GREEK SHIPPING AWARDS 2015 the Winners Contents

GREEK SHIPPING AWARDS 2015 The Winners Contents

AWARDS&WINNERS

11 Dry Cargo Company of the Year GREEK Neptune Lines 13 Tanker Company of the Year SHIPPING Olympic Shipping and Management AWARDS 15 Passenger Line of the Year Dodekanisos Seaways 2015 17 Shipbroker of the Year WRITER Cass Technava Maritime Nigel Lowry 19 Shipping Financier of the Year DESIGN PRODUCTION Graphic Resolutions Eurobank AWARDS MANAGEMENT Event Producer - Peter Attwater 21 Technical Achievement Award Event Director - Nigel Lowry Prisma Electronics Event & Guest Co-ordination Office Tel. +30 210 42 91 195 23 Award for Achievement in Safety or Environmental Protection email: [email protected] Hellenic Coast Guard and Frontex SPONSORSHIP & ADVERTISING SALES 27 Piraeus International Centre Award Janet Wood +44 7512 224782 Bureau Veritas Hellas email: [email protected] 29 International Personality of the Year EVENT PRODUCTION 360 Event Agency - www.360.com.gr Andreas Chrisostomou PHOTOGRAPHER Photoshop Company 31 Seafarer of the Year Tel. +30 210 72 17 666 Capt. Dimitrios Tsitsimelis ADDITIONAL PHOTOGRAPHS Nikos Kokkalias 33 Award for Achievement in Education or Training AWARD TROPHIES University of the Aegean Raoul Bollani - www.bollani.it Creations for Andriana Paraskevopoulou 35 Ship of the Year designed by ‘Hellas Liberty’ Maria Konidi Tel. +30 210 36 44 838 - www.maria-konidi.gr 37 Lloyd’s List / Propeller Club Lifetime Achievement Award and Konstantinos Mellis by Laskos Aristidis Alafouzos Tel. +30 210 76 65 501 - www.konstantinosmelis.com 39 Lloyd’s List Intelligence Big Data Award Andriana Paraskevopoulou’s Jewellery Danaos Management Consultants and Danaos Shipping Co. Ltd. provided by Kassis - Chopard Tel. +30 210 92 49 823 – www.kassis.net 41 Next Generation Shipping Award VENUE Athenaeum InterContinental Hotel, Athens Maria Angelicoussis 43 Greek Shipping Newsmaker of the Year Lloyd’s List Nikolas P. Tsakos Editorial, Advertising and Subscriptions inquiries 45 Greek Shipping Personality of the Year Informa Business Information Christchurch Court, 10-15 Newgate Street, George M. Logothetis London EC1A 7AZ Tel. +44 (0) 20 7017 5000 [email protected] Lloyd’s is the registered trademark of the 3 Introduction: Beat that! Full house hails the honorees for 2015 society Incorporated by the Lloyd’s Act 1871 by the name of Lloyd’s. 7 Event Sponsor: A long relationship with Greek shipping Copyright 2015. All rights reserved. 9 Special Guest & Charity Donation Reproduction of the editorial or pictorial content by any manner without written 24 Personalities & Pictures: Greek Shipping’s Dinner of 2015 permission of the publisher is prohibited. 47 Quotes from the Ceremony: What they said Published by Informa 48 The Judging Panel: ‘Dream team’ of 2015 features fresh faces

GREEK SHIPPING AWARDS 2015 1 The Winners Introduction

The 2015 Awards dinner drummed up a huge audience; (inset) China Classification Society sponsored the traditional toast to the health of the Greek shipping industry, proposed by Zhou Haisheng, general manager of CCS’s Athens branch, with event hosts Nigel Lowry and Andriana Paraskevopoulou Beat that! Full house hails the honorees for 2015

DRUMMERS beat out a steady rhythm in the Despite mostly adverse shipping market The Greek Shipping Awards have shown in ballroom of the Athenaeum InterContinental conditions – the tanker market being a notable the past that they care not only for the major hotel in Athens - coordinated with video of exception – Greek shipping continues to names and this was again evident in the jury’s performances at three of Greece’s foremost operate with its own steady pulse and the selection of Dodekanisos Seaways as maritime heritage spots – Cape Sounion, the glittering event highlighted both the industry’s Passenger Line of the Year. The 15 year-old port of Piraeus and the restored museum ship overall resilience as well as some of the year’s outfit provides a vital inter-island link in the Hellas Liberty – to welcome guests to the 12th top individual personalities and stories. eastern Aegean. annual Lloyd’s List Greek Shipping Awards. “In this difficult period for our country and as The event, supported by a host of sponsors They drummed guests back to their seats after economic activity is suffering, shipping still has led by overall Event Sponsor ClassNK, also the interval, too, a necessary measure in view the dynamism, and the sustained response to its recognised several of Greece’s best-known of another record attendance – of 1,160 challenges, to retain its competitiveness,” said shipowning names. guests – although the venue has been filled to Mr Dritsas in a welcome speech. “The Greek George M. Logothetis, Nikolas P. Tsakos and capacity for the last three years of Greek government supports the competitiveness of veteran owner Aristidis Alafouzos were shipping’s ‘Dinner of the Year’. Greek shipping,” he underlined. winners of major personal awards. Shipping minister Thodoris Dritsas, Olympic Corporate bragging rights for shipping Maria Angelicoussis of the Angelicoussis gold medallist and world champion companies went to Neptune Lines, the Shipping Group was named the inaugural windsurfer Nikolas Kaklamanakis and many expanding car carrier operator that won Dry winner of the brand-new New Generation of the country’s leading maritime business Cargo Line of the Year, and Olympic Shipping Shipping Award, one of two new awards personalities were among those who and Management, part of the legendary Onassis introduced for 2015. The other was the witnessed the presentations of the Awards Group, which was named Tanker Company of Lloyd’s List Intelligence Big Data Award that for 2015 first-hand. the Year for an especially active year. went to Danaos Management Consultants and

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ABS hosted the event’s welcome cocktail reception. Vassilios Kroustallis, ABS regional vice president eastern Europe addressed hundreds of guests

Celebrity line-up: (from right) former marine minister and Piraeus Port Authority chief executive George Anomeritis, ministry general-secretary Ioannis Theotokas, shipping minister Thodoris Dritsas, Olympic and World Champion windsurfer Nikolas Kaklamanakis, with wife Nanouyia Carouzou

