Diana Shipping Inc. Announces Time Charter Contract for m/v Crystalia With Louis Dreyfus Company
01 Marzo 2024 - 3:18PM
Diana Shipping Inc. (NYSE: DSX), (the “Company”), 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 Louis Dreyfus Company Freight Asia Pte. Ltd., for one
of its Ice Class Panamax dry bulk vessels, the m/v Crystalia. The
gross charter rate is US$13,900, minus a 5% commission paid to
third parties, for a period of minimum twenty-one (21) months to
maximum twenty-five (25) months. The charter is expected to
commence during the second quarter of 2024.
The “Crystalia” is a 77,525 dwt Ice Class
Panamax dry bulk vessel built in 2014.
The employment of “Crystalia” is anticipated to
generate approximately US$8.76 million of gross revenue for the
minimum scheduled period of the time charter.
Upon completion of the previously announced
sales of m/v Houston and m/v Artemis, Diana Shipping Inc.’s fleet
will consist of 38 dry bulk vessels: 4 Newcastlemax, 8 Capesize, 5
Post-Panamax, 6 Kamsarmax, 6 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’s fleet including the m/v Houston
and m/v Artemis and excluding the two vessels not yet delivered, is
approximately 4.5 million dwt with a weighted average age of 10.69
years. A table describing the current Diana Shipping Inc. fleet can
be found on the Company’s website, www.dianashippinginc.com.
Information contained on the Company’s website does not constitute
a part of this press release.
About the Company
Diana Shipping Inc. is a global provider of
shipping transportation services through its ownership and bareboat
charter-in of dry bulk vessels. The Company’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.
Cautionary Statement Regarding
Forward-Looking Statements
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.
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 “believe,”
“anticipate,” “intends,” “estimate,” “forecast,” “project,” “plan,”
“potential,” “may,” “should,” “expect,” “pending” and similar
expressions identify forward-looking statements.
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’s examination of historical
operating trends, data contained in the Company’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’s control, the Company cannot assure you that it
will achieve or accomplish these expectations, beliefs or
projections.
In addition to these important factors, other
important factors that, in the Company’s view, could cause actual
results to differ materially from those discussed in the
forward-looking statements include the continuing impacts of the
COVID-19 pandemic; 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’s operating expenses, including
bunker prices, drydocking and insurance costs, the market for the
Company’s vessels, availability of financing and refinancing,
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, 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’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.
Corporate Contact:
Ioannis Zafirakis
Director, Chief Financial Officer,
Chief Strategy Officer, Treasurer and Secretary
Telephone: + 30-210-9470-100
Email: izafirakis@dianashippinginc.com
Website: www.dianashippinginc.com
X: @Dianaship
Investor and Media Relations:
Edward Nebb
Comm-Counsellors, LLC
Telephone: + 1-203-972-8350
Email: enebb@optonline.net
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