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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001140361-22-044960
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	6-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20221208
FILED AS OF DATE:		20221208
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20221208

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Performance Shipping Inc.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001481241
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	DEEP SEA FOREIGN TRANSPORTATION OF FREIGHT [4412]
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			1T
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		6-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-35025
		FILM NUMBER:		221452384

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		373 SYNGROU AVE.
		STREET 2:		17564 PALAIO FALIRO
		CITY:			ATHENS
		STATE:			J3
		ZIP:			00000
		BUSINESS PHONE:		302166002400

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		373 SYNGROU AVE.
		STREET 2:		17564 PALAIO FALIRO
		CITY:			ATHENS
		STATE:			J3
		ZIP:			00000

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	Diana Containerships Inc.
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20100115
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    <div style="text-align: center; margin-right: 29.1pt; margin-left: 27.5pt; font-size: 18pt; font-weight: bold;">FORM 6-K</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; margin-right: 29.1pt; margin-left: 27.5pt; font-size: 14pt;">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; margin-right: 29.1pt; margin-left: 27.5pt; font-size: 12pt;">Washington, D.C. 20549</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; margin-right: 29.1pt; margin-left: 27.5pt; font-weight: bold;">Report of Foreign Private Issuer</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; margin-right: 29.1pt; margin-left: 27.5pt; font-weight: bold;">Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; margin-right: 29.1pt; margin-left: 27.5pt; font-weight: bold;">the Securities Exchange Act of 1934</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; margin-right: 29.1pt; margin-left: 27.5pt; font-weight: bold;">For the month of December 2022</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; margin-right: 29.1pt; margin-left: 27.5pt;">Commission File Number: 001-35025</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; margin-right: 29.1pt; margin-left: 27.5pt;">(Translation of registrant's name into English)</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; margin-right: 29.1pt; margin-left: 27.5pt; color: #000000;">373 Syngrou Avenue</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; margin-right: 29.1pt; margin-left: 27.5pt;">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 style="text-align: center; margin-right: 29.1pt; margin-left: 27.5pt; font-weight: bold;">Form 20-F &#9746; Form 40-F &#9744;</div>
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    <div>Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as</div>
    <div>permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1): ___</div>
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    <div>Note: Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1) only permits the submission in paper of a Form 6-K if submitted solely to provide an attached annual report to security
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    <div>Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)7: ___</div>
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    <div>Note: Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7) only permits the submission in paper of a Form 6-K if submitted to furnish a report or other document that the registrant
      foreign private issuer must furnish and make public under the laws of the jurisdiction in which the registrant is incorporated, domiciled or legally organized (the registrant's "home country"), or under the rules of the home country exchange on which
      the registrant's securities are traded, as long as the report or other document is not a press release, is not required to be and has not been distributed to the registrant's security holders, and, if discussing a material event, has already been the
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    <div style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Attached to this Report on Form 6-K as <a href="brhc10045222_ex99-1.htm">Exhibit 99.1</a> is a copy of the press release of the Company dated December 8, 2022 titled &#8220;Performance Shipping Inc.
      Announces New Loan Facility with Alpha Bank S.A. to Partially Finance the Acquisition of M/T P. Long Beach&#8221;.</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The information contained in this Report on Form 6-K is hereby incorporated by reference into the Company's registration statement on Form
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    <div style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf
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            <div>Dated: December 8, 2022</div>
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            <div>Andreas Michalopoulos</div>
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            <div>For Immediate Release</div>
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            <div style="font-size: 12pt;"><font style="font-size: 10pt;">Email: </font><u><font style="font-size: 10pt;">enebb@optonline.net</font></u></div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">PERFORMANCE SHIPPING INC. ANNOUNCES NEW LOAN FACILITY WITH ALPHA BANK S.A. TO PARTIALLY FINANCE THE ACQUISITION OF M/T P. LONG BEACH</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify;">ATHENS, GREECE, December 8, 2022 &#8211; Performance Shipping Inc. (NASDAQ: PSHG), (&#8220;we&#8221; or the &#8220;Company&#8221;), a global shipping company specializing in the ownership of tanker vessels, today announced it has entered into an