Danaos Shipping Co. for their ‘Waves’ fleet Achievement in Safety or Environmental toast to the industry’s health, proposed and performance system. Protection for their efforts to protect lives in sponsored by China Classification Society. Andreas Chrysostomou, the new director of the eastern Aegean as thousands of refugees A special presentation was made to the Cyprus Department of Merchant Shipping, attempt the dangerous crossing from Turkey classification society DNV GL for a decade of took the sole award reserved exclusively for to Greece. sponsoring the Greek Shipping Awards – the non-Greeks. So far this year the Hellenic Coast Guard has fifth entity to have supported the event for The Seafarer of the Year Award, traditionally rescued more than 93,000 refugees, including 10 years as a sponsor. one of the high spots of the awards 16,500 infants and children, in more than For the 2015 Awards, the 17 categories were ceremony, went to bulker master Captain 2,700 search and rescue missions. specially introduced by star guests and Dimitris Tsitsimelis for a successful rescue at Lani Fortier, country director and global members of the event-team: Fotini Darra; sea in January 2015. deputy field director of the International Dimitris Papadimitriou; Katerina Panoussi; Other award-winners included Eurobank, Refugee Committee, was among several other Nafsica; Alexis Papahelas; Rania Lampropoulou; Cass Technava Maritime, Bureau Veritas speakers who addressed the urgency of the Nikolas Kaklamanakis; Michael Psyrras; Helena Hellas, Prisma Electronics, the University of refugee crisis in the Aegean. Paparizou; Thanos Mikroutsikos; Maria Salliari; Livia Calza’; Maria Damanaki; Dimitri Megas; the Aegean and the restored 1943-built Olympic legend Nikos Kaklamanakis Liberty ship, Hellas Liberty. Peter Attwater; Andriana Paraskevopoulou; presented a donation on behalf of Lloyd’s and Nikos Boudouris. Despite a fair helping of glamour and an upbeat List to ‘Argo’, the charity supporting mood that was commented on by many children with special needs in the families of attendees, the event did not go untouched by Greek seafarers. Greece’s wider challenges and social difficulties. Guests enjoyed a pre-dinner cocktail SAVE THE DATE: The 2016 Greek Shipping The Hellenic Coast Guard and EU border reception hosted by the American Bureau of Awards will take place on Friday, December 2, agency Frontex jointly won the Award for Shipping and the event included a champagne 2016.

GREEK SHIPPING AWARDS 2015 5 The Winners ClassNK Event Sponsor

Noboru Ueda, chairman and president of Event Sponsor ClassNK, once again delighted the audience by delivering his address in Greek. Below is a translation of Mr Ueda’s speech

“GOOD evening, ladies and gentlemen. provide a wide range of services to the ClassNK is one of the world’s largest Greek maritime community. Moreover, their classification societies. At the end of December This year marks the fifth time to greet you all ongoing support has been instrumental in our 2015, the society had 9,190 ships totaling more in your native Greek. I like to think that my success. than 242m gt under class, representing about Greek has improved over the last five years, 20% of the world merchant fleet currently but every year this task proves equally as This event is a chance to not only celebrate under class. challenging as the last. past achievements, but also to reflect on current opportunities. At ClassNK we look The year marked 40 years since it established Despite this challenge, I am once again to a future where we can better respond to its Piraeus office back in 1975, since when its extremely honored to sponsor this the diversifying needs of our valued clients. partnership with the Greek shipping community prestigious event. I am sure you will all agree has steadily grown that this event is a great opportunity to I would like to commend Greece’s reflect on some of the shipping industry’s contributions to the global maritime industry most notable achievements in 2015. and hope for even greater cooperation between ClassNK and members of this ClassNK is proud to have developed a long- leading maritime nation. standing relationship with the Greek maritime industry. Although the industry has Thank you very much, and please enjoy your continued to evolve, our commitment to evening.” providing the best possible service has remained consistent. Since the establishment of our Piraeus Office ClassNK was overall Event Sponsor of the 40 years ago, ClassNK has gone on to Greek Shipping Awards 2015.

GREEK SHIPPING AWARDS 2015 7 The Winners ADVERTISEMENT Charity Donation

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SEL003-Quest-ad-Rev0526.inddSEL003-Quest-ad-Rev0526.indd 1 1 5/26/155/26/15 8:40 8:40 PM PM Neptune Lines Winner

Neptune chief executive Melina Travlos (left) accepts the Dry Cargo Company of the Year Award from Panos G. Moraitis, chief executive of Aspida DRY CARGO COMPANY OF THE YEAR

NEPTUNE Lines is a rare example of a Greek But 2015 saw the company scale new peaks. The company has been serving ports in shipping company that operates and When the Award was decided Neptune was Turkey, a key car-producing, exporting / successfully maintains a liner service. already on course to exceed the milestone of importing country and regional trade hub, for Moreover, it has established its credentials in a 1m units of cars, rolling and static cargoes in a the last 25 years. particularly demanding and competitive niche. calendar year for the first time. Accepting the trophy, Neptune chief executive Neptune owns and operates the youngest The volumes it is now transporting place Melina Travlos dedicated the Award to the fleet of pure car and truck carriers Neptune among the 10 biggest car carrier memory of her father and founder of the (PCTCs) in the Mediterranean and Black operations worldwide. company, Nikos Travlos. Sea region, serving 20 countries and more Another two vessels, of capacity 3,800 car “I am very proud and honoured to receive this than 30 key ports. units each, were added to the fleet. The award tonight,” said Ms Travlos. Year after year, the company has invested in vessels, built in 2009 and 2010 at Hyundai “This is a special year for us as we are providing a top service to global automotive Mipo, were near-sisters to six PCTCs already celebrating our 40th anniversary. manufacturing customers and it has been in the fleet and have been renamed Neptune steadily expanding its fleet with larger Hellas and Neptune Horizon. “My father’s pioneering vision, our vessels and growing the amount of units commitment to customer satisfaction and our This has been selected as an optimum size for carried annually. united spirit in meeting challenges together, the company’s service network. Two newbuildings, the 3,700-car PCTC help us accomplish great achievements”. The latest acquisitions bring the company’s vessels Neptune Galene and Neptune owned fleet to 15 ships. Thalassa, were delivered from Hyundai Mipo Dockyard in 2014, a year when the company During the year a new company Neptune easily set a new record of more than 900,000 Turkey was established, reflecting Turkey’s The Dry Cargo Company of the Year was units transported. status as a strategic market for Neptune. sponsored by Aspida.

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Olympic Shipping and Management Winner

Anthony Papadimitriou (right) president of the board of directors of the Onassis Foundation, is presented with the Award by Lambros A. Chahalis, vice president, regional chief executive Hellenic & Black Sea region of Bureau Veritas We support innovative solutions TANKER COMPANY to improve energy efficiency OF THE YEAR and reduce emissions ONE of Greek shipping’s most famous names The conversions typically include about of the establishment of the Foundation that has had its most active year, and probably one 3,000 t of steelwork per ship, removal of kept the business alive, ultimately for the of its most successful years, since the death of bulkhead covers and installation of new purpose of funding public benefit causes. the legendary Aristotle Onassis. swash bulkheads. For more information, please contact: Accepting the Award, Onassis Foundation Patient for many years before launching a Olympic has purchased the highest-quality president Anthony Papadimitriou said that Bureau Veritas Hellas A.E. major tanker acquisition programme in mid- tonnage, without adding to the order book over the last 40 years the Onassis Foundation 23, Etolikou Str. - 185 45 PIRAEUS 2014, the most eye-catching element of the and the supply side of the industry, and it has had impacted the lives of at least 1m Greeks. Tel: +30 (210) 40 63 000 group’s re-investment in the sector has been done so at bargain prices. expanding its very large crude carrier fleet to Initiatives such as the Onassis Cardiac Centre, Email: [email protected] Reportedly the cost came to about $70m per 12 ships, the most since its founder was alive. the Onassis Cultural Centre, as well as VLCC including the conversion, a bargain thousands of scholarships and grants, have all www.bureauveritas.com In the second half of 2014 it purchased two compared with 2015 asking prices of over www.bureauveritas.gr modern aframax tankers. Olympic also $80m in the secondhand market for five year- been funded through 40% of the profits of the acquired the modern VLCC Fortune Elephant old Korean-built VLCCs. shipping business and management of the from the bankruptcy of Taiwanese owner Foundation’s financial assets. Today Makes Tomorrow. Olympic has also been retrofitting a number of its tankers for increased fuel efficiency. This was followed by acquisition, all but one in 2015, of no less than six 320,000 dwt very With the Tanker Company of the Year Award large ore-oil carriers from TMT creditors - all the judging panel seized a historic opportunity for conversion into pure VLCCs. to recognise an iconic Greek shipping name for doing what it does best. The programme is one of the biggest and most interesting major VLCC plays of The year also marked the 40th anniversary of The Tanker Company of the Year Award was Move Forward with Confidence recent years. Onassis’ death as well as the 40th anniversary sponsored by Bureau Veritas.

