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ATHENS, Greece, Nov. 25, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Diana Shipping Inc. (NYSE: DSX), (the “Company”), a global shipping company specializing in the ownership and bareboat charter-in of dry bulk vessels, today reported net income of $3.7 million and a net income attributed to common stockholders of $2.3 million for the third quarter of 2024. This compares to net income of $7.4 million and net income attributed to common stockholders of $5.9 million for the third quarter of 2023. Earnings per share for the third quarter of 2024 was $0.02 basic and $0.00 diluted, compared to earnings per share of $0.06 basic and diluted in the same quarter of 2023.
Time charter revenues were $57.5 million for the third quarter of 2024, compared to $62.1 million for the same quarter of 2023. The decrease in time charter revenues, compared to the same quarter last year, was due to decreased average charter rates and ownership days.
Net income for the nine months ended September 30, 2024, amounted to $3.0 million and net loss attributed to common stockholders amounted to $1.3 million. This compares to net income of $40.5 million and net income attributed to common stockholders of $36.1 million, for the same period of 2023. Time charter revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 were $171.1 million, compared to $202.1 million in the same period of 2023. Loss per share was $0.01 basic and diluted, compared to earnings per share of $0.36 basic and diluted in the nine months ended September 30, 2023.
Dividend Declaration
The Company has declared a cash dividend on its common stock of $0.01 per share, based on the Company’s results of operations during the third quarter ended September 30, 2024. The cash dividend will be payable on December 18, 2024 to all common shareholders of record as of December 11, 2024. The Company currently has 125,185,706 common shares issued and outstanding. As of November 19, 2024, there were 6,381,900 warrants exercised.
Fleet Employment (As of November 22, 2024) | |||||||||||
VESSEL | SISTER SHIPS* | GROSS RATE (USD PER DAY) | COM** | CHARTERERS | DELIVERY DATE TO CHARTERERS*** | REDELIVERY DATE TO OWNERS**** | NOTES | ||||
BUILT DWT | |||||||||||
9 Ultramax Bulk Carriers | |||||||||||
1 | DSI Phoenix | A | 16,500 | 5.00 | % | Bulk Trading SA | 6-May-24 | 1/Aug/2025 - 30/Sep/2025 | |||
2017 60,456 | |||||||||||
2 | DSI Pollux | A | 14,000 | 4.75 | % | Cargill Ocean Transportation (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. | 28-Dec-23 | 20/Aug/2025 - 20/Oct/2025 | |||
2015 60,446 | |||||||||||
3 | DSI Pyxis | A | 14,250 | 5.00 | % | ASL Bulk Marine Limited | 24-Sep-23 | 8-Nov-24 | |||
2018 60,362 | 13,100 | 5.00 | % | Stone Shipping Ltd | 8-Nov-24 | 20/Feb/2026 - 20/Apr/2026 | |||||
4 | DSI Polaris | A | 13,100 | 5.00 | % | ASL Bulk Marine Limited | 12-Nov-22 | 20-Jul-24 | |||
2018 60,404 | 15,400 | 5.00 | % | Stone Shipping Ltd | 20-Jul-24 | 1/Jun/2025 - 15/Aug/2025 | |||||
5 | DSI Pegasus | A | 14,000 | 5.00 | % | Reachy Shipping (SGP) Pte. Ltd. | 7-Dec-22 | 5-Sep-24 | |||
2015 60,508 | 15,250 | 4.75 | % | Cargill Ocean Transportation (Singapore) Pte. Ltd | 5-Sep-24 | 1/Jun/2025 - 1/Aug/2025 | |||||
6 | DSI Aquarius | B | 14,500 | 5.00 | % | Stone Shipping Ltd | 18-Jan-24 | 5/Dec/2024 - 1/Feb/2025 | 1 | ||
