The Amphitrite is a 98 697 DWT post-panamax dry bulk vessel built in 2012.
The company also announced that, through a separate wholly-owned subsidiary, it has entered into a time charter contract with Phaethon International Company AG, for one of its panamax dry bulk vessels, the m/v Naias. The gross charter rate is US$10 000/d, minus a 5% commission paid to third parties, for a period of 23 - 26 months. The charter commenced on 26 January 2019. The m/v Naias was chartered, as previously announced, at a gross charter rate of US$10 000/d, minus a 5% commission paid to third parties, until 26 January 2019.
The “Naias” is a 73 546 DWT panamax dry bulk vessel built in 2006.
The employments of “Amphitrite” and “Naias” are anticipated to generate approximately US$12.22 million of gross revenue for the minimum scheduled period of the time charters.
Diana Shipping Inc.’s fleet currently consists of 48 dry bulk vessels (4 newcastlemax, 14 capesize, 5 post-panamax, 5 kamsarmax and 20 panamax). With this addition, the combined carrying capacity of our fleet is approximately 5.7 million DWT with a weighted average age of 9.21 years.