GREEK SHIPPING AWARDS 2015 13 The Winners Dodekanisos Seaways Winner

Dodekanisos Seaways managing director Irini Spanou (left) receives the trophy from Lloyd’s List’s managing editor Richard Meade PASSENGER LINE OF THE YEAR

DODEKANISOS Seaways was founded in 1999 The panel of judges praised the company as a looking to acquire another conventional by George and Yiannis Spanos and it has helped first and outstanding example of a private ro-ro passenger ferry. develop communities in the south-east Aegean initiative providing a metro-like inter-island Accepting the Award, managing director that are not served by the larger ferry lines. service in the Aegean. Irini Spanou said it belonged to her father The Spanos family has been successful in the Since the company’s very first sailings it has for having the vision behind Dodekanisos supermarket business and had no prior consistently operated with pride and absolute Seaways and making it reality. Mr Spanos shipping experience when it launched concern for the safety of passengers and has already been made honorary citizen of Dodekanisos, but it wanted to provide a crews, as well as the comfort and hospitality several of the islands. service to the islands around Rhodes. of passengers. “He inspires all of us, his children, the Dodekanisos began its activities by The human face of the company is reflected management, the crews and the onshore constructing the newbuilding fast catamaran in numerous aspects of the operation. staff.” Dodekanisos Express in Norway, and this Examples include a high level of medical began service in April 2000. A second facilities on board each ship to cater for The Award, which coincided with catamaran, Dodekanisos Pride, was emergencies as well as special areas devoted celebration of the company’s 15-years of introduced in 2005. to passengers with special needs. operations in 2015, was the “best present Three years ago the company expanded its As well as linking all the Dodecanese islands, for us”, said Ms Spanou. operation with a first ro-ro passenger ferry, the company offers a service from Rhodes to Panagia Skiadeni. Turkey for tourism and is planning to extend Today the company inter-connects the entire its services as far as Samos island. Dodecanese island group, providing daily links The company is hoping to expand and between 17 ports from remote Kastelorizo all has been preparing for a new order in The Passenger Line of the Year Award was the way to Ikaria and Samos. 2016 for a new fast ferry as well as presented by Lloyd’s List.

GREEK SHIPPING AWARDS 2015 15 The Winners Cass Technava Maritime Winner

Fedon Tomazos (right), founder and director of Cass Technava, is presented with the trophy by the chief financial officer of Wirana Shipping Corporation, Keyur Jitendra Dave SHIPBROKER OF THE YEAR

CASS Technava Maritime became a two- “hundreds of thousands of air miles” to The panel also recognised its valuable activity time winner of the shipbroking category develop contacts and projects through the for clients in financial sale and leaseback after an outstanding year under difficult Far East. transactions - for five bulkers and eight market conditions that won it the Cass Technava has consistently been containerships. support of the judges. recognised as an extremely active broker for In addition, Cass Technava stepped up its Cass Technava specialises in Asia, and has an newbuildings in particular and in this respect it chartering activities in 2015, with more than extensive network of strategic partnerships did not disappoint in 2015. 25 ships fixed on period charters of more than in major centres including Shanghai, Tokyo, In the first nine months of the year it was 12 months, providing further evidence of its Seoul and others. Based in Piraeus, the core instrumental in about $1bn of transactions, growing all-round presence as a broker. of its clientele is understood to be Greek including placing shipbuilding contracts for six owners, including major names, but it has aframax tankers, four suezmaxes, four also worked with some very prominent containerships of about 5,000 teu capacity and owners from overseas. another four 2,700 teu boxships. The young company had previously won in The company was nominated by several of the 2010. As founder and director Fedon Tomazos owners for whom it placed newbuilding remarked as he accepted the trophy, “that’s contracts, who praised the team for expertise, not bad for a 10 year-old company.” performance and service. The company had “a team of young, devoted, Beyond the company’s newbuilding hard-working individuals that are trying hard speciality, however, the year saw the to bring from Asia value-added projects for brokerage handling about 20 tanker, Greek clients,” Mr Tomazos said. container and especially dry bulk re-sales The Shipbroker of the Year Award was sponsored In the process, the team was racking up and secondhand deals. by Wirana Shipping Corporation.

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Eurobank Winner LOWE ATHENS LOWE

Spyros Capralos, chairman of Star Bulk Carriers Corp., presents the Award to Eurobank In Eurobank we are committed to support dynamically Group chief executive Fokion Karavias (left) and head of shipping Christina Margelou (centre) Greek ocean going shipping, a vital sector for the Greek economy and its development. The Shipping Unit of our Bank offers a wide range of products and services SHIPPING FINANCIER covering all the financial needs of the shipping sector. OF THE YEAR

THE judging panel chose Eurobank as Greek shortfall among the four systemic banks left in relationships with groups that we consider Shipping Financier of the Year, identifying a the Greek market. It has remained majority- our strategic partners.” WE SUPPORT Greek bank that despite the difficult times has owned by private investors – a considerable Ms Margelou also highlighted the “full trust feat given the difficulties faced by the sought to do new business and support the and commitment” of the bank’s top country’s financial system in recent years. shipping community. management that had helped make the SHIPPING Eurobank has a committed shipping team with Secondly, just days prior to the Greek Shipping growth in shipping possible. Awards ceremony, it completed a Eur 2m diverse backgrounds based in Piraeus, which is “Christina, let me congratulate you and the full capital raising entirely from the private sector. the shipping hub for the bank. team for this prestigious award especially in a According to Eurobank, the shipping division Aspects of the bank’s approach in shipping year like 2015,” said Eurobank Group chief works in full co-ordination with offices in that drew approval from the judging panel executive Fokion Karavias. included its support for medium-sized Luxembourg and in Cyprus, providing “red- “We want to develop trustful relationships companies and even smaller owners, as carpet service” to its shipping clientele. with our customers, especially the shipping well as its application of traditional ship WE SUPPORT GREECE customers with whom we have a long The bank has an overall portfolio of $1.3 bn lending criteria. and that includes lending to about 65 track record.” customers – numbers that reflect the bank’s “Our business model is simple - we are growth in the sector during 2015. traditional, conservative, plain vanilla lenders,” said Eurobank’s head of shipping Christina During the year Eurobank concluded about Margelou, accepting the Award. $200m of fresh ship lending to Greek clients. “One could almost call us old-fashioned. Still The Award followed hard on the heels of two in a year that has been a rollercoaster we milestones for the bank. One was that it managed not only to grow our business but The Shipping Financier of the Year Award was emerged as the bank with the lowest capital also to selectively enter into new client sponsored by Star Bulk Carriers Corp.