2016 60,309 | |||||||||||
7 | DSI Aquila | B | 12,500 | 5.00 | % | Western Bulk Carriers AS | 11-Nov-23 | 30/Nov/2024 - 10/Jan/2025 | 1 | ||
2015 60,309 | |||||||||||
8 | DSI Altair | B | 13,800 | 5.00 | % | Western Bulk Carriers AS | 23-Jun-23 | 28-Sep-24 | |||
2016 60,309 | 15,750 | 5.00 | % | Propel Shipping Pte. Ltd. | 28-Sep-24 | 1/Nov/2025 - 31/Dec/2025 | |||||
9 | DSI Andromeda | B | 13,500 | 5.00 | % | Bunge SA, Geneva | 27-Nov-23 | 20/Feb/2025 - 20/Apr/2025 | 2 | ||
2016 60,309 | |||||||||||
6 Panamax Bulk Carriers | |||||||||||
10 | LETO | 16,000 | 5.00 | % | ASL Bulk Shipping Limited | 3-May-24 | 1/Mar/2025 - 30/Apr/2025 | ||||
2010 81,297 | |||||||||||
11 | SELINA | C | 12,000 | 4.75 | % | Cargill International S.A., Geneva | 20-May-23 | 17-Oct-24 | |||
2010 75,700 | 10,500 | 5.00 | % | Raffles Shipping International Pte. Ltd. | 17-Oct-24 | 1/Mar/2025 - 20/Apr/2025 | |||||
12 | MAERA | C | 13,750 | 5.00 | % | ST Shipping and Transport Pte. Ltd. | 29-Jan-24 | 14/Dec/2024 - 20/Jan/2025 | 1 | ||
2013 75,403 | |||||||||||
13 | ISMENE | 12,650 | 5.00 | % | Paralos Shipping Pte., Ltd. | 13-Sep-23 | 15/Apr/2025 - 30/Jun/2025 | ||||
2013 77,901 | |||||||||||
14 | CRYSTALIA | D | 13,900 | 5.00 | % | Louis Dreyfus Company Freight Asia Pte. Ltd. | 4-May-24 | 4/Feb/2026 - 4/Jun/2026 | |||
2014 77,525 | |||||||||||
15 | ATALANDI | D | 15,800 | 5.00 | % | Quadra Commodities SA | 28-May-24 | 20-Jul-24 | |||
2014 77,529 | 14,600 | 4.75 | % | Cargill International SA, Geveva | 20-Jul-24 | 1/Jun/2025 - 31/Jul/2025 | |||||
6 Kamsarmax Bulk Carriers | |||||||||||
16 | MAIA | E | 13,500 | 5.00 | % | ST Shipping and Transport Pte. Ltd. | 23-Sep-23 | 30-Aug-24 | 3,4 | ||
2009 82,193 | 13,000 | 5.00 | % | Viterra Chartering B.V. | 16-Sep-24 | 12-Dec-24 | 5 | ||||
17 | MYRSINI | E | 17,100 | 5.00 | % | Cobelfret S.A. Luxembourg | 25-Jun-24 | 1/Feb/2025 - 25/Mar/2025 | |||
2010 82,117 | |||||||||||
18 | MEDUSA | E | 14,250 | 5.00 | % | ASL Bulk Shipping Limited | 14-May-23 | 10/Feb/2025 - 15/Apr/2025 | |||
2010 82,194 | |||||||||||
19 | MYRTO | E | 12,650 | 5.00 | % | Cobelfret S.A., Luxemburg | 15-Jul-23 | 24/Dec/2024 - 15/Jan/2025 | 1 | ||
2013 82,131 | |||||||||||
20 | ASTARTE | 15,000 | 5.00 | % | Reachy Shipping (SGP) Pte. Ltd. | 29-Apr-23 | 19-Aug-24 | ||||
2013 81,513 | 14,000 | 5.00 | % | Paralos Shipping Pte. Ltd. | 19-Aug-24 | 15/Jul/2025 - 15/Sep/2025 | |||||
21 | LEONIDAS P. C. | 17,000 | 5.00 | % | Ming Wah International Shipping Company Limited | 22-Feb-24 | 20/Aug/2025 - 20/Oct/2025 | ||||
2011 82,165 | |||||||||||
5 Post-Panamax Bulk Carriers | |||||||||||
22 | ALCMENE | 13,150 | 5.00 | % | China Steel Express Corporation | 1-Jun-24 | 11-Aug-24 | ||||
13,350 | 5.00 | % | 11-Aug-24 | 30-Sep-24 | |||||||
2010 93,193 | 12,000 | 5.00 | % | 30-Sep-24 | 19-Nov-24 | 6 | |||||
23 | AMPHITRITE | F | 15,000 | 5.00 | % | Cobelfret S.A., Luxembourg | 13-Jan-24 | 30/Nov/2024 - 15/Jan/2025 | 7,1 | ||
2012 98,697 | |||||||||||
24 | POLYMNIA | F | 17,500 | 5.00 | % | Reachy Shipping (SGP) Pte. Ltd. | 8-Jun-24 | 1/Aug/2025 - 30/Sept/2025 | |||
2012 98,704 | |||||||||||
25 | ELECTRA | G | 14,000 | 4.75 | % | Aquavita International S.A. | 3-Jun-24 | 15/Oct/2025 - 31/Dec/2025 | |||
2013 87,150 | |||||||||||
26 | PHAIDRA | G | 12,250 | 4.75 | % | Aquavita International S.A. | 9-May-23 | 12-Oct-24 | |||
