Latest Diana Shipping Inc (DSX) Headlines
Diana Shipping Inc. Announces Date for Its 2014 Annual Meeting of Shareholders
GlobeNewswire - Thu Mar 13, 8:02AM CDT
Diana Shipping Inc. (NYSE
SX) (the "Company"), a global shipping company specializing in the ownership of dry bulk vessels, announced today that its Board of Directors (the "Board") has scheduled the Company's Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the "Meeting") for May 6, 2014. The Board has set a record date for the Meeting of March 24, 2014.
BIMCO's Chief Shipping Analyst's Opinion Should Worry DryShips, Diana Shipping, and Others
Nickey Friedman, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Mon Mar 10, 6:00PM CDT
Chief shipping analyst Peter Sand of the Baltic and International Maritime Council, or BIMCO, shared some interesting insights that investors in DryShips , Diana Shipping , Navios Maritime Partners ...
Baltic Trading Limited Shared This With Investors So Why Didn't DryShips?
Nickey Friedman, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Mon Mar 10, 1:46PM CDT
For January and most of February this year, the rate environment for dry shippers was a disaster. While seasonality definitely played a role, there are a number of other factors that Baltic Trading Limited pointed out in its recent quarterly call...
Is This Crack in DryShips Inc.'s Hull Also a Danger for Other Dry Bulk Shippers?
Nickey Friedman, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Mon Mar 03, 6:11PM CST
It seems like everybody these days universally agrees that the dry bulk shipping market will get better at least in the short term. Executives from DryShips , Navios Maritime Partners , Diana Shipping...
Diana Shipping Changed Its Tune. Will DryShips Follow?
Nickey Friedman, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Mon Mar 03, 12:44PM CST
When a large, credible company such as Diana Shipping speaks, you should listen. You would have been hard pressed to find anything negative said by anybody in the dry shipping industry just three months ago. With its latest earning report, that...
The Vital Information You May Have Missed From Diana Shipping Inc.
Nickey Friedman, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Tue Feb 25, 9:48AM CST
Source: Diana Shipping It's hard to fault Diana Shipping , DryShips , or Navios Maritime Partners for "missing" analyst estimates. Sure, nobody likes to see that, but with each company's contract details spelled out literally to the dollar...
Diana Shipping Inc. Announces Partial Exercise of Over-allotment Option to Purchase Additional 8.875% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Shares
GlobeNewswire - Tue Feb 25, 7:10AM CST
Diana Shipping Inc. (NYSESX) (the "Company") today announced that, in connection with its previously announced underwritten public offering of 2,400,000 shares of its 8.875% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Shares, par value $0.01 per share, liquidation preference $25.00 per share (the "Series B Preferred Shares") at $25.00 per share, the Company has sold an additional 200,000 Series B Preferred Shares on the same terms on which the 2,400,000 Series B Preferred Shares were sold to the underwriters pursuant to the underwriters' partial exercise of their over-allotment option. The net proceeds from the sale of the additional Series B Preferred Shares pursuant to the over-allotment option were approximately $4.8 million. As previously announced, the Company plans to use the net proceeds of the offering for general corporate purposes, which may include the repayment of debt and the acquisition of vessels.
DryShips Highlights 2 Rarely Mentioned Indicators of the State of Dry Shipping
Nickey Friedman, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Mon Feb 24, 5:45PM CST
Source: DryShips, The earnings report and conference call transcript is now available for DryShips . It became the third company after Navios Maritime Partners and Diana Shipping to give you the status and outlook for the dry shipping...
Why Star Bulk Carriers Corp. Stock Was in Rough Waters Last Week
Nickey Friedman, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Mon Feb 24, 4:45PM CST
Although we don't believe in timing the market or panicking over market movements, we do like to keep an eye on big changes -- just in case they're material to our investing thesis. What : Shares of Star Bulk Carriers Corp . sprang a leak...
Which Dry Shippers Lost George Soros' Approval?
Nickey Friedman, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sun Feb 23, 11:31AM CST
Back in November , George Soros revealed that he accumulated positions in dry shipping companies Baltic Trading Limited , Diana Shipping , DryShips , Navios Maritime Holdings , Navios Maritime Partners , and Safe Bulkers . Last Friday, we...