GREEK SHIPPING AWARDS 2015 19 The Winners Prisma Electronics Winner

DNV GL’s Ioannis Chiotopoulos (left), regional manager for East Med, Black & Caspian Seas, presents the trophy to Prisma Electronics chief technical officer Serafeim Katsikas TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

PRISMA Electronics, an innovative technology Laros helps shipowners achieve the maximum dedicated research & development team, company headquartered in Alexandroupolis in benefit from the transition to condition-based Prisma Electronics chief technical officer MARITIME north-east Greece, won the Technical maintenance and green shipping. Serafeim Katsikas said: “We proudly receive it Achievement Award for its patented ‘Laros’ Prisma is the first and only Greek company as a prominent recognition of development of remote condition monitoring system, a that has been honoured with the gold award advanced tools for the data collection and powerful tool to improve the vessel’s for Industry by CERN, Geneva. Its work has handling towards a greener, safer and more PUT THE FUTURE OF YOUR efficiency and reduce running costs. also been recognised with honours and efficient shipmanagement.” Based on wireless technology, Laros is easy to distinctions from the National Centre of He thanked the Greece-based shipping FLEET IN SAFE HANDS install and cheaper than wired solutions. Scientific Research ‘Demokritos’, the companies that were “pioneers and early Prefecture of Evros, Greece, and the It collects, processes and transmits real-time adaptors of Laros who believed in us and Association of Information Technology data from any type of vessel to office ashore shared their needs”, including Danaos, Delta As your classification partner, our extensive maritime vessels, benefitting your business and the maritime industry Companies of Northern Greece. through a wireless network of smart-sensors, Tankers, Star Bulk, Thenamaris, Tsakos and expertise, technical knowledge and regulatory foresight as a whole. With DNV GL your fleet is in safe hands. providing complete diagnosis, prognosis and The company employs about 50 people, 65% Soloi. will help to ensure that your fleet meets the demands Can you afford anything else? early warnings. of whom hold a higher education degree, and it spends on average 25% of its revenues on Prisma has successfully installed Laros in more of the future. Our aim is safety, compliance and optimal The system assists maritime companies to research and development. than 200 vessels and today it handles more operational performance throughout the lifetime of your Learn more at dnvgl.com/maritime achieve higher efficiency in operation, better than 2m messages every hour, providing environmental protection and compliance, and According to Prisma, Laros took five years and customers with information intelligence to aids dynamic predictive maintenance. more than 200,000 hours of non-stop improve operational efficiency. The tool helps to enhance coordination research, analysis and testing to develop in its between shoreside management and crew and current state. minimise risk of breakdown and the time and Accepting the award on behalf of the board of The Technical Achievement Award was cost of drydockings. directors of Prisma Electronics and the sponsored by DNV GL

GREEK SHIPPING AWARDS 2015 21 The Winners Hellenic Coast Guard and Frontex Winner Are you LNG ready?

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Lloyd’s Register’s marine director Tom Boardley (left) presents the trophies to Vice Admiral Athanasios Athanasopoulos (right), commandant of the Hellenic Coast Guard, and Georgios Vourekas, head of the sea borders sector of Frontex ACHIEVEMENT IN SAFETY OR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

RARE it is for the same Award to go in The urgency and gravity of the Coast Coast Guard would continue to perform its consecutive years to the same winner, but Guard’s operations were underlined by role to the highest standard. “We thank you these are not normal times. almost daily reports and sometimes tragic for the honour. We feel that the shipping The Hellenic Coast Guard won the Award for photographs of hundreds of others who did community is by our side,” he told the Achievement in Safety or Environmental not survive the crossing. audience. Protection for the second straight year, this In total the Coast Guard handled more than Georgios Vourekas, head of the sea borders Image: New LNG fuelled ferry, built by Fincantieri for time sharing it with European border agency 750,000 migrants, mainly refugees from sector of Frontex, also underlined how Frontex. Syria, followed by people from Afghanistan challenging 2015 had been. Société des traversiers du Québec (STQ) to LR class. and Somalia. In 2014 the Coast Guard won for its “The authorities under the co-ordination of multifaceted role in surveilling and patrolling According to Frontex, a total of 885,000 Frontex have rescued from the sea, from the Greece’s 18,400 km of coastline and a sea migrants arrived in the EU via the eastern Mediterranean, 225,000 people from death,” Find out more at www.lr.org/lng area of more than 1.1m sq km. Mediterranean route during the year – over he said. “Unfortunately we lost 3,554 persons The 2015 panel was very specific in choosing five times the number in 2014 which was itself whom we didn’t manage to save. a record year. Most arrived by sea on Greek the force for its huge humanitarian efforts in “This award gives us the courage to continue islands, especially Lesbos. aiding and processing an unprecedented tide our efforts,” said Mr Vourekas. of refugees arriving in Greece after often “Today we are facing challenges that are hazardous crossings of the Aegean from unprecedented for our country, the largest neighbouring Turkey. population shifts since the Second World Working together In the first 10 months or so of 2015, the Coast War,” said Vice Admiral Athanasios for a safer world Guard rescued more than 93,000 refugees, of Athanasopoulos, commandant of the The Award for Achievement in Safety or which 16,500 were infants and children, in Hellenic Coast Guard. Environmental Protection was sponsored by 2,724 search and rescue operations. Accepting the Award, he pledged that the Lloyd’s Register.

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Greek Shipping’s ‘Dinner of 2015’

A performance to help people forget the dry cargo market for one night

ABS hosted the welcome cocktail party: from left: executive vice president Kirsi Tikka, chairman, president & ceo Chris Wiernicki, and regional vice president for eastern Europe, Vassilios Kroustallis From left: Diamantis Manos of Costamare Shipping, Achilleas Event hosts Andriana and Nigel at the Marine Plus table for a ‘video selfie’ - a first Konstantakopoulos of Costamare and Temes, and Dimitris Lemonidis, for the Greek Shipping Awards chairman of Element Shipmanagement

Greetings: Capt Panagiotis Tsakos and Olympian Cousins Odysseas Laskaridis and Suzanna Laskaridi Nikolas Kaklamanakis with Costas Constantinou of Shipowner Victor Restis with wife Corina Synodinou exchange a word Moore Stephens (centre) From left: Dimitris Koukas of Optima Chartering, Byron Vasiliades of the Next Generation Award-winner Maria Angelicoussis (centre), escorted by father John Green Environmental and Energy Network, and leading owner Adam Polemis Angelicoussis and husband Lawrence Frankopan

Quid pro quo: Fergus Gregory (left), Lloyd’s List’s head of advertising and events, presents a special award to DNV GL’s regional manager Ioannis Former shipping minister Miltiadis Varvitsiotis with (left) Mirella Judging panel member Takis Christofides Chiotopoulos for the classification Alexou, communications manager of Aspida and program director of Wista Hellas president Angie Hartmann Appreciation: from left: US state senator Lou (left) of Carriers Chartering with Nicholas G. Moundreas with society’s decade of support for the Emergency Response Centre International, and (right) Lani Fortier of (left) with Seanergy Maritime director The event was hosted by journalists Andriana Raptakis and shipping minister Thodoris Dritsas Goldenport founder Paris Dragnis daughter Natalia Greek Shipping Awards the International Rescue Committee Christina Anagnostara Paraskevopoulou and Nigel Lowry

