Greek Shipping Hall of Fame 2022

GREEK SHIPPING HALL OF FAME ATHENS 2022

INDUCTION CEREMONY & DINNER

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Greek Shipping Hall of Fame 15 years / 10 years of events: A Hall of Fame ‘Archimède’ Hourglass presented at the 2016 Induction Ceremony.

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INTRODUCTION – FAMOUS FIRST WORDS

The Greek Shipping Hall of Fame began life 15 years ago as an idea. The first four Inductees were unveiled later the same year, chosen by a 10-person jury representing the industry.

That was how the first 15 Inductees were elected. From the start, we planned a more public presence for the Hall of Fame. We also wanted to give more people in the contemporary Greek shipping community a say in deciding who should be singled out from the annals of the industry for acclaim as one of the “greats”.

These goals were achieved in 2012, when the Greek Shipping Hall of Fame was established as a completely independent entity, and its newly-formed Academy, initially of 200 members, voted for the Inductees of that year. In April 2013 the public inauguration took place. Our website went live the same evening.

The launch event was blessed with a stirring Inauguration Speech by Efthimios Mitropoulos, Secretary General Emeritus of the International Maritime Organization who has since remained close to us as a member of our advisory board.

“As Heroditus, another great Greek, urged us thousands of years ago, ‘great and marvelous deeds [and consequently their creators] must not be forgotten with the passing of time,’” he said that evening. According to Admiral Mitropoulos: “These Greeks, such Greeks, had

to find a home somewhere… as an example for their compatriots of today and as a guiding light to the next generations – for the present Greeks to remember them and future Greeks to learn from them and admire them.”

Since then the Academy has grown to 300 members and they are the ones who elect our Inductees, through on-line voting that is supervised by international auditor Deloitte.

With the addition of the 2021 Inductees, the Hall of Fame now has 36 historic personalities ranging from the 19th century almost to the present day.

Despite the advantage of being virtual, our Hall of Fame still has less than half the number of French national heroes whose remains have been transferred to the Paris Panthéon, France’s highest honour. The Forum of Augustus in Rome was inaugurated in the year 2BC and has been called the first hall of fame. It included 108 statues of great men of Rome’s past, with inscriptions of their achievements, invariably of a political or military nature. Sporting halls of fame have done a lot to popularise the concept for our times. One of the first, the Baseball Hall of Fame, established in 1936 to celebrate America’s national sport, currently has 340 elected members. At the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the number of Inductees has now topped 350.

Having 36 Inductees at this stage of our existence is an impressive number, given that Greek shipping even today is overwhelmingly private business activity. A common dispute is whether the Hall of Fame is casting its net too wide or if too many worthy candidates are currently shut out. Such debates go on internally, too, not least among the six highlyknowledgeable members of our advisory board that serves as a pipeline for many of the nominations.

We asked two of them – longstanding Greek Shipping Co-operation Committee Chairman Haralambos Fafalios and internationallyrenowned maritime historian Gelina Harlaftis - to provide a few words for this introduction.

“Over the last 100 years, Greek shipping has produced many memorable and deserving individuals who have left an indelible image on the maritime stage,” wrote Mr Fafalios. “As many were pioneers, we have recognised a large number of them especially from 1945 to 1973, but since then the ranks of the truly great entrepreneurs and shipowners are fewer.”

Given that a core pantheon is already in place, Mr Fafalios is understandably concerned that the honour should not be diluted. A more “selective” approach could include a more glacial pace of one new Inductee annually rather than galloping forward with two per year as we are doing now.

Admitting to being “somewhat old-fashioned” in setting high standards of greatness for induction into the Hall of Fame, Mr Fafalios was also in favour of the advisory board being empowered “to occasionally veto the choice of candidates so as not to cheapen the brand.”

