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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000919574-25-002108
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	6-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20250331
FILED AS OF DATE:		20250325
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20250325

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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
		EIN:				000000000

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		6-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-32458
		FILM NUMBER:		25768278

	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-weight: bold;">FORM 6-K</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO RULE 13A-16 OR 15D-16</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center;">For the month of March 2025</div>
    <div style="text-align: center;">Commission File Number: 001-32458</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">DIANA SHIPPING INC.</div>
    <div style="text-align: center;">(Translation of registrant's name into English)</div>
    <div style="text-align: center;">Pendelis 16, 175 64 Palaio Faliro, Athens, Greece</div>
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    <div>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>Form 20-F [X] Form 40-F [ ]</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS FORM 6-K REPORT</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify;">Attached to this Report on Form 6-K as <a href="d11639926_ex99-1.htm">Exhibit 99.1</a> is a press release dated March 24, 2025, of Diana
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">SIGNATURES</div>
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    <div>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>Dated: March 25, 2025</div>
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            <div>/s/ Anastasios Margaronis</div>
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            <div style="font-size: 12pt;">Email:&#160;<font style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"> <u>izafirakis@dianashippinginc.com</u></font><u></u></div>
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            <div style="font-size: 12pt;">Website: &#160;<font style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"><u>www.dianashippinginc.com</u></font></div>
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            <div style="font-size: 12pt;">X: @Dianaship</div>
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            <div style="font-size: 12pt;">Telephone: + 1-203-972-8350</div>
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            <div style="font-size: 12pt;">Email: <font style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"><u>enebb@optonline.net</u></font></div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; margin-right: 43.8pt; margin-left: 43.9pt; margin-top: 1.45pt; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">DIANA SHIPPING INC. ANNOUNCES THE FILING OF ITS 2024</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; margin-right: 121.95pt; margin-left: 124.95pt; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 20-F</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; margin-right: 2.8pt; margin-left: 5pt; font-size: 12pt;">ATHENS, GREECE, March 24, 2025 &#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 it has filed its 2024 Annual Report on Form 20-F with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. The Annual Report is available for download on the Company's website, <font style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"><u>www.dianashippinginc.com</u></font>. Any shareholder may receive a hard copy of the Company&#8217;s complete Annual Report, which includes the Company&#8217;s 2024 audited financial statements, free of charge upon request.</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; margin-right: 331.2pt; margin-left: 5pt; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">About the Company</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; margin-right: 2.95pt; margin-left: 5pt; 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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