24 GREEK SHIPPING AWARDS 2015 GREEK SHIPPING AWARDS 2015 25 The Winners The Winners Bureau Veritas Hellas Winner

Bureau Veritas Hellas president and chief executive Lambros A. Chahalis (centre left) receives the Award from representatives of the Tsakos Group - Vasilis Papageorgiou (far left), Panagiotis N. Tsakos (centre right) and Capt Panagiotis Tsakos PIRAEUS INTERNATIONAL CENTRE AWARD

BUREAU Veritas, through its Piraeus-based surpassing the milestone of 100m gt under centres of our parent society worldwide,” said affiliate, became the first classification society class, and Greece now represents 28% of the BV Hellas president and chief executive to win this Award, which has become one of BV-classed fleet worldwide. Lambros Chahalis. the most competitive of the categories Nominations for BV Hellas hailed the society Mr Chahalis attributed the Award to a team comprising the Greek Shipping Awards. for its wide range of expertise that embraced effort from BV’s Piraeus office and the support The French society established its office in the maritime sectors such as liquefied natural gas it had received from the society’s head office. late 1960s and so now has a presence in carriers, offshore units and special purpose BV had, he said, upheld “common values and Greece for well over 40 years. vessels into which Greek shipping has principles for safeguarding property and lives Bureau Veritas Hellas not only provides increasingly diversified in recent years. at sea, without compromising on classification and certification services to It was also singled out for its strong environmental aspects.” shipping and offshore companies but also a expertise in alternative marine fuels, and its variety of testing and certification services for local laboratory for testing and analysis of onshore industries and facilities. fuel oils as well as a range of other In the last three years alone Greece-based commodities and products. shipowners have responded to the society’s BV was commended by many leading upgraded capabilities by entrusting more ships shipowners in the Greek market for the to it, with the result that the number of quality of its customer service. Greek-owned vessels classed by BV rose by “By combining traditional Gallic flair with 24%, or 32% in terms of tonnage. Greek dedication and professional sense of The importance of Greece within the BV duty, BV Hellas has gradually risen - thanks to network is underlined by the fact that the the unceasing efforts of its people - to enjoy a The Piraeus International Centre Award was increase gave a major push to the society predominant position among the 12 marine sponsored by the Tsakos Group.

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Andreas Chrysostomou Winner

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Andreas Chrysostomou (left) is presented with his Award by Stelios Mavrelos, technical director of sponsor Capital Ship Management Corp. INTERNATIONAL PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR

TWICE a candidate nominated by the Republic Marine Environment Protection Committee London as counsellor for maritime affairs and of Cyprus for the position of secretary-general (MEPC) of IMO from 2003 to 2013. alternate permanent representative of Cyprus at the International Maritime Organisation His work as chairman has been universally to IMO, a position he held for 10 years. (IMO), Andreas Chrysostomou was praised in the maritime world. From 1999 to 2003 he chaired IMO’s Design recognised by the jury as a worthy and Equipment Subcommittee until he was International Personality of the Year. The year of 2015 was an important one for the charismatic maritime administrator. elected to head the key MEPC, which he It is not the first time that Mr Chrysostomou chaired for 10 years. has been singled out by the maritime industry Although unsuccessful, he received significant for his skills, knowledge and integrity. support in his candidacy to succeed Koji Beyond his work with IMO he has worked Sekimizu as IMO secretary-general. with other UN agencies such as the Prior to this Award, he received the 2011 International Mobile Satellite Organisation However, that left him free to be confirmed as Award for Outstanding Contribution to where he was twice elected chairman of director of the Cyprus Department of Sustainable Shipping. In November 2011 he its Assembly. was presented with the Distinguished Public Merchant Shipping, the island’s maritime Service Award by the US Department of administration. Mr Chrysostomou has also served as member of the Board of Governors of the World Homeland Security, US Coast Guard, for his Mr Chrysostomou holds an engineering Maritime University and is currently invaluable service to international shipping. degree and a Masters degree in business immediate past president of the Institute of In 2013 he received the GST Award as administration, both from the University of Marine Engineering, Science & Technology. ‘Leading Shipping Personality of the Decade Newcastle upon Tyne in the UK. 2003-2013’. He joined the Cypriot maritime administration Capital Product Partners L.P. Mr Chrysostomou has been a major in 1993 as a marine surveyor and his abilities The International Personality of the Year 3 Iassonos St., Piraeus 18537, Greece, contributor to the legislative landscape of were swiftly noticed. In 1994 he was Award was sponsored by Capital Ship Tel: +30 210 4584950, Fax: +30 210 4284285, today’s shipping industry as chairman of the transferred to the Cyprus High Commission in Management Corp. E-mail: [email protected], www.capitalpplp.com GREEK SHIPPING AWARDS 2015 29 The Winners Capt Dimitrios Tsitsimelis Winner

George A. Tsavliris (right), a principal of Tsavliris Salvage Group, presents the Award to Chrysavgi Travlou-Tsitsimelis, accepting on behalf of her husband Seafarer of the Year 2015: Capt Dimitrios Tsitsimelis SEAFARER OF THE YEAR

ESPECIALLY warm acclaim, reflecting panama bulker to the assistance and, despite He singles out 2013 as a particularly lucky year Greece’s respect for the seafaring profession heavy sea conditions, managed to rescue two that saw him qualify as a master and also his and the crews who man the industry’s ships, Mexican fishermen, a father and son, who had “promotion” as husband. traditionally greets the winner of the ‘Seafarer been adrift for three weeks without power, Capt Tsitsimelis also holds a degree in of the Year’ Award. And 2015 was no food or drinking water. psychological behavioral sciences with a exception. After offering first aid and liaising with the Red specialisation in crisis crowd management. The Award is made on the basis of a short Cross, the Pansolar diverted to Acapulco, the The master’s wife, Chrysavgi Travlou- list of candidates put forward by the nearest port, where the rescued fishermen Tsitsimelis, accepted the Award on his behalf. Panhellenic Seamen’s Federation, with the recovered in hospital. “I am sure my husband would agree that final determination on the winner made by Capt Tsitsimelis, who on awards night was at returning those two men to their family after the judges. sea in command of a kamsarmax bulk carrier being missing for so long, and their gratitude The panel chose as the latest recipient of this for Neda Maritime, told Lloyd’s List: “I come to him, was an award in itself,” she told the prestigious Award 38 year-old Captain from a family with a long tradition in the audience. Tsitsimelis, an Athens-born mariner from a maritime industry both on board and on shore. seafaring family. “My father and my uncles worked for major In January 2015, Capt Tsitsimelis was in Greek and American shipping companies, both command of the Magna Marine bulker cargo shipping and cruise.” Pansolar headed for the Gulf of Mexico when A graduate of the Kesen masters’ and he saw a small craft with a man who seemed officers’ training academy, where he finished to be signaling for help. in the top five in his year, he has already After ascertaining that the craft did not worked for several of Greece’s most The Seafarer of the Year Award was sponsored by threaten his ship’s security, he diverted the respected shipping companies. the Tsavliris Salvage Group.

