipping Limited, Hong Kong, at a gross charter rate of US$8,350 per day, minus a 5% commission paid to third parties.
The “Thetis” is a 73,583 dwt Panamax dry bulk vessel built in 2004.
This employment is anticipated to generate approximately US$4.47 million of gross revenue for the minimum scheduled period of the time charter.