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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000919574-25-006215
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	6-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20251031
FILED AS OF DATE:		20251022
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20251022

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:		251410271

	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 October 2025</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>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="d12024497_ex99-1.htm">Exhibit 99.1</a> is a press release dated October 22, 2025, of
        Diana Shipping Inc. (the "Company"), announcing that, through a separate wholly-owned subsidiary, it has extended the time charter contract with Solebay Shipping Cape Company Limited, Hong Kong, for one of its Capesize dry bulk vessels, the m/v
        Semirio.</div>
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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 Nos. 333-266999 and 333-280693) that were filed with the U.S.
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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 undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.</div>
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                <div>Dated: October 22, 2025</div>
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            <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Corporate Contact:</div>
            <div style="font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;">Ioannis Zafirakis</div>
            <div style="font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;">Director, Co-Chief Financial Officer,</div>
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            <div style="font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;">Telephone: + 30-210-9470-100</div>
            <div style="font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;">Email: <font style="color: rgb(18, 29, 234);"><u>izafirakis@dianashippinginc.com</u></font></div>
            <div style="font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;">Website: <font style="color: rgb(18, 29, 234);"><u>www.dianashippinginc.com</u></font></div>
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            <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;">230 Park Avenue, Suite 1540</div>
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            <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;">Tel.: (212) 661-7566</div>
            <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;">Email: <font style="color: rgb(18, 29, 234);"><u><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">diana@capitallink.com</font></u></font></div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">DIANA SHIPPING INC. ANNOUNCES DIRECT CONTINUATION OF TIME CHARTER CONTRACT FOR M/V SEMIRIO WITH SOLEBAY</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">AND TIME CHARTER CONTRACT FOR M/V MAERA WITH CRC SHIPPING</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; font-size: 12pt;">ATHENS, GREECE, October 22, 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 extended the time charter contract with Solebay Shipping Cape Company Limited, Hong Kong, for one of its Capesize dry bulk vessels, the m/v Semirio. The gross charter rate is US$21,650 minus a
      5.00% commission paid to third parties, for a period until minimum January 31, 2027 up to maximum April 15, 2027. The new charter period is expected to commence on March 15, 2026. The m/v Semirio is currently chartered, as previously announced, at a
      gross charter rate of US$16,650 per day, minus a 5.00% commission paid to third parties.</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; font-size: 12pt;">The &#8220;Semirio&#8221; is an 174,261 dwt Capesize dry bulk vessel built in 2007.</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; font-size: 12pt;">The Company also announced that, through a separate wholly-owned subsidiary, it has entered into a time charter contract with CRC Shipping Pte. Ltd., Singapore, for one of its Panamax dry bulk vessels,
      the m/v Maera. The gross charter rate is US$11,750, minus a 5.00% commission paid to third parties, for a period until minimum October 20, 2026 up to maximum December 20, 2026. The new charter period is expected to commence on November 2, 2025. The
      m/v Maera is currently chartered, as previously announced, to China Resource Chartering Limited,<font style="font-size: 10pt;">&#160;</font>Hong Kong, at a gross charter rate of US$8,400 per day, minus a 5.00% commission paid to third parties.</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; font-size: 12pt;">The &#8220;Maera&#8221; is a 75,403 dwt Panamax bulk vessel built in 2013.</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; font-size: 12pt;">The employments of &#8220;Semirio&#8221; and &#8220;Maera&#8221; are anticipated to generate a total of approximately US$10.93 million of gross revenue for the minimum scheduled period of the time charters.</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 11.91 years. A table describing the current Diana Shipping Inc. fleet can be found on the Company&#8217;s website, www.dianashippinginc.com. Information contained on the Company&#8217;s website does
      not constitute part of this press release.</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">About the Company</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; 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 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-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 projections.</div>
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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. 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, future events or otherwise.</div>
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