GREEK SHIPPING AWARDS 2015 31 The Winners University of the Aegean Winner

Antonis Comninos (right), chairman of the Target Marine Group, presents the award to Prof Stefanos Gritzalis, rector of the University of the Aegean ACHIEVEMENT IN EDUCATION OR TRAINING

THE University of the Aegean is a former staging in June of the second European institution, which has 15,000 students among winner of the Piraeus International Centre Conference on Shipping and Intermodalism. 17 departments spread across six islands, Award, but this was the first time it won the Held at the “Maria Tsakos” International Centre including traditional shipping islands, was “a Education Award. for Maritime Research & Tradition, the truly modern university”. The University is spread over several islands conference drew an impressive line-up of Greek Prof Gritzalis said that the university was firmly but the Shipping, Trade and Transport and international experts to Chios. Numerous focused on achieving excellence, international Department, which has been active since 1998, original papers and presentations were delivered standards of operation, and close cooperation is based on Chios. on subjects ranging from bulk shipping, cruise with the business sector. shipping, finance, port challenges and “You already know this well and we thank The department’s curriculum combines performance, supply chains, and intermodality to you,” he told the audience. “The shipping elements of business management and maritime security, smart ships, maritime clusters, administration with shipping, transport ice-class vessels, green shipping, maritime human department of the University of the Aegean in and trade. resources and other topics. Chios continues its rise; the cooperation and the support from the entrepreneurs of the It offers an undergraduate degree as well as a Like many public educational institutions in shipping industry is strengthening its results.” postgraduate programme and scope to Greece the university is facing hardship due to undertake a doctoral thesis. austerity policies. The department, which has ranked as high as fifth globally in maritime research school rankings, was In recent years the ReShip Laboratory has In the words of one of its nominations: “Far attracting international students, while its staff attracted a strong reputation for its research away from Athens, it empowers youngsters to were invited as speakers around the world – in various aspects of shipping and ports, love the sea, feeding them with the values and “against all odds”, said Prof Gritzalis. providing strong support for the precious knowledge of the maritime world”. department’s teaching activities. Accepting the Award, the university’s rector The Award for Achievement in Education or Training A highlight of the year was the successful Professor Stefanos Gritzalis said that the was sponsored by the Target Marine Group.

GREEK SHIPPING AWARDS 2015 33 The Winners ‘Hellas Liberty’ Winner Leading the Maritime Industry Congratulations to those organisations who lead by example, using the GHG Emissions Rating to select the more efficient vessels for charter.

BAERE MARITIME, BHP BILLITON, CANPOTEX, CARGILL, DUBAI SUPPLY AUTHORITY, GREENERGY, HESS, HUDSON SHIPPING LINES, HUNTSMAN, INCITEC PIVOT LIMITED, IXOM,

NIDERA, NOBLE CHARTERING, OLAM, Representing sponsor RightShip, vetting superintendent Mihail Georgiev (left) presents OLIN - BLUE CUBE, PAR PACIFIC - the Award to Capt. Evangelos Kouzilos, president of the Friends of the Liberty Organisation HIE, PTTEP, REFIDOMSA, RIO TINTO, SHIP OF THE YEAR SAUDI ARAMCO PRODUCTS TRADING WHILE the ‘Ship of the Year’ Award usually were an essential building block in the to travel back to a time when navigation COMPANY, SCORPIO GROUP, TARGA recognises recent newbuildings to Greek development of many of Greece’s modern depended mostly on seafaring skills.” owners, the panel of judges exercised its right shipping companies. The nomination paid tribute to those who to recognise a vessel built more than 70 years After the end of the war, the Arthur M. supported the effort, naming shipowners earlier. RESOURCES, THE MOSAIC COMPANY, Huddell was converted to a cable-laying vessel. Spyros Polemis as an initiator of the efforts to The Hellas Liberty, though, is a special case In 1984 it was layed up and remained idle until secure the vessel from the US and Capt and symbolic of the revival of the country’s 2008, when the US government enacted a law Vassilis Constantakopoulos who was UNIPEC UK, Z ENERGY shipping industry after the devastation of the allowing ownership to be transferred to a “instrumental” in the project and provided Second World War. Greek committee, paving the way for the most of the funding. Launched as the SS Arthur M. Huddell, the vessel to be towed to Greece. vessel was built by the St. John’s River The vessel was widely considered to be one Shipbuilding Company in Florida in 1943, one of the three last Liberty ships in existence, of more than 2,700 constructed in the US as albeit in a state of severe decay. part of the wartime effort. After towage across the Atlantic and a two- About 2,500 survived the war and of these 98 year repair and conversion project, the newly- – plus two smaller freighters and seven T-2 named Hellas Liberty was presented to the tankers – were made available to Greek public as a museum ship in the port of Piraeus. shipowners on friendly terms in recognition of According to the nomination, the vessel, the losses suffered by the country’s merchant emblematic of the Libertys that “have a special To find out why the GHG Rating is marine. place in the Greek shipping psyche”, offers used to select 1 in every 5 vessels Hundreds more Libertys came into Greek visitors “an appreciation for the evolution of The Ship of the Year Award was sponsored www.rightship.com/ghgrating hands in the immediate post-war years and the Greek and global maritime industry – and by RightShip.

GREEK SHIPPING AWARDS 2015 35 The Winners Aristidis I. Alafouzos Winner

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Yannis Alafouzos (left) accepts the Award on behalf of his father from Matthew More, business executive of sponsor Marichem Marigases LLOYD’S LIST/PROPELLER CLUB LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

ARISTIDIS Alafouzos, one of the major names By then he had entered the shipping In 1985, he again took advantage of crisis in modern Greek shipping, was chosen by the industry, just when the shipping world was conditions in shipping to enter the tanker panel as the Lifetime Achievement Award- in severe crisis. market, buying 16 tankers at low cost. winner for 2015. He bought his first second-hand ship in 1965 During his career he has ordered more than Born in Oia on the island of Santorini in and by 1967 the fleet consisted of five 100 vessels in British, German, Japanese, 1924, Mr Alafouzos graduated from the secondhand freighters. He established an office Chinese and Korean shipyards, always with National Technical University of Athens as a in London, where he stayed until April 1988. the highest standards. civil engineer. In the late 1960s he ordered ships at shipyards In Greece, Mr Alafouzos is also well known as in the UK, Japan and Germany. At the same proprietor of the venerable daily newspaper marine chemicals•• gases fire, rescue & safety services He founded his first company in 1956 and Kathimerini, which he acquired in 1988. undertook projects such as the First Unit at time, he opened an office in Tokyo reflecting He has been honoured with the ‘Order of the the Ptolemaida Power Plant in northern strong ties he had forged with the Japanese Rising Sun’, by the Emperor of Japan for his Greece, the Mount Parnes hotel, the Astir market. He also had offices in Moscow. longstanding contribution to Greek-Japanese hotel complex at Vouliagmeni and major In 1974 he ordered two ore-bulk-oil carriers economic ties. infrastructure projects in the Axios and of 140,000 dwt each from Ishikawajima- Nestos river valleys. Harima Heavy Industries, in a joint venture He has also been awarded the honorary title of with K-Line. ‘Friendship Ambassador’ for his contribution to The company continued operating until the relations between China and Greece. late 1960s, when Mr Alafouzos stopped Mr Alafouzos established Glafki (Hellas) working as a civil engineer. During the military Maritime and Kyklades Maritime which have The Lloyd’s List /Propeller Club Lifetime dictatorship of 1967-1974 he did not been among the biggest Greek shipping Achievement Award was sponsored by undertake any projects and left Greece. groups and supporters of the Greek flag. Marichem Marigases