Diana Shipping Inc. Announces Delivery of the Newly Built Ice Class Panamax Dry Bulk Carrier m/v Crystalia
GlobeNewswire - Thu Feb 20, 7:15AM CST
Diana Shipping Inc. (NYSESX), (the "Company"), a global shipping company specializing in the ownership of dry bulk vessels, today announced that, through a separate wholly-owned subsidiary, it took delivery of the newly built m/v "Crystalia", an Ice Class Panamax dry bulk vessel of 77,525 dwt that was contracted in March 2012.
Diana Shipping Inc.Corporate Event Announcement Notice
Wall Street Horizon - Wed Feb 19, 7:55PM CST
Freegold Ventures Limited (TSX: FVL, Frankfurt: FR4N) ("Freegold") is pleased to report the commencement of drilling at Golden Summit. The Golden Summit project lies 32 km northeast of Fairbanks and is accessible by a maintained paved highway which facilitates exploration on a year round basis. Drilling will initially be targeted at expanding the current NI 43-101 resource and infill drilling to upgrade the current inferred resources into the indicated category. The Dolphin/Cleary Hill deposit remains open to west, east and to depth and covers an area of 300 metres by 1.5 km; however, the entire Golden Summit project area covers an 11,400 acre area and hosts numerous other significant exploration targets also with the potential for additional bulk tonnage mineralization.
Diana Shipping Posts Wider-Than-Expected Q4 Loss
Eric Volkman, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Tue Feb 18, 7:24PM CST
The financial seas were choppy for Diana Shipping in both its Q4 and fiscal 2013 results, according to results for the two periods announced by the company today. For the quarter, revenue was $39.5 million, down from the $50.0 million in the...
Diana Shipping Inc. Reports Financial Results for the Fourth Quarter and Year Ended December 31, 2013
GlobeNewswire - Tue Feb 18, 7:21AM CST
Diana Shipping Inc. (NYSESX), (the "Company"), a global shipping company specializing in the ownership of dry bulk vessels, today reported a net loss of $9.6 million for the fourth quarter of 2013, compared to net income of $5.0 million reported for the fourth quarter of 2012.
Tuesday Premarket Earnings Reports: Duke Energy, Coca-Cola, More
at The Street - Mon Feb 17, 9:37AM CST
After a day off to celebrate Presidents Day, Diana Shipping, Duke Energy, Fresh Del Monte, Genuine Parts, Coca-Cola and Medtronic report quarterly results before the bell on Tuesday.
The Outlook for Dry Bulk Stocks Is Improving
Rupert Hargreaves, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Mon Feb 17, 8:42AM CST
As the prices of dry bulk commodities such as coal and iron ore have slumped during the past few years, miners have responded by ramping up output to prevent profits from collapsing. As a result, the demand for bulk carriers to transport the higher...
Expanding Opportunities in Shipping
Shane Blanchard, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sun Feb 16, 2:29PM CST
In a previous article , I wrote about the potential of a free trade agreement between the U.S. and the E.U. increasing demand for shipping. But there is another development, in this hemisphere, that has the potential to lower costs for...
Two More Airzim Bosses Arrested
by Freeman Razemba - All Africa Global Media - Fri Feb 14, 3:03AM CST
Suspended Air Zimbabwe (Private) Limited chief executive Innocent Mavhunga (53) and his predecessor Peter Chikumba have been arrested on fraud allegations. On Wednesday, company secretary Grace Nyaradzo Pfumbidzayi (48) was also arrested on similar charges.Chief police spokesperson Senior Assistant Commissioner Charity Charamba yesterday confirmed the arrests, saying they were in possession of six reports detailing alleged fraud at Airzim.
Is This a New Vital Indicator to Follow for Dry Shipping?
Nickey Friedman, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Tue Feb 11, 7:11AM CST
Historically, there have been a variety of factors to look for that directly affect shipping rates and the fortunes of companies such as DryShips , Diana Shipping , Safe Bulkers , Baltic Trading Limited , and Star Bulk Carriers . Most...
Diana Shipping Inc. Prices Public Offering of $60.0 Million of Its 8.875% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Shares
GlobeNewswire - Mon Feb 10, 5:33PM CST
Diana Shipping Inc. (NYSESX) (the "Company") today announced that it priced its public offering of 2,400,000 shares of its 8.875% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Shares, par value $0.01 per share, liquidation preference $25.00 per share (the "Series B Preferred Shares") in an underwritten public offering at $25.00 per share. The gross proceeds from the offering before the underwriting discount and other offering expenses payable by the Company are expected to be $60.0 million. The Company has granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 360,000 Series B Preferred Shares on the same terms and conditions to cover over-allotments, if any. The offering is expected to close on February 14, 2014.
