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Exhibit 13.1
PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE
 
OFFICER CERTIFICATION
PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350
In connection
 
with this
 
Annual Report
 
of Diana
 
Shipping Inc.
 
(the “Company”)
 
on Form
 
20-F for
 
the year
ended December 31, 2023 as filed with the Securities
 
and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on or about
the
 
date
 
hereof
 
(the
 
“Report”),
 
I,
 
Semiramis
 
Paliou,
 
Chief
 
Executive
 
Officer
 
of
 
the
 
Company,
 
certify,
pursuant
 
to
 
18
 
U.S.C.
 
Section
 
1350,
 
as
 
adopted
 
pursuant
 
to
 
Section
 
906
 
of
 
the
 
Sarbanes-Oxley
 
Act
 
of
2002, that:
(1)
 
The
 
Report
 
fully
 
complies
 
with
 
the
 
requirements
 
of
 
Section
 
13(a)
 
or
 
15(d)
 
of
 
the
 
Securities
Exchange Act of 1934; and
(2) The
 
information
 
contained
 
in the
 
Report
 
fairly presents,
 
in all
 
material respects,
 
the financial
condition and results of operations of the Company.
A signed original
 
of this
 
written statement
 
has been
 
provided to
 
the Company
 
and will be
 
retained by
 
the
Company and furnished to the SEC or its staff
 
upon request.
Date: April 4, 2024
/s/ Semiramis Paliou
Semiramis Paliou
Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)