2013 87,146 | 12,000 | 4.75 | % | 12-Oct-24 | 1/May/2025 - 15/Jul/2025 | ||||||
8 Capesize Bulk Carriers | |||||||||||
27 | SEMIRIO | H | 14,150 | 5.00 | % | Solebay Shipping Cape Company Limited, Hong Kong | 18-Aug-23 | 30/Nov/2024 - 30/Jan/2025 | 1 | ||
2007 174,261 | |||||||||||
28 | HOUSTON | H | 13,000 | 5.00 | % | EGPN Bulk Carrier Co., Limited | 21-Nov-22 | 2-Sep-24 | 8 | ||
2009 177,729 | |||||||||||
29 | NEW YORK | H | 16,000 | 5.00 | % | SwissMarine Pte. Ltd., Singapore | 11-Jun-23 | 29/Nov/2024 - 7/Dec/2024 | 1 | ||
2010 177,773 | |||||||||||
30 | SEATTLE | I | 17,500 | 5.00 | % | Solebay Shipping Cape Company Limited, Hong Kong | 1-Oct-23 | 15/Jul/2025 - 30/Sep/2025 | |||
2011 179,362 | |||||||||||
31 | P. S. PALIOS | I | 27,150 | 5.00 | % | Bohai Shipping (HEBEI) Co., Ltd | 7-May-24 | 1/Nov/2025 - 31/Dec/2025 | |||
2013 179,134 | |||||||||||
32 | G. P. ZAFIRAKIS | J | 17,000 | 5.00 | % | Solebay Shipping Cape Company Limited, Hong Kong | 12-Jan-23 | 14-Aug-24 | 9 | ||
2014 179,492 | 26,800 | 5.00 | % | Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo | 16-Sep-24 | 16/Aug/2026 - 16/Nov/2026 | |||||
33 | SANTA BARBARA | J | 21,250 | 5.00 | % | Smart Gain Shipping Co., Limited | 7-May-23 | 29/Nov/2024 - 10/Dec/2024 | 10,1 | ||
2015 179,426 | |||||||||||
34 | NEW ORLEANS | 20,000 | 5.00 | % | Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. | 7-Dec-23 | 15/Aug/2025 - 31/Oct/2025 | 10 | |||
2015 180,960 | |||||||||||
35 | FLORIDA | 25,900 | 5.00 | % | Bunge S.A., Geneva | 29-Mar-22 | 29/Jan/2027 - 29/May/2027 | 2 | |||
2022 182,063 | |||||||||||
4 Newcastlemax Bulk Carriers | |||||||||||
36 | LOS ANGELES | K | 17,700 | 5.00 | % | Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo | 15-Jan-23 | 20-Jul-24 | |||
2012 206,104 | 28,700 | 20-Jul-24 | 1/Oct/2025 - 15/Dec/2025 | ||||||||
37 | PHILADELPHIA | K | 22,500 | 5.00 | % | Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo | 4-Feb-24 | 20/Apr/2025 - 20/Jul/2025 | |||
2012 206,040 | |||||||||||
38 | SAN FRANCISCO | L | 22,000 | 5.00 | % | SwissMarine Pte. Ltd., Singapore | 18-Feb-23 | 5/Jan/2025 - 5/Mar/2025 | |||
2017 208,006 | |||||||||||
39 | NEWPORT NEWS | L | 20,000 | 5.00 | % | Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo | 20-Sep-23 | 10/Mar/2025 - 10/Jun/2025 | |||
2017 208,021 | |||||||||||
* Each dry bulk carrier is a “sister ship”, or closely similar, to other dry bulk carriers that have the same letter. | |||||||||||
** Total commission percentage paid to third parties. | |||||||||||
*** In case of newly acquired vessel with time charter attached, this date refers to the expected/actual date of delivery of the vessel to the Company. | |||||||||||
**** Range of redelivery dates, with the actual date of redelivery being at the Charterers’ option, but subject to the terms, conditions, and exceptions of the particular charterparty. | |||||||||||
1Based on latest information. | |||||||||||
2Bareboat chartered-in for a period of ten years. | |||||||||||
3Charterers have agreed for any time in excess of the charter party period to pay the rate of 105% of the Baltic Panamax Index 5 TC average as published by the Baltic Exchange on a daily basis during the excess period commencing from August 20, 2024 or the vessel’s present charter party rate, whichever is higher. | |||||||||||
