# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001318885
**File Stem:** 0000919574-23-002275
**Filing Date:** 2023-3
**Character Count:** 4018
**Document Hash:** 8c0ed05afc985c73c1497acacc5a52f2
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0000919574-23-002275.hdr.sgml**: 20230328

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0000919574-23-002275

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 6-K

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 1

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20230331

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20230328

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20230328

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** DIANA SHIPPING INC.
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001318885
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** DEEP SEA FOREIGN TRANSPORTATION OF FREIGHT [4412]
- **IRS NUMBER:** 000000000

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 6-K
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 001-32458
- **FILM NUMBER:** 23769631

**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

#### FORM 6-K

#### SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

#### WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

#### REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO RULE 13A-16 OR 15D-16

#### OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the month of March 2023

Commission File Number: 001-32458

#### DIANA SHIPPING INC.
(Translation of registrant's name into English)

Pendelis 16, 175 64 Palaio Faliro, Athens, Greece

(Address of principal executive office)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

Form 20-F [X] Form 40-F [ ]

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#### INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS FORM 6-K REPORT

Attached to this Report on Form 6-K as Exhibit 99.1 is a press release dated March 28, 2023 of Diana Shipping Inc. (the "Company") announcing that it has filed its 2022 Annual Report on Form 20-F with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

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#### SIGNATURES

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.

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|  | **DIANA SHIPPING INC.** | **DIANA SHIPPING INC.** |
|  | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(registrant) | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(registrant) |
| Dated: March 28, 2023 | By: | /s/ Anastassis Margaronis |
|  |  | Anastassis Margaronis |
|  |  | President |

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#### Exhibit 99.1

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| ***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 |
| Twitter: @Dianaship |
| For Immediate Release |
| ***Investor and Media Relations:*** |
| Edward Nebb |
| Comm-Counsellors, LLC |
| Telephone: + 1-203-972-8350 |
| Email: enebb@optonline.net |

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#### DIANA SHIPPING INC. ANNOUNCES THE FILING OF ITS 2022

#### ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 20-F

ATHENS, GREECE, March 28, 2023 – 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 it has filed its 2022 Annual Report on Form 20-F with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. The Annual Report is available for download on the Company's website, <u>www.dianashippinginc.com.</u> Any shareholder may receive a hard copy of the Company's complete Annual Report, which includes the Company's 2022 audited financial statements, free of charge upon request.

#### 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 charters and transport a range of dry bulk cargoes, including such commodities as iron ore, coal, grain and other materials along worldwide shipping routes.

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