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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000919574-24-006186
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	6-K
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CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20241130
FILED AS OF DATE:		20241106
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20241106

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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]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	01 Energy & Transportation
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		6-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-32458
		FILM NUMBER:		241432276

	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; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight: bold;">FORM 6-K</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight: bold;">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight: bold;">WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; color: #000000; 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; color: #000000; 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; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">For the month of November 2024</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Commission File Number: 001-32458</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight: bold;">DIANA SHIPPING INC.</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">(Translation of registrant's name into English)</div>
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    <div style="color: #000000; 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="text-align: center; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight: bold;">INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS FORM 6-K REPORT</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Attached to this Report on Form 6-K as <a href="d11516839_ex99-1.htm">Exhibit 99.1</a>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; 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.
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            <div style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Dated: November 6, 2024</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">DIANA SHIPPING INC. ANNOUNCES SUCCESSFUL US$25 MILLION TAP ISSUE</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">ATHENS, GREECE, November 4, 2024 &#8211; Diana Shipping Inc. (NYSE: DSX), (the &#8220;Company&#8221;), a global shipping company specializing in the ownership and bareboat
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    <div style="text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">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
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    <div style="text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Matters discussed in this press release may constitute forward-looking statements. The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 provides safe harbor
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    <div style="text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">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
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    <div style="text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">The forward-looking statements in this press release are based upon various assumptions, many of which are based, in turn, upon further assumptions, including
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