Diana Shipping Inc. is a holding company. The Company is a provider of shipping transportation services. The Company specializes in the ownership of dry bulk vessels. The Company's operating fleet consists of 41 dry bulk vessels, which four are Newcastlemax, 13 Capesize, five Post-Panamax, five Kamsarmax and 14 Panamax. The Company's fleet includes Danae, Dione, Nirefs, Thetis, Protefs, Calipso, Clio, Erato, Coronis, Melite, Leto, Artemis, Selina, Atalandi, Maia, Medusa, Norfolk, Aliki, Semirio, Boston, Seattle, Santa Barbara, New Orleans, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Newport News. The commercial and technical management of the Company's fleet, as well as the provision of administrative services relating to the fleet's operations.