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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001140361-26-027635
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	6-K
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CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20260706
FILED AS OF DATE:		20260706
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20260706

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	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Performance Shipping Inc.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001481241
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	DEEP SEA FOREIGN TRANSPORTATION OF FREIGHT [4412]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	01 Energy & Transportation
		EIN:				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:		261156400

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		ADDRESS IS A NON US LOCATION: 	YES
		STREET 1:		373 SYNGROU AVE.
		STREET 2:		17564 PALAIO FALIRO
		CITY:			ATHENS
		PROVINCE COUNTRY:   	J3
		BUSINESS PHONE:		302166002400

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		ADDRESS IS A NON US LOCATION: 	YES
		STREET 1:		373 SYNGROU AVE.
		STREET 2:		17564 PALAIO FALIRO
		CITY:			ATHENS
		PROVINCE COUNTRY:   	J3

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	Diana Containerships Inc.
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20100115
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      <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18pt; font-weight: bold;">FORM 6-K</div>
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      <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14pt;">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</div>
      <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12pt;">Washington, D.C. 20549</div>
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      <div style="text-align: center; color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">Report of Foreign Private Issuer</div>
      <div style="text-align: center; color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of</div>
      <div style="text-align: center; color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">the Securities Exchange Act of 1934</div>
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      <div style="text-align: center; color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">For the month of July 2026</div>
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      <div style="text-align: center; color: #000000;">Commission File Number: 001-35025</div>
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      <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 24pt; font-weight: bold;">PERFORMANCE SHIPPING INC.</div>
      <div style="text-align: center; color: #000000;">(Translation of registrant&#8217;s name into English)</div>
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      <div style="text-align: center; color: #000000;">373 Syngrou Avenue</div>
      <div style="text-align: center; color: #000000;">175 64 Palaio Faliro</div>
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      <div style="text-align: center; color: #000000;">(Address of principal executive office)</div>
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      <div style="color: #000000;">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; color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">Form 20-F &#9746; Form 40-F &#9744;</div>
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      <div style="text-align: center; color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS FORM 6-K REPORT</div>
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        <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; color: #000000;">Attached to this report (this &#8220;Report&#8221;) on Form 6-K as <a href="ef20077430_ex99-1.htm">Exhibit
            99.1</a> is a copy of the press release of Performance Shipping Inc. (the &#8220;Company&#8221;) dated July 6, 2026, titled &#8220;Performance Shipping Inc. Extends Time Charter for M/T Briolette with Aramco Trading at US$37,700 Per Day for Three Years.&#8221;
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            <div style="text-indent: 36pt;"><font style="color: #000000;">The information contained in this Report on Form 6-K, excluding
                the statement in Exhibit 99.1 attributed to the Company&#8217;s Chief Executive Officer, is hereby incorporated by reference into the Company&#8217;s registration statement on Form F-3 (File No. 333-197740), filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange
                Commission (the &#8220;SEC&#8221;) with an effective date of August 13, 2014, the Company&#8217;s registration statement on Form F-3 (File No. 333-266946), filed with the SEC with an effective date of August 29, 2022, and the Company&#8217;s registration statement
                on Form F-3 (File No. 333-</font>&#160;<font style="color: #000000;">295541), filed with the SEC with an effective date of May 21, 2026.</font></div>
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      <div style="text-align: center; color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">SIGNATURES</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; color: #000000;">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 style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">(Registrant)</div>
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              <div><font style="color: #000000;">Dated: </font>July 6, 2026</div>
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              <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><u>/s/ Andreas Michalopoulos</u></div>
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                <div style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Corporate Contact:</div>
                <div>Andreas Michalopoulos</div>
                <div>Chief Executive Officer, Director and Secretary </div>
                <div>Telephone: +30-216-600-2400</div>
                <div>Email: <u>amichalopoulos@pshipping.com</u>&#160;</div>
                <div style="text-align: justify;">Website: <u>www.pshipping.com</u></div>
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                <div style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Investor and Media Relations:</div>
                <div>Edward Nebb</div>
                <div>Comm-Counsellors, LLC</div>
                <div>Telephone: + 1-203-972-8350</div>
                <div>Email: <u>enebb@optonline.net</u></div>
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      <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">Performance Shipping Inc. Extends Time Charter for M/T Briolette with Aramco Trading at US$37,700 Per Day for Three Years</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; font-size: 12pt;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;">Athens, Greece</font><font style="font-size: 10pt;">, July 6, 2026 &#8212; 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 that, through a separate wholly-owned subsidiary, it has extended the time charter contract with Aramco Trading Fujairah FZE, (&#8220;Aramco&#8221; or the &#8220;Charterer&#8221;), for the
          2011-built, 104,588 dwt Aframax tanker vessel, M/T Briolette.</font></div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify;">The gross charter rate will be US$37,700 per day for a period of 35 months +/- 30 days at the option of the Charterer. The charter commenced in direct continuation of the existing charter on July 2, 2026, and is
        expected to generate approximately US$39 million of gross revenue for the minimum duration of the charter.</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify;">Commenting on this charter, Andreas Michalopoulos, the Company&#8217;s Chief Executive Officer, stated:</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify;">&#8220;We are pleased to further strengthen our longstanding relationship with Aramco through the direct continuation of this charter under a new three-year agreement. This marks the fourth consecutive contract we have
        secured with one of the world&#8217;s largest integrated energy and chemicals companies, underscoring the confidence placed in our ability to consistently deliver safe, reliable, and high-quality seaborne transportation services. </div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify;">&#8220;With this charter now in place, our contracted revenue backlog has exceeded half a billion dollars as of mid-2026, while our remaining average time charter duration has increased to 3.2 years. Our charter coverage
        now exceeds 80% through the end of 2028 and remains approximately 60% in 2029, providing significant earnings visibility. </div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify;">&#8220;Importantly, the additional contracted employment reduces the average daily charter rate required from our remaining open days to fully cover all our expected cash obligations to effectively zero through the end of
        2028, increasing to only approximately US$10,000 per day in 2029. These metrics demonstrate the strength of our prudent commercial strategy, providing us with substantial financial flexibility to meet our obligations and navigate the future with
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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>
      <div>&#160;</div>
      <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 employment of our fleet and vessel deliveries. 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>
      <div>&#160;</div>
      <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 COVID-19, and their impact on the demand for seaborne transportation of petroleum and other types of products, general domestic and international
        political conditions or events, including &#8220;trade wars&#8221;, armed conflicts including the war in Ukraine and the war in the Middle East, 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 US Securities and Exchange Commission for a more
        complete discussion of these and other risks and uncertainties.</div>
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