Diana Shipping sells bulker

Diana Shipping sells bulker Diana Shipping Inc., a specialist in dry bulk cargoes, said it has completed the sale of one of its Capesize dry bulk carriers, the Pantelis SP, at a price before commissions of $81 million.
   Proceeds will be used to repay debt drawn under the Greek company’s revolving credit facility.
   The Pantelis SP is a 169,883-deadweight-ton Capesize bulk carrier built in 1999. After the sale, Diana Shipping has a fleet of 13 Panamax and three Capesize bulkers. The company also expects delivery of an additional Capesize vessel in November, and two others in the second quarter of 2010.