Diana Shipping has found employment for one of its capesize bulkers for almost all of next year.

The Simeon Palios-led owner has fixed 174,261-dwt Semirio (built 2007) to SwissMarine from 1 January to at least 5 October at $13,500 per day.

SwissMarine may hire the ship until 20 December of next year, if need be.

New York-listed Diana expects to make about $3.7m