4Vessel was on scheduled drydocking from August 30, 2024 until September 16, 2024. | |||||||||||
5Redelivery date based on an estimated time charter trip duration of about 86 days. | |||||||||||
6Currently without an active charterparty. Vessel on scheduled drydocking. | |||||||||||
7The charter rate will be US$12,250 per day for the first 30 days of the charter period. | |||||||||||
8Vessel has been sold and delivered to her new Owners on September 4, 2024. | |||||||||||
9Vessel was on scheduled drydocking from August 14, 2024 until September 16, 2024. | |||||||||||
10Bareboat chartered-in for a period of eight years. |
Summary of Selected Financial & Other Data (unaudited) | ||||||||||||
Three months ended September 30, | Nine months ended September 30, | |||||||||||
2024 | 2023 | 2024 | 2023 | |||||||||
STATEMENT OF INCOME DATA (in thousands of US Dollars) | ||||||||||||
Time charter revenues | $ | 57,488 | $ | 62,062 | $ | 171,136 | $ | 202,082 | ||||
Voyage expenses | 3,654 | 2,931 | 10,067 | 10,295 | ||||||||
Vessel operating expenses | 21,239 | 21,202 | 63,372 | 63,965 | ||||||||
Net income | 3,715 | 7,386 | 3,009 | 40,463 | ||||||||
Net income/(loss) attributable to common stockholders | 2,272 | 5,944 | (1,318 | ) | 36,136 | |||||||
FLEET DATA | ||||||||||||
Average number of vessels | 38.7 | 41.0 | 39.1 | 41.2 | ||||||||
Number of vessels | 38.0 | 41.0 | 38.0 | 41.0 | ||||||||
Weighted average age of vessels | 11.0 | 10.5 | 11.0 | 10.5 | ||||||||
Ownership days | 3,561 | 3,772 | 10,723 | 11,240 | ||||||||
Available days | 3,511 | 3,721 | 10,623 | 11,128 | ||||||||
Operating days | 3,508 | 3,720 | 10,586 | 11,097 | ||||||||
Fleet utilization | 99.9 | % | 100.0 | % | 99.7 | % | 99.7 | % | ||||
AVERAGE DAILY RESULTS | ||||||||||||
Time charter equivalent (TCE) rate (1) | $ | 15,333 | $ | 15,891 | $ | 15,162 | $ | 17,235 | ||||
Daily vessel operating expenses (2) | $ | 5,964 | $ | 5,621 | $ | 5,910 | $ | 5,691 | ||||
Non-GAAP Measures
(1) | Time charter equivalent rate, or TCE, is defined as our time charter revenues less voyage expenses during a period divided by the number of our available days during the period, which is consistent with industry standards. TCE is a non-GAAP measure, and management believes it is useful to investors because it is a standard shipping industry performance measure used primarily to compare daily earnings generated by vessels on time charters with daily earnings generated by vessels on voyage charters, because charter hire rates for vessels on voyage charters are generally not expressed in per day amounts while charter hire rates for vessels on time charters are generally expressed in such amounts. TCE is used by management to assess and compare the vessels’ profitability. |
(2) | Daily vessel operating expenses, which include crew wages and related costs, the cost of insurance, expenses relating to repairs and maintenance, the costs of spares and consumable stores, tonnage taxes and other miscellaneous expenses, are calculated by dividing vessel operating expenses by ownership days for the relevant period. |
Conference Call and Webcast Information
The Company’s management will conduct a conference call and simultaneous Internet webcast to review these results at 9:00 A.M. (Eastern Time) on Monday, November 25, 2024.