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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000919574-25-005788
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	6-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20250930
FILED AS OF DATE:		20250923
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20250923

FILER:

	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:		251334521

	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 September 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>
    <div style="text-align: center;">(Address of principal executive office)</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 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="d11996790_ex99-1.htm">Exhibit
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      <div style="text-align: justify;">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
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        <div style="text-align: justify;">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
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                <div>Dated: September 23, 2025</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">DIANA SHIPPING INC. ANNOUNCES TIME CHARTER CONTRACT</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">FOR M/V LEONIDAS P. C. WITH NYK</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; font-size: 12pt;">ATHENS, GREECE, September 23, 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 through a separate wholly-owned subsidiary, it has entered into a time charter contract with Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, for one of its Kamsarmax dry bulk vessels, the m/v Leonidas P. C. The gross charter rate is US$14,000,
      minus a 5.00% commission paid to third parties, for a period until minimum September 15, 2026 up to maximum November 15, 2026. The charter is expected to commence on September 24, 2025.</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; font-size: 12pt;">The &#8220;Leonidas P. C.&#8221; is a 82,165 dwt Kamsarmaxdry bulk vessel built in 2011.</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; font-size: 12pt;">The employment of &#8220;Leonidas P. C.&#8221; is anticipated to generate approximately US$4.93 million of gross revenue for the minimum scheduled period of the time charter.</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; font-size: 12pt;">Diana Shipping Inc.&#8217;s fleet currently consists of 36 dry bulk vessels (4 Newcastlemax, 8 Capesize, 4 Post-Panamax, 6 Kamsarmax, 5 Panamax and 9 Ultramax). The Company also expects to take delivery of
      two methanol dual fuel new-building Kamsarmax dry bulk vessels by the second half of 2027 and the first half of 2028, respectively. As of today, the combined carrying capacity of the Company&#8217;s fleet, excluding the two vessels not yet delivered, is
      approximately 4.1 million dwt, with a weighted average age of 11.83 years. A table describing the current Diana Shipping Inc. fleet can be found on the Company&#8217;s website, <u>www.dianashippinginc.com</u>. Information contained on the Company&#8217;s
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      <div>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
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      <div style="text-align: justify; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; 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 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-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 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-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 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
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      <div style="text-align: justify; font-size: 12pt;">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 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, tariff policies and other
        trade restrictions, 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, including the escalation of the conflict in the Middle East, vessel breakdowns and instances of off-hires and other factors. Please see the Company&#8217;s filings with the U.S.
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