In the business of shipping dry-bulk cargoes, mostly iron ore, coal and grain, there is not even the hint of a silver lining to the cloud.

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Diana Shipping (NYSE: DSX): A leader in dry bulk shipping with a P-E of 6.59, an operating profit of near 50, and 373 million in cash, and a major beneficiary of the rising Chinese economy.

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The improvement in shipping rates is helping to bolster shares of Japan's biggest dry-bulk shipper Mitsui O.

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The recent decline in the dry bulk index suggests that tighter emissions regulations on shipping vessel is unlikley to result in near-term cost distortions.

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