Equally passionate, Ms Harlaftis argues that the foundations for Greek shipping’s rise lie in the 19th and first half of the 20th century. “Who we are today in shipping has been sculpted by our visionary, hard-working and daring ancestors,” she wrote. “However, the history of Greek-owned shipping does not start with the generation of our fathers or even grandfathers. It goes back six-seven-eight not forget who brought us here. We must not limit ourselves to honour just those that we remember, but also those before, whom we have forgotten.”

When it comes to electing Inductees to the Hall of Fame, there may be a bias towards families still in the shipping business today. But, asks Ms Harlaftis, “are we to forget those that had no families to continue or stopped their business a few decades ago?” She summons up dozens of names from the 1830s to the 1940s who, she says, would not disgrace the pantheon.

According to Ms Harlaftis, “the Hall of Fame honours the people that brought Greek-owned shipping to the top; it nurtures and guards the memory of Greek maritime culture. And it knows very well that the people who honour their past are those who honour their culture.”

The Greek Shipping Hall of Fame provides a space for constant debate about which achievements are to be cherished most as we compare the past with the present, and which values are likely to serve us well in the future.

Like any Hall of Fame, recognising the industry’s finest is a core mission. Beyond the individuals, though, Greek shipping’s story is a uniquely coherent and dramatic one that deserves to be better known. It continues to this day without any real sign that it is running out of steam and the Hall of Fame intends to be there for the long haul.

Thank you to everyone who has supported our project on its journey so far.

ABS AND GREECE OUR ROOTS RUN DEEP

CO-LEAD SPONSOR – ABS

ABS, a leading international classification society, is guided by its mission to promote security of life, property, and the natural environment.

ABS has a long and proud association with the Greek ship owning community and continues to support its current fleet and future fleet development. As the Greek fleet has expanded and diversified, ABS has continued to expand and develop its services to Greek shipowners.

Against challenging global headwinds, Greek shipping continues to prosper and grow in tandem with ABS.

This legacy of achievement is built on the shoulders of giants and the Greek Shipping Hall of Fame gives us an opportunity to come together to celebrate their triumphs.

ABS is proud to have worked with many of these inspirational figures over the decades. And today, as everything in our industry appears to be in a state of dynamic change, one thing remains constant; the global success story that is Greek shipping and its enduring relationship with ABS.

Christopher J. Wiernicki Chairman, President and CEO ABS

In 2017, ABS established its Global Ship Systems Center in Athens, a state-of-theart facility that provides holistic systems engineering for enhanced technical applications and industry rules advancement.

ABS has also recently opened a Global Sustainability Center of Excellence in Athens focused on vessel performance and efficiency.

Greek shipping operations are supported through the local Athens office, as well as a global network of surveyors, engineers, researchers, and regulatory specialists who work in more than 200 offices in 70 countries around the world.

Co-Lead Sponsor – IRI / The Marshall Islands Registry

International Registries, Inc., and its affiliates (IRI) provide administrative and technical support to the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) Maritime and Corporate Registries.

The RMI Registry is one of the leading registries in the world surpassing 191 million gross tons with 5,178 vessels at the end of April 2022.

IRI/The Marshall Islands Registry is pleased to continue our support for the Greek Shipping Hall of Fame to celebrate and honour those who have led the way in Greek shipping.

As we all experience transition in sustainable shipping practices, implementing and developing advanced technologies to achieve compliance goals, IRI is collaborating with industry partners, stakeholders, and clients to ensure a sustainable and strong future.

Internationally recognized as a leader in port state compliance and for its outstanding customer service, the Marshall Islands Registry is proud to remain a foreign flag of choice for Greek owners.

Theo Xenakoudis Chief Commercial Officer Managing Director – Piraeus, Greece International Registries, Inc.

IRI has a network of 28 worldwide offices located in major shipping and financial centres that have the ability to register a vessel or yacht, including those under construction, record a mortgage or financing charter, incorporate a company, issue seafarer documentation, and service clientele.

