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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000919574-23-005200
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	6-K
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	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			DIANA SHIPPING INC.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001318885
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	DEEP SEA FOREIGN TRANSPORTATION OF FREIGHT [4412]
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		6-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-32458
		FILM NUMBER:		231248364

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		PENDELIS 16
		STREET 2:		175 64 PALAIO FALIRO
		CITY:			ATHENS
		STATE:			J3
		ZIP:			00000
		BUSINESS PHONE:		30-210-947-0100

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		PENDELIS 16
		STREET 2:		175 64 PALAIO FALIRO
		CITY:			ATHENS
		STATE:			J3
		ZIP:			00000
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight: bold;">FORM 6-K</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight: bold;">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight: bold;">WASHINGTON, D.C.&#160; 20549</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight: bold;">REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO RULE 13A-16 OR 15D-16</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight: bold;">OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">For the month of September 2023</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Commission File Number:&#160; 001-32458</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight: bold;">DIANA SHIPPING INC.</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">(Translation of registrant's name into English)</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Pendelis 16, 175 64 Palaio Faliro, Athens, Greece</div>
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    <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.</div>
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    <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Form 20-F [X]&#160; &#160; &#160;&#160; Form 40-F [&#160; ]</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight: bold;">INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS FORM 6-K REPORT</div>
    <div style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Attached to this Report on Form 6-K as Exhibit 99.1 is a press release dated September 11, 2023 of Diana Shipping Inc. (the "Company"),
      announcing that, through a separate wholly-owned subsidiary, it has entered into a time charter contract with Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, for one of its Newcastlemax dry bulk vessels, the m/v Newport News. The Company also announced that,
      through a separate wholly-owned subsidiary, it has entered into a time charter contract with Paralos Shipping Pte. Ltd., Singapore, for one of its Panamax dry bulk vessels, the m/v Ismene.</div>
    <div style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 12pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">The information contained in this Report on Form 6-K is hereby incorporated by reference into the Company's registration
      statements on Form F-3 (File Nos. 333-256791 and 333-266999) that were filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and became effective on July 9, 2021 and September 16, 2022, respectively.</div>
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    <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.</div>
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            <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight: bold;">DIANA SHIPPING INC.</div>
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            <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Dated: September 11, 2023</div>
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            <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><u>/s/ Anastasios Margaronis</u></div>
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            <div style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Anastasios Margaronis</div>
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              <div style="text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Website: <font style="color: #0000FF;"><u>www.dianashippinginc.com</u></font></div>
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              <div style="text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Twitter: <font style="color: #0000FF;"><u>@Dianaship</u></font></div>
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              <div style="text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Telephone: + 1-203-972-8350</div>
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              <div style="text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Email: <font style="color: #0000FF;"><u>enebb@optonline.net</u></font></div>
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      <div style="text-align: center; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight: bold;">DIANA SHIPPING INC. ANNOUNCES TIME CHARTER CONTRACTS</div>
      <div style="text-align: center; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight: bold;">&#160;FOR M/V NEWPORT NEWS WITH NYK LINE AND</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">ATHENS, GREECE, September 11, 2023 &#8211; Diana Shipping Inc. (NYSE: DSX), (the &#8220;Company&#8221;), a global shipping company specializing in the ownership and bareboat charter-in of dry
        bulk vessels, today announced that, through a separate wholly-owned subsidiary, it has entered into a time charter contract with Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, for one of its Newcastlemax dry bulk vessels, the m/v Newport News. The gross
