Diana Containerships Inc. announced that Mr. Ioannis Zafirakis was appointed to the new position of Chief Strategy Officer of the company. Mr. Zafirakis currently serves as a member of the Board. Mrs. Semiramis Paliou, whose biographical information is provided below, was appointed to succeed Mr. Zafirakis as Chief Operating Officer of the Company. Semiramis Paliou has almost 20 years of experience in shipping operations, technical management and crewing. From November 2016 to the end of July 2018, she served as Managing Director and Head of the Technical, Operations, Crew and Supply department of Unitized Ocean Transport Limited. As of August 2018, she is the Chief Operating Officer of Diana Shipping Inc. and Diana Shipping Services S.A. Mrs. Paliou obtained her BSc in Mechanical Engineering from Imperial College. She is the daughter of Simeon Palios, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman, and is a member of the Greek committee of Det Norske Veritas - Germanischer Lloyd, a member of the Greek committee of Nippon Kaiji Kyokai and a member of the Greek committee of Bureau Veritas. Since March 2018, Mrs. Paliou is on the Board of Directors of the Hellenic Marine Environment Protection Association.