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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000919574-25-005921
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	6-K
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CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20251031
FILED AS OF DATE:		20251001
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20251001

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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

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		FORM TYPE:		6-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-32458
		FILM NUMBER:		251365270

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

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		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 October 2025</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: justify; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Attached to this Report on Form 6-K as <a href="d12010845_ex99-1.htm">Exhibit 99.1</a>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; color: #000000; 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,
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            <div style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Dated: October 1, 2025</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 SIGNING AND DRAWDOWN</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">OF A US$55.0 MILLION TERM LOAN FACILITY WITH</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">ATHENS, GREECE, October 1, 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 the successful signing of a US$55.0 million six-year secured term loan facility with National Bank of Greece S.A. on September 29, 2025. The full amount was drawn down immediately. The new loan
      maturing in September 2031 is secured by five vessels.</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Mr.&#160;Ioannis&#160;Zafirakis, Director, Co-Chief Financial Officer, Chief Strategy Officer, Treasurer and Secretary of the Company, stated: &#8220;Through this
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    <div style="text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; 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
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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
      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; 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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    <div style="text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; 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
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      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,
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      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
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