      agreement for a secured term loan facility of up to approximately US$22,000,000.00 with Alpha Bank S.A. (the &#8220;Facility&#8221;) through a separate wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company. Proceeds from this Facility will be used to finance up to about 50% of
      the purchase price of the previously announced 2013 built LR2 tanker vessel the Company has agreed to acquire, the M/T Fos Hamilton, to be renamed P. Long Beach.</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify;">The Facility will carry an interest rate of SOFR plus 2.35% per annum and will be repayable in twenty (20) consecutive quarterly installments of US$550,000.00 each, and a balloon installment of US$11,000,000.00 payable
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    <div style="text-align: justify;">Commenting on this Facility, Andreas Michalopoulos, the Company&#8217;s Chief Executive Officer, stated:</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify;">&#8220;Our entry into this agreement follows our announced acceptance of the commitment letter from Alpha Bank on November 29, 2022 and is indicative of the continued confidence in our Company demonstrated by our new lender
      with the use of another collateral vessel to secure a new loan facility maturing in late 2027 and offered at competitive terms. As previously announced, we expect to drawdown this Facility upon delivery of our eighth vessel, the M/T P. Long Beach,
      expected to take place by mid-December.&#8221;</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; font-weight: bold;">About the Company</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify;">Performance Shipping Inc. is a global provider of shipping transportation services through its ownership of tanker vessels. The Company employs its fleet on spot voyages, through pool arrangements and on time charters.</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; font-weight: bold;">Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify;">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, but are not limited to, statements concerning plans, objectives, goals, strategies, future events or performance, and underlying
      assumptions and other statements, which are other than statements of historical facts, including with respect to the delivery of the vessel we have agreed to acquire.<br>
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    <div style="text-align: justify;">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;will,&#8221; &#8220;may,&#8221; &#8220;should,&#8221; &#8220;expect,&#8221; &#8220;targets,&#8221; &#8220;likely,&#8221; &#8220;would,&#8221; &#8220;could,&#8221; &#8220;seeks,&#8221; &#8220;continue,&#8221; &#8220;possible,&#8221; &#8220;might,&#8221;
      &#8220;pending&#8221; and similar expressions, terms or phrases may identify forward-looking statements.</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify;">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, our management&#8217;s examination of
      historical operating trends, data contained in our records and other data available from third parties. Although we believe that these assumptions were reasonable when made, because these assumptions are inherently subject to significant
      uncertainties and contingencies which are difficult or impossible to predict and are beyond our control, we cannot assure you that we will achieve or accomplish these expectations, beliefs, or projections.</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify;">In addition to these important factors, other important factors that, in our view, could cause actual results to differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to:
      the strength of world economies, fluctuations in currencies and interest rates, general market conditions, including fluctuations in charter rates and vessel values, changes in demand in the tanker shipping industry, changes in the supply of vessels,
      changes in worldwide oil production and consumption and storage, changes in our operating expenses, including bunker prices, crew costs, drydocking and insurance costs, our future operating or financial results, availability of financing and
      refinancing including with respect to vessels we agree to acquire, changes in governmental rules and regulations or actions taken by regulatory authorities, potential liability from pending or future litigation, general domestic and international
      political conditions, the length and severity of epidemics and pandemics, including the ongoing outbreak of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and its impact on the demand for seaborne transportation of petroleum and other types of products, changes in
      governmental rules and regulations or actions taken by regulatory authorities, potential liability from pending or future litigation, general domestic and international political conditions or events, including &#8220;trade wars&#8221;, armed conflicts including
      the war in Ukraine, the imposition of new international sanctions, acts by terrorists or acts of piracy on ocean-going vessels, potential disruption of shipping routes due to accidents, labor disputes or political events, vessel breakdowns and
      instances of off-hires and other important factors. Please see our filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for a more complete discussion of these and other risks and uncertainties.</div>
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