Company: DSX-PB
Filing Date: 2025-03-21
Form Type: 20-F
Source: 0001562762-25-000050
Chunk: 105

Company: DIANA SHIPPING INC.
Filing Date: 2025-03-21
Form: 20-F
Item: Item 4
Chunk 105
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 regulation II-1/3-10 entered into force in 2012,

with July 1,

2016 set for application to new oil tankers and bulk carriers.

The SOLAS Convention regulation II-1/3-10

on goal-based

ship construction

standards for

bulk carriers

and oil

tankers, which

entered into

force on

January 1, 2012, requires

that all oil tankers

and bulk carriers of

150 meters in length

and above, for which

the building

contract is

placed on

or after

July 1,

2016, satisfy

applicable structural

requirements conforming

to

the

functional

requirements

of

the

International

Goal-based

Ship

Construction

Standards

for

Bulk

Carriers and Oil Tankers (“ GBS Standards”).

Amendments to

the SOLAS Convention

Chapter VII

apply to

vessels transporting dangerous

goods and

require those

vessels be

in

compliance with

the

International Maritime

Dangerous Goods

Code (“ IMDG

Code”). Effective

January 1, 2018,

the IMDG

Code includes (1)

updates to the

provisions for radioactive

material, reflecting

the

latest provisions

from the

International Atomic

Energy Agency,

(2) new

marking,

packing

and

classification

requirements

for

dangerous

goods,

and

(3)

new

mandatory

training

requirements. Amendments which took

effect on January

1, 2020 also reflect

the latest material from

the

UN Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous

Goods, including (1) new provisions

regarding IMO

type 9 tank, (2) new abbreviations

for segregation groups, and

(3) special provisions for carriage

of lithium

batteries and of vehicles powered by flammable liquid or

gas. Additional amendments came into force on

June 1,

2022, include

(1) addition

of a

definition of

dosage rate,

(2) additions

to the

list of

high consequence

dangerous goods, (3)

new provisions for medical/clinical

waste, (4) addition

of various ISO

standards for

gas

cylinders,

(5)

a

new

handling

code,

and

(6)

changes

to

stowage

and

segregation