FORM 6-K

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSIONWASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO RULE 13A-16 OR 15D-16 OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the month of April 2019

Commission File Number: 001-35025

PERFORMANCE SHIPPING INC.(Translation of registrant's name into English)

Pendelis 18, 175 64 Palaio Faliro, Athens, Greece(Address of principal executive office)

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INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS FORM 6-K REPORT

Attached to this Report on Form 6-K as Exhibit 99.1 is a press release dated April 12, 2019 of Performance Shipping Inc. (the “Company”) announcing that the Company's financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2019 are scheduled to be released before the opening of the U.S. financial markets on Friday, May 10, 2019.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

PERFORMANCE SHIPPING INC.

(registrant)

Dated: April 12, 2019	By:	/s/ Anastasios Margaronis
		Anastasios Margaronis
		President

Exhibit 99.1

	Corporate Contact:
	Ioannis Zafirakis
	Director, Chief Strategy Officer and Secretary
	Telephone: +30-216-600-2400
	Email: izafirakis@pshipping.com
	Website: www.pshipping.com
For Immediate Release
	Investor and Media Relations:
	Edward Nebb
	Comm-Counsellors, LLC
	Telephone: + 1-203-972-8350
	Email: enebb@optonline.net

PERFORMANCE SHIPPING INC. ANNOUNCES THE DATE FOR REPORTING THE 2019 FIRST QUARTER FINANCIAL RESULTS

ATHENS, GREECE, April 12, 2019 – Performance Shipping Inc. (NASDAQ:DCIX), (the “Company”), a global shipping company specializing in the ownership of containerships, today announced that its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2019 are scheduled to be released before the opening of the U.S. financial markets on Friday, May 10, 2019.

About the Company

Performance Shipping Inc. is a global provider of shipping transportation services through its ownership of containerships. The Company’s vessels are employed primarily on time charters with leading liner companies carrying containerized cargo along worldwide shipping routes.