The most important asset to the RMI Registry is its customers, and IRI strives to provide them with full service from any office, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

CO-LEAD SPONSOR – SWS

Founded in 1999, Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. (SWS) is a subsidiary of CSSC Holding Ltd., a publicly listed company controlled by China State Shipbuilding Corporation Ltd. (CSSC). SWS is among the largest, most modern, and professional shipbuilders in the world.

SWS is honoured to continue its support for the Greek Shipping Hall of Fame. We hold the inspirational Inductees in the highest regard, and we continue to learn from and gain inspiration from their remarkable stories: their vision, hard work, and leadership have helped to shape this tremendous industry.

The Inductees’ innovative spirit continues to encourage my colleagues and I to fulfill our mission; to embrace the ocean and create values for a better life and a bright future. Together with our global partners we continue to work towards a low-carbon, green, smart, and sustainable shipping industry.

Wang Qi Chairman

Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding Co. Ltd

SWS’s main business covers design and construction of marine vessels and offshore products. SWS builds bulk carriers, oil tankers, container vessels and gas carriers.

The company has delivered 16% of the world fleet of capesize bulk carriers including the world’s first dual-fuel LNG Newcastlemax and 9% of all VLCCs. SWS also has expertise as a builder of medium and ultra large container vessels. Currently SWS has the world’s largest orderbook for 7,000 TEU container vessels.

The SWS production line also includes FPSO units, deepwater semi-submersible drilling rigs, jack-ups, and PSVs. The first large cruise ship in China is designed and constructed by SWS.

WELCOME DRINKS SPONSOR – TMS GROUP

and raw material prices, has created very challenging conditions that our industry has to navigate through.

Disruptions however will create opportunities and freight markets seem robust for at least the near and mid-term. While prudency should always be at the back of everyone’s mind, with hard work, we continue to evolve and succeed.

It has been over two years since the pandemic emerged and the planet still faces unprecedented challenges in an ever-changing environment.

Despite the massive vaccination programme rolled out over the last year, new variants emerged leading to new lockdowns that sustain disruptions to production and the global supply chain, and bottlenecks at main ports and canals continue. These have affected the shipping industry in many ways, raising the complications and costs of shipping to historically high levels. Furthermore, the war in Ukraine is also disrupting the global trading patterns in a scale that is yet to be formed, altering the flow of commodities in both dry bulk and wet trades.

The above, combined with the upcoming environmental regulations, in an unpredictable global economic environment, increased energy

George Economou TMS Group

TMS activities range from ship owning, ship management and trading in most shipping segments including dry bulk carriers, oil and product tankers, and LNG carriers.

The ship management activities provide employment for more than 400 people onshore in Greece and abroad and more than 5,500 seafarers.

We take great pride in the expertise we have developed over the years applying the highest technical and maintenance standards applicable.

DINNER SPONSOR – NAVIOS GROUP

Navios Group is a group of public and private companies which operate in the dry bulk, tanker, container, and logistics industries.

The Navios Group is one of the largest USlisted shipping entities with two companies traded on the New York Stock Exchange (Navios Maritime Holdings Inc. (NYSE: NM) and Navios Maritime Partners L.P. (NYSE: NMM).

We find ourselves at the crossroads of historical events. With war ravaging Ukraine, inflation on the rise, Covid still causing disruption and pain for much of the world, we add the challenge of decarbonising the shipping industry.

In these trying circumstances, shipping must continue to serve as the backbone of the transportation system for much of the worlds’ grain and mineral commodities. We feed people and keep them warm. We need to do this regardless.

Our maritime community lives and works in an increasingly complex environment. We believe that the good work of the excellent people at Navios and other companies allows us all to innovate and overcome this difficult environment.

Angeliki Frangou Chairwoman and Chief Executive Officer Navios

The Group also includes Navios South American Logistics Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Navios Maritime Holdings Inc., one of the largest logistics companies in the Hidrovia region of South America.