Diana Shipping Inc. Announces Date for Its 2014 Annual Meeting of Shareholders
GlobeNewswire - Thu Mar 13, 8:02AM CDT
Diana Shipping Inc. (NYSE
SX) (the "Company"), a global shipping company specializing in the ownership of dry bulk vessels, announced today that its Board of Directors (the "Board") has scheduled the Company's Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the "Meeting") for May 6, 2014. The Board has set a record date for the Meeting of March 24, 2014. BIMCO's Chief Shipping Analyst's Opinion Should Worry DryShips, Diana Shipping, and Others
Nickey Friedman, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Mon Mar 10, 6:00PM CDT
Chief shipping analyst Peter Sand of the Baltic and International Maritime Council, or BIMCO, shared some interesting insights that investors in DryShips , Diana Shipping , Navios Maritime Partners ...
Baltic Trading Limited Shared This With Investors So Why Didn't DryShips?
Nickey Friedman, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Mon Mar 10, 1:46PM CDT
For January and most of February this year, the rate environment for dry shippers was a disaster. While seasonality definitely played a role, there are a number of other factors that Baltic Trading Limited pointed out in its recent quarterly call...
Is This Crack in DryShips Inc.'s Hull Also a Danger for Other Dry Bulk Shippers?
Nickey Friedman, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Mon Mar 03, 6:11PM CST
It seems like everybody these days universally agrees that the dry bulk shipping market will get better at least in the short term. Executives from DryShips , Navios Maritime Partners , Diana Shipping...
Diana Shipping Changed Its Tune. Will DryShips Follow?
Nickey Friedman, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Mon Mar 03, 12:44PM CST
When a large, credible company such as Diana Shipping speaks, you should listen. You would have been hard pressed to find anything negative said by anybody in the dry shipping industry just three months ago. With its latest earning report, that...
The Vital Information You May Have Missed From Diana Shipping Inc.
Nickey Friedman, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Tue Feb 25, 9:48AM CST
Source: Diana Shipping It's hard to fault Diana Shipping , DryShips , or Navios Maritime Partners for "missing" analyst estimates. Sure, nobody likes to see that, but with each company's contract details spelled out literally to the dollar...
Diana Shipping Inc. Announces Partial Exercise of Over-allotment Option to Purchase Additional 8.875% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Shares
GlobeNewswire - Tue Feb 25, 7:10AM CST
Diana Shipping Inc. (NYSE
SX) (the "Company") today announced that, in connection with its previously announced underwritten public offering of 2,400,000 shares of its 8.875% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Shares, par value $0.01 per share, liquidation preference $25.00 per share (the "Series B Preferred Shares") at $25.00 per share, the Company has sold an additional 200,000 Series B Preferred Shares on the same terms on which the 2,400,000 Series B Preferred Shares were sold to the underwriters pursuant to the underwriters' partial exercise of their over-allotment option. The net proceeds from the sale of the additional Series B Preferred Shares pursuant to the over-allotment option were approximately $4.8 million. As previously announced, the Company plans to use the net proceeds of the offering for general corporate purposes, which may include the repayment of debt and the acquisition of vessels. DryShips Highlights 2 Rarely Mentioned Indicators of the State of Dry Shipping
Nickey Friedman, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Mon Feb 24, 5:45PM CST
Source: DryShips, The earnings report and conference call transcript is now available for DryShips . It became the third company after Navios Maritime Partners and Diana Shipping to give you the status and outlook for the dry shipping...
Why Star Bulk Carriers Corp. Stock Was in Rough Waters Last Week
Nickey Friedman, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Mon Feb 24, 4:45PM CST
Although we don't believe in timing the market or panicking over market movements, we do like to keep an eye on big changes -- just in case they're material to our investing thesis. What : Shares of Star Bulk Carriers Corp . sprang a leak...
Which Dry Shippers Lost George Soros' Approval?
Nickey Friedman, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sun Feb 23, 11:31AM CST
Back in November , George Soros revealed that he accumulated positions in dry shipping companies Baltic Trading Limited , Diana Shipping , DryShips , Navios Maritime Holdings , Navios Maritime Partners , and Safe Bulkers . Last Friday, we...
