Diana Shipping Inc. Announces Expansion of Previously Announced Joint Venture for Offshore Wind Service Vessels
January 22 2024 - 8:28AM
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 its previously
announced joint venture (“Windward Offshore”) with Blue Star Group
GmbH & Cie. KG, SeaRenergy Offshore Holding GmbH and SeraVerse
GmbH to purchase offshore wind service vessels (“CSOVs”) has
excercised its option to acquire two additional newbuilding CSOVs
from VARD. Following the completion of the acquisition of the two
additional CSOVs, the Windward Offshore will have contracts to
acquire four CSOVs, with deliveries scheduled to occur between the
third quarter of 2025 and the third quarter of 2026.
Diana Shipping Inc.’s fleet currently consists
of 40 dry bulk vessels: 4 Newcastlemax, 9 Capesize, 5 Post-Panamax,
6 Kamsarmax, 7 Panamax and 9 Ultramax. As of today, the combined
carrying capacity of the Company’s fleet is approximately 4.5
million dwt with a weighted average age of 10.59 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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