GREEK SHIPPING AWARDS 2015 37 The Winners Danaos Management Consultants / Danaos Shipping Winners

Alan Carney (centre), chief executive of Venturi Fleet Management, presents the trophies to Danaos Management Consultants’ Dimitrios Theodossiou (right) and Dimitrios Vastarouchas of Danaos Shipping LLOYD’S LIST INTELLIGENCE BIG DATA AWARD

DANAOS Management Consultants and efficiency, improved fleet utilisation, format, the voracity or where this information Danaos Shipping Co. emerged as the inaugural effective management, environmental is coming from,” he said. winners of the Lloyd’s List Intelligence Big protection and statutory compliance. “I would like to thank Danaos Management Data Award, being offered for the first time at The LLI judges were unanimous in picking Consultants for their cooperation and the the Greek Shipping Awards. Danaos and believed the system excellent platform provided to us enabling us The new Award recognises the increasing use exemplified how multiple data sources to materialise our dreams, thoughts and of big data in shipping and its potential to collected on board ships, from bridge plans,” said Dimitrios Vastarouchas, deputy transform the industry, from timely insights equipment to sensors, could be pulled operating officer of Danaos Shipping. drawn from real-time monitoring and together with wider market information to forecasting of events to improved deliver a range of products that could help He also thanked Prisma Electronics – management of performance and risk. streamline fleet efficiency for shipowners winner of the Technical Achievement Award The Award was judged by a special panel of and operators. for 2015 – for their reliable data acquisition industry experts drawn from LLI. The variety of options available to users to system, and the management of publicly- listed containership owner Danaos Danaos won for its ‘Waves’ Fleet improve operational performance and the big- Corporation “for their continuous support Performance System that applies big data picture approach of Danaos were praised. and strong belief in this idea.” analytics with the aim of improving overall Waves was conceived to integrate and fleet efficiency throughout the complete life analyse all corporate information in order to cycle of the vessel. give the big picture, said Danaos The system reflects the developers’ belief Management Consultants managing director that to “reflect on the past, respond to the Dimitrios Theodossiou. present and prepare for the future” is key “When we say all corporate information we The LLI Big Data Award was sponsored by to achieving the various goals of technical mean all information no matter the size, Venturi Fleet Management.

GREEK SHIPPING AWARDS 2015 39 The Winners Maria Angelicoussis Winner

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the Republic Maria Angelicoussis (left) accepts her Award from Theofilos Xenakoudis, director, worldwide business operations, IRI/Marshall Islands Registry of the Marshall Islands is the NEXT GENERATION flag of choice for some of SHIPPING AWARD THERE were a number of exciting “This recognition gives me confidence in being “Years ago I once heard my father say that he the world’s candidates for the very first ‘Next able to grow the Angelicoussis Group and to was simply the conductor of a very good Generation Award’, offered for personalities hopefully make a meaningful contribution to orchestra, and I think this rings true. aged 35 or younger. top shipping the shipping industry in the future,” said Ms “We are surrounded by a team of highly Maria Angelicoussis, however, stood out in Angelicoussis in her acceptance speech. professional and loyal people both on our companies the judges’ eyes for successfully taking on “In the beginning I found the transition vessels and ashore and so while this award is the challenge of managing one of the world’s challenging to say the least and I owe it to my given to me personally I would like to accept largest and most respected family-controlled father that I am still here and here to stay. it on behalf of every single person within our shipping groups. organisation.” “Not only did he invest so much time and Ms Angelicoussis is the only child of John and effort to teach me how this industry works, Elizabeth Angelicoussis. She graduated in but he also gave me the freedom from the medicine from Cambridge University and very beginning to learn my own way whilst Scan with smartphone. worked for two years as a hospital doctor in guiding me and trying to pass on the the UK before joining the Angelicoussis knowledge and wisdom he has acquired Shipping Group full-time in 2009. from his many years experience,” she said. Today she is heavily involved in all major “He allowed me to make my own mistakes - investment decisions and is responsible for the as long as I learned from them, of course.” daily operations of all three management International Registries, Inc. companies making up the group - Anangel Ms Angelicoussis told the audience that the in affiliation with the Marshall Islands Maritime people within the group who had been & Corporate Administrators Maritime, Maran Tankers Maritime and Maran Gas Maritime – for the group’s activities in the “patient and willing to teach her” had been The Next Generation Shipping Award was tel: +30 210 4293 223 dry bulk, tanker and LNG sectors. equally important. sponsored by IRI/Marshall Islands Registry. [email protected] GREEK SHIPPING AWARDS 2015 41 www.register-iri.com The Winners Nikolas P. Tsakos Winner

Dimitris Vranopoulos (left), managing director of sponsor Marine Plus S.A., presents the trophy to Nikolas P. Tsakos GREEK SHIPPING NEWSMAKER OF THE YEAR

NIKOLAS Tsakos was an obvious candidate for issues of interest that matter to the TEN, the acronym it is popularly known by, the 2015 Newsmaker of the Year Award. The membership, in addition to its well-established has responded to improved market conditions category is always decided directly by Lloyd’s focus on regulatory matters. for tankers by expanding its fleet. List, not by our independent judging panel. A performance database tracking charterers’ In 2015 it acquired two very large crude Mr Tsakos was elected chairman of the freight and demurrage payments, for example, carrier newbuildings from hedge fund York independent tanker owners’ association has gained impetus under his chairmanship. Capital Management, for delivery in 2016. It Intertanko in late 2014 and he has already The ability of Intertanko to swiftly propose also purchased two modern suezmaxes. left his mark. new charter party clauses in response to The acquisitions came soon after a series of specific incidents is at a new peak on his He also caught the eye through leadership of a nine aframaxes under construction for long- watch, as exemplified by its response to the major company that is active in a sector of term charter to Statoil and two long-range- 2015 Nigerian tanker ban. shipping that is offering encouragement to one product tankers that were also ordered shipowners. Mr Tsakos has not shrunk from using his on the strength of charters to an oil company. position to urge other owners to refrain As the new chairman of Intertanko, whose The company has been faithful to its leader’s from speculative newbuilding ordering so as membership represents about 270m dwt of word, avoiding speculative orders and basing to prolong for as long as possible the tanker capacity, Mr Tsakos is said to have its growth on acquiring existing capacity and healthy balance in which the tanker market brought a major tanker owner’s perspective only ordering against guaranteed employment. now finds itself. and commitment to the association’s work. While Intertanko nowadays takes a He supported the embrace of gas carrier significant amount of Mr Tsakos’ time, he owners as equal members. combines it with being chief executive of According to insiders, he has also nudged the New York-listed Tsakos Energy Navigation, The Newsmaker of the Year Award was association to embrace more commercial which he launched in 1993. sponsored by Marine Plus S.A.