Diana Shipping Inc. Announces Delivery of the Newly Built Ice Class Panamax Dry Bulk Carrier m/v Crystalia
GlobeNewswire - Thu Feb 20, 7:15AM CST
Diana Shipping Inc. (NYSE
SX), (the "Company"), a global shipping company specializing in the ownership of dry bulk vessels, today announced that, through a separate wholly-owned subsidiary, it took delivery of the newly built m/v "Crystalia", an Ice Class Panamax dry bulk vessel of 77,525 dwt that was contracted in March 2012. Diana Shipping Inc.Corporate Event Announcement Notice
Wall Street Horizon - Wed Feb 19, 7:55PM CST
Freegold Ventures Limited (TSX: FVL, Frankfurt: FR4N) ("Freegold") is pleased to report the commencement of drilling at Golden Summit. The Golden Summit project lies 32 km northeast of Fairbanks and is accessible by a maintained paved highway which facilitates exploration on a year round basis. Drilling will initially be targeted at expanding the current NI 43-101 resource and infill drilling to upgrade the current inferred resources into the indicated category. The Dolphin/Cleary Hill deposit remains open to west, east and to depth and covers an area of 300 metres by 1.5 km; however, the entire Golden Summit project area covers an 11,400 acre area and hosts numerous other significant exploration targets also with the potential for additional bulk tonnage mineralization.
Diana Shipping Posts Wider-Than-Expected Q4 Loss
Eric Volkman, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Tue Feb 18, 7:24PM CST
The financial seas were choppy for Diana Shipping in both its Q4 and fiscal 2013 results, according to results for the two periods announced by the company today. For the quarter, revenue was $39.5 million, down from the $50.0 million in the...
Diana Shipping Inc. Reports Financial Results for the Fourth Quarter and Year Ended December 31, 2013
GlobeNewswire - Tue Feb 18, 7:21AM CST
Diana Shipping Inc. (NYSE
SX), (the "Company"), a global shipping company specializing in the ownership of dry bulk vessels, today reported a net loss of $9.6 million for the fourth quarter of 2013, compared to net income of $5.0 million reported for the fourth quarter of 2012. Tuesday Premarket Earnings Reports: Duke Energy, Coca-Cola, More
at The Street - Mon Feb 17, 9:37AM CST
After a day off to celebrate Presidents Day, Diana Shipping, Duke Energy, Fresh Del Monte, Genuine Parts, Coca-Cola and Medtronic report quarterly results before the bell on Tuesday.
The Outlook for Dry Bulk Stocks Is Improving
Rupert Hargreaves, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Mon Feb 17, 8:42AM CST
As the prices of dry bulk commodities such as coal and iron ore have slumped during the past few years, miners have responded by ramping up output to prevent profits from collapsing. As a result, the demand for bulk carriers to transport the higher...
Expanding Opportunities in Shipping
Shane Blanchard, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sun Feb 16, 2:29PM CST
In a previous article , I wrote about the potential of a free trade agreement between the U.S. and the E.U. increasing demand for shipping. But there is another development, in this hemisphere, that has the potential to lower costs for...
Two More Airzim Bosses Arrested
by Freeman Razemba - All Africa Global Media - Fri Feb 14, 3:03AM CST
Suspended Air Zimbabwe (Private) Limited chief executive Innocent Mavhunga (53) and his predecessor Peter Chikumba have been arrested on fraud allegations. On Wednesday, company secretary Grace Nyaradzo Pfumbidzayi (48) was also arrested on similar charges.Chief police spokesperson Senior Assistant Commissioner Charity Charamba yesterday confirmed the arrests, saying they were in possession of six reports detailing alleged fraud at Airzim.
Is This a New Vital Indicator to Follow for Dry Shipping?
Nickey Friedman, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Tue Feb 11, 7:11AM CST
Historically, there have been a variety of factors to look for that directly affect shipping rates and the fortunes of companies such as DryShips , Diana Shipping , Safe Bulkers , Baltic Trading Limited , and Star Bulk Carriers . Most...
Diana Shipping Inc. Prices Public Offering of $60.0 Million of Its 8.875% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Shares
GlobeNewswire - Mon Feb 10, 5:33PM CST
Diana Shipping Inc. (NYSE
SX) (the "Company") today announced that it priced its public offering of 2,400,000 shares of its 8.875% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Shares, par value $0.01 per share, liquidation preference $25.00 per share (the "Series B Preferred Shares") in an underwritten public offering at $25.00 per share. The gross proceeds from the offering before the underwriting discount and other offering expenses payable by the Company are expected to be $60.0 million. The Company has granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 360,000 Series B Preferred Shares on the same terms and conditions to cover over-allotments, if any. The offering is expected to close on February 14, 2014. 
