Diana Shipping Inc. has agreed a time charter for one of its Kamsarmax dry bulk vessels, the m/v Astarte, with Aquavita International S.A., sources indicated on 16 September 2026.
The agreement was concluded by a separate wholly owned subsidiary of Diana Shipping, the company said in the report. The charter covers the Kamsarmax-class vessel Astarte, which remains under Diana Shipping ownership.
The gross charter rate reported for the contract is US$17,000. No further commercial terms were disclosed in the summary provided by the report.
Fleet and commercial context
Diana Shipping is described in the report as a global shipping company that specialises in ownership and bareboat charter-in of dry bulk tonnage. The appointment of Astarte under a time charter with Aquavita is the latest commercial employment noted in the company’s operating activity in 2026.
Kamsarmax vessels are typically used across a wide range of bulk trades. The report identifies the Astarte as a Kamsarmax dry bulk vessel but gives no additional specifications or recent trading history for the ship.
Counterparty and structure
The charterer is named as Aquavita International S.A. The report confirms the contract was entered into with Diana Shipping through a wholly owned subsidiary, a common structure in shipping for ring-fencing assets and contracts.
The announcement as reported did not include statements from either Diana Shipping or Aquavita, nor did it specify employment areas, laycan dates or the charter duration.
Diana Shipping and Aquavita feature as the only commercial parties named in the report, and the single numeric commercial detail disclosed is the gross rate of US$17,000. Beyond that figure the public summary supplied for verification contains no further terms.
The report was published on 16 September 2026 by reports. It presented the essential facts of the deal without supplementary commentary or additional documentation attached to the item.
Details at a glance:
- Vessel: m/v Astarte (Kamsarmax class)
- Charterer: Aquavita International S.A.
- Chartering party: a wholly owned subsidiary of Diana Shipping Inc.
- Gross charter rate reported: US$17,000
The absence of additional commercial particulars means market observers must rely on future disclosures for a fuller picture of the employment, such as duration, trading area or any profit-share arrangements. Diana Shipping’s corporate announcements or filings would normally be the channel for any extended disclosure required by shareholders or regulators.
Until then, the published summary provides a concise confirmation of the employment and the headline commercial rate, marking another fixture for Diana Shipping’s Kamsarmax asset in the 2026 market.