GREEK SHIPPING AWARDS 2015 43 The Winners George M. Logothetis Winner

Nicholas Georgiou (left), chief operating officer of Lomar Shipping, accepts the Award on behalf of George M. Logothetis from Andy Georgiou, head of shipping coverage for the Royal Bank of Scotland GREEK SHIPPING PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR

FEW entrepreneurs are more passionate containership sector, although it also has transfer of advanced biomedical expertise about Greece than George M. Logothetis tankers and bulkers among its current to Greece. even though he is mainly based in New fleet of 75 vessels. Congratulations to While he could not attend the Awards York. Mr Logothetis was named by Fortune dinner, Mr Logothetis addressed the From a longstanding shipping family, Mr magazine in 2014 as one of its “40 under 40”. gathering with a video message. Logothetis joined the family’s shipping firm George M Logothetis The international shipowner and businessman Lomar Shipping in 1993 and by 1995 was “My family had humble beginnings in the was chosen by the Greek Shipping Awards leading the business at the age of 19. shipping industry so I accept this award on panel also for his philanthropy and his behalf of three generations who have As founding chairman and chief executive of advocacy for Greece, as well as for being a worked hard and battled seemingly the Libra Group, established in 2003, he has major investor in the country. impossible challenges to seize the diversified the business in fields such as aviation, real estate, hotels and renewable Just some of his initiatives include co-founding opportunity and to create the business that energy, often sending Lomar’s shipping the Hellenic Initiative and creating the Hellenic we have today,” he said. people around the world to start new Entrepreneurship Award. “Our family will always have shipping at its companies in such new sectors of business. Libra’s Global Internship Programme and the soul,” said Mr Logothetis. “We are proud of Between 2004 and 2007, Lomar sold a total Libra Fellowship Programme funding 25 MBA the past, a little bit worried about the present, of 67 vessels – only to reinvest in the students each year in Athens are also shining but excited about the future.” Greek Shipping Personality market in 2009 and the ensuing years with examples of corporate activity helping to close to 100 acquisitions and orders to date, counteract the human toll taken by the Greek of the Year for an investment of more than $1bn. economic crisis. In shipping 2015 was a very active year Another programme has been set up with The Greek Shipping Personality of the Year Award for Lomar, especially expanding in the the prestigious John Hopkins University for was sponsored by the Royal Bank of Scotland.

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WINNER Anthony Papadimitriou, Onassis Foundation: “It has been a good year to be a tanker What they said... company. During these 40 years plus another 40 years before them we always were a tanker company and we hope to continue remaining a tanker company.” GUEST Nikolas Kaklamanakis: “The sail is my emotion and the rudder is my logic. One without the other takes PRESENTER you nowhere.” Richard Meade, Lloyd’s List: “A very important evening for Lloyd’s List and I hope a very important evening for you all here. This really is a spectacular event.”

SPONSOR Alan Carney, Venturi Fleet Management: “Greek shipping is rightly famous for the flair it brings to ship management, but especially in WINNER Serafeim Katsikas, hard times like these sometimes flair is not Prisma Electronics: enough; it has to be enhanced by up-to-date “I wish to dedicate this award to the memory information, hard data and reliable intelligence.” of my beloved mother who passed away last 1604_Argo_Oil_13x185.pdf 1 10/2/2016 11:36:55 πμ summer but is always in my heart.”

WINNER Melina Travlos, Neptune Lines: “My acceptance of this award would not be GUEST Lani Fortier, ARGO S.A. Greek Oil Company complete without paying tribute to the gallant International Rescue Committee: man who has made this milestone a reality, Nikos Travlos, my father and founder of “What we are witnessing here is an exodus Neptune Lines. I dedicate it to his memory. and the response to this needs to match the He was a man of vision, a pioneer who saw an reality.” opportunity in a non-traditional sector of dry cargo and succeeded.” C Bunkers M

Y WINNER Andreas Chrysostomou, Cyprus WINNER CM & Lubricants Department of Merchant Shipping: Chrysavgi Travlou-Tsitsimelis: MY in the heart of the Aegean “They say behind a successful man there is “I can’t help but be proud that I married a CY always a powerful woman… In my case I am captain of the Hellenic Merchant Marine and single, but behind me is a whole department of I am also proud that in this difficult period CMY merchant shipping and maritime administration when Greece is being accused from all sides K of Cyprus and I dedicate this award to my that my husband is out there continuing the colleagues back in Cyprus.” glorious history of our seafaring country.” Kalymnos SPONSOR Theofilos Xenakoudis, SPONSOR All Weather, Marshall Islands Registry: Capt. Panagiotis Tsakos: “I am very delighted that I am presenting this “I wish to thank you all for your patience All Grades, All Times Next Generation Shipping Award tonight since and for keeping so quiet to listen to me. [email protected] I am turning 40 years old in two weeks’ time Thank you very much.” www.argo-oil.gr (atdnshinc) so I guess I will be considered part of the old generation soon.”

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(Pictured left to right): Capt. John Halas, Nikolas P. Tsakos, Prof. Helen Thanopoulou, Nigel Lowry, Charalampos Simantonis, Nicolas A. Tsavliris, George Gratsos, John Platsidakis, Takis Christofides, John Coustas

2015 JUDGING PANEL ‘Dream team’ of 2015 In alphabetical order: Takis Christofides President of the Greek Shipping- features fresh faces Shipbroking Companies Association John Coustas Chairman of Helmepa LLOYD’S List and the Greek Shipping Awards president of the Hellenic Shortsea Shipowners team cannot help but take every opportunity Association; Prof Helen Thanopoulou, head of George Gratsos to thank the judges who offer great service to the Department of Shipping, Trade and President of the Hellenic Chamber of the awards each year. Transport, University of the Aegean; and Shipping Intertanko chairman Nikolas P. Tsakos. Capt. John Halas No matter how glittering an event is organised to provide the perfect occasion to Three more familiar faces on the panel had General Secretary of the Panhellenic recognise the best of the best in Greek each served once before – Helmepa chairman Seamen’s Federation shipping, the credibility of the decision-making John Coustas; Intercargo chairman John Nigel Lowry process behind the scenes is of paramount Platsidakis; and Nicolas A. Tsavliris, chairman Athens Correspondent of Lloyd’s List importance to the prestige of the prizes. of the Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers John Platsidakis (Greece Branch). The organisers’ policy is to try to refresh the Chairman of Intercargo line-up of the adjudication panel from year to They joined panel ‘regulars’ Capt John Halas Charalampos Simantonis year but to maintain a mix of industry leaders of the Panhellenic Seamen’s Federation, President of the Hellenic Shortsea and experts in the sector that will be broadly Hellenic Chamber of Shipping president Shipowners Association representative of the wider Greek maritime George Gratsos, and Lloyd’s List’s Nigel Prof. Helen Thanopoulou community. Lowry. Head of the Department of Shipping, The prestige of the judges has been a feature The panel put its collective knowledge and Trade and Transport, University of of the Greek Shipping Awards and we were wisdom to good use in choosing the winners the Aegean again fortunate to have a panel for 2015 that in 15 of the 17 award categories, based on Nikolas P. Tsakos could scarcely have been bettered. written nominations received by the deadline. Chairman of Intertanko Four fresh faces joined the panel for the first The two exceptions were the LLI Big Data Nicolas A. Tsavliris time – Takis Christofides, president of the Award and the Newsmaker of the Year Chairman of the Institute of Chartered Greek Shipping –Shipbroking Companies Award, which were decided respectively by Shipbrokers (Greece Branch) Association; Charalampos Simantonis, LLI experts and Lloyd’s List editorial staff.

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