The shipowner said it had agreed with China Shipbuilding and Trading, and Jiangnan Shipyard to reduce the price of two newcastlemax bulker newbuildings by $1m each the. The newbuildings expected to be delivered on 4 January 2017 are now priced at $47.7m compared to $48.7m previously.
Diana Shipping has also chartered the 208,500 dwt vessel Newport News, currently under construction, to SwissMarine for between 22 and 26 months. The daily gross charter rate will be 24% above the BCI_2014 average of the five pre-determined time charter routes as published by the Baltic Exchange minus a 5% commission.
It has also chartered two panamax vessels to Glencore Agriculture. The Naias has been chartered for 9 – 13 months at $7,750 per day minus 5% commission, while the Leto has been chartered at $7,500 per day minus 5% commission for 7 – 10 months.
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