        charter rate is US$20,000 per day, minus a 5% commission paid to third parties, for a period until minimum March 10, 2025 up to maximum June 10, 2025. The charter is expected to commence during the second half of September 2023.</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">The &#8220;Newport News&#8221; is a 208,021 dwt Newcastlemax dry bulk vessel built in 2017.</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">The Company also announced that, through a separate wholly-owned subsidiary, it has entered into a time charter contract with Paralos Shipping Pte. Ltd., Singapore, for one of
        its Panamax dry bulk vessels, the m/v Ismene. The gross charter rate is US$12,650 per day, minus a 5% commission paid to third parties, for a period until minimum April 15, 2025 up to maximum June 30, 2025. The charter is expected to commence on
        September 14, 2023.</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">The &#8220;Ismene&#8221; is a 77,901 dwt Panamax dry bulk vessel built in 2013.</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">The employments of &#8220;Newport News&#8221; and &#8220;Ismene&#8221; are anticipated to generate approximately US$17.80 million of gross revenue for the minimum scheduled period of the time charters.</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Diana Shipping Inc.&#8217;s fleet currently consists of 41 dry bulk vessels: 4 Newcastlemax, 10 Capesize, 5 Post-Panamax, 6 Kamsarmax, 7 Panamax and 9 Ultramax. As of today, the
        combined carrying capacity of the Company&#8217;s fleet is approximately 4.7 million dwt with a weighted average age of 10.44 years. A table describing the current Diana Shipping Inc. fleet can be found on the Company&#8217;s website, <font style="color: #0000FF;"><u>www.dianashippinginc.com</u></font>. Information contained on the Company&#8217;s website does not constitute a part of this press release.</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight: bold;">About the Company</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Diana Shipping Inc. is a global provider of shipping transportation services through its ownership and bareboat charter-in of dry bulk vessels. The Company&#8217;s vessels are
        employed primarily on short to medium-term time charters and transport a range of dry bulk cargoes, including such commodities as iron ore, coal, grain and other materials along worldwide shipping routes.</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight: bold;">Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Matters discussed in this press release may constitute forward-looking statements. The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 provides safe harbor protections for
        forward-looking statements in order to encourage companies to provide prospective information about their business. Forward-looking statements include statements concerning plans, objectives, goals, strategies, future events or performance, and
        underlying assumptions and other statements, which are other than statements of historical facts.</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">The Company desires to take advantage of the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and is including this cautionary statement in
        connection with this safe harbor legislation. The words &#8220;believe,&#8221; &#8220;anticipate,&#8221; &#8220;intends,&#8221; &#8220;estimate,&#8221; &#8220;forecast,&#8221; &#8220;project,&#8221; &#8220;plan,&#8221; &#8220;potential,&#8221; &#8220;may,&#8221; &#8220;should,&#8221; &#8220;expect,&#8221; &#8220;pending&#8221; and similar expressions identify forward-looking statements.</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">The forward-looking statements in this press release are based upon various assumptions, many of which are based, in turn, upon further assumptions, including without
        limitation, Company management&#8217;s examination of historical operating trends, data contained in the Company&#8217;s records and other data available from third parties. Although the Company believes that these assumptions were reasonable when made,
        because these assumptions are inherently subject to significant uncertainties and contingencies that are difficult or impossible to predict and are beyond the Company&#8217;s control, the Company cannot assure you that it will achieve or accomplish these
        expectations, beliefs or projections.</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">In addition to these important factors, other important factors that, in the Company&#8217;s view, could cause actual results to differ materially from those discussed in the
        forward-looking statements include the continuing impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic; the strength of world economies and currencies, general market conditions, including fluctuations in charter rates and vessel values, changes in demand for dry bulk
        shipping capacity, changes in the Company&#8217;s operating expenses, including bunker prices, drydocking and insurance costs, the market for the Company&#8217;s vessels, availability of financing and refinancing, changes in governmental rules and regulations
        or actions taken by regulatory authorities, potential liability from pending or future litigation, general domestic and international political conditions, including risks associated with the continuing conflict between Russia and Ukraine and
        related sanctions, potential disruption of shipping routes due to accidents or political events, vessel breakdowns and instances of off-hires and other factors. Please see the Company&#8217;s filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for a
        more complete discussion of these and other risks and uncertainties. The Company undertakes no obligation to revise or update any forward-looking statement, or to make any other forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information,
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