Diana Shipping Inc. (DSX) is a public 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. The Company is incorporated in the Marshall Islands; our principal executive offices are in Athens, Greece.

Diana Shipping completed an initial public offering of common stock on March 23, 2005, and our shares are traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "DSX"​. For additional information see "Corporate Profile"​. Founded in 2005. It has 144 employees. Annual revenue is $213.5M. IPO 2005.

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Operator

Thank you for standing by, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to Diana Shipping Inc. Conference Call on the Second Quarter 2026 financial results. We are joined by the company's Chief Executive Officer, Ms. Semiramis Paliou. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. There will be a presentation followed by a Q&A session. To ask a question, please press star one on your telephone keypad and wait for your name to be announced. Please note that this conference is being recorded. We will now turn the floor over to Ms. Paliou. Please go ahead.

Semiramis Paliou — CEO

Thank you. Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to Diana Shipping Inc.'s second quarter 2026 financial results conference call. I am Semiramis Paliou, the CEO of the company, and it's a pleasure to present alongside our esteemed team, Mr. Ioannis Zafirakis, Director and President, Ms. Maria Dede, Co-CFO and Treasurer, Mr. Dave Van der Linden, Chief Commercial Officer of Diana Shipping Services. Before we begin, I'd like to remind everyone to review the forward-looking statement on page four of the accompanying presentation. The second quarter of 2026 maintains strong momentum, which carried over from the previous quarter. Disruptions caused by geopolitical events continue to create significant inefficiencies in the market, thereby supporting freight sentiment and forward expectations. Minerals are increasingly shifting from ordinary commodities to strategic national assets. Resource-rich countries are using their leverage to impose export and pricing controls, while