For over 60 years, Navios has developed scale and expertise through managing a fleet of approximately 200 vessels. Since 2005, the Navios Group has seen fleet capacity grow by almost 1,000%.

AFTER-DINNER DIGESTIFS – THE TSAKOS GROUP

The Tsakos family originates from the Greek island of Chios and can trace its involvement in shipping to the 19th century.

As a shipping group that has been active now for more than half a century, we are proud to be part of a Greek national shipping tradition that has stood the test of time.

In the knowhow, dedication and service of our people, and our adaptation to the changing demands of the times, we salute the Inductees in the Greek Shipping Hall of Fame as forerunners and kindred spirits. Indeed, many of the personalities recognised by the Hall of Fame were known personally to our family.

The Tsakos Group is therefore delighted to support this year’s Greek Shipping Hall of Fame anniversary event and to offer a touch of Chios to the proceedings!

Nikolas P. Tsakos CEO and President Tsakos Energy Navigation

Founded by Captain Panagiotis Tsakos in 1970, the Tsakos Group has its headquarters in Athens and a global presence from the Americas to the Far East. It is one of the world’s largest shipping companies, operating approximately 100 vessels of 10 million dwt. In 1993 Tsakos Energy Navigation Ltd (TEN) was founded by Nikolas P. Tsakos with a public listing on the Oslo Stock Exchange and subsequently in 2002 a listing on the New York Stock Exchange.

Established in 2013, the Tsakos Group’s state-of-the-art interactive Maritime Training Centre is a source of pride. The Group’s sensitivity towards social responsibility is channelled through the Maria Tsakos Foundation in Uruguay and Greece and the International Centre for Maritime Research and Tradition in Chios, also named after the late Maria P. Tsakos.

More recently, in 2018, the Group has opened the Tsakos Enhanced Education Nautical School (TEENS) in Chios with the vision of establishing it as a centre of educational excellence and seamanship.

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Ecali Club has been the ultimate destination for relaxation, fun, creativity and physical activity since 1971, where its Members create life bonds by sharing personal moments. Ecali Club is a state-of-the-art business hub that attracts executives from the most dynamic Greek and international companies.

A shining example for business networking, an epitome of attraction for entrepreneurs and executives involved in defining worlds business evolutions.

FOUNDATION SUPPORTERS

Allseas Marine S.A.

Almi Tankers S.A.

Alpha Bulkers Shipmanagement Inc.

Angelicoussis Shipping Group Limited

Arcadia Shipmanagement Co. Ltd.

Capital Ship Management Corp.

Cardiff Marine Inc.

Ceres Shipping Ltd.

Chartworld Shipping Corporation

Costamare Inc.

Cyprus Sea Lines Co. Ltd

Delta Tankers Ltd

Dorian LPG

Empire Navigation Inc.

Enterprises Shipping & Trading S.A.

European Navigation Inc.

M/Maritime

Navios Maritime Holdings Inc.

Olympic Shipping and Management S.A.

Phoenix Energy Navigation S.A.

Safe Bulkers, Inc.

Seanergy Maritime

Target Marine S.A.

The Taskos Group

Tsavliris Salvage Group

Vafias Group

A DECADE DELIVERING THE HALL OF FAME

Live

Relive with us over the next few pages the last decade of events through just some of our favourite pictures of moments and personalities that made each one special.

2013

The Greek Shipping Hall of Fame was established in 2007 and by the time of the

public launch in April 2013, there were already 18 Inductees. The Inauguration was held at the Megaron, the Athens Concert Hall and our website went ‘live’ the same evening. Shipping minister Kostis Mousouroulis spoke and the official Inauguration Speech was delivered by Efthimios Mitropoulos, Secretary General Emeritus of the International Maritime Organization.

MOMENTS AND MEMORIES

Given the importance of London to the development of Greek shipping in the 20th century, it felt right that the Hall of Fame’s second event should take place there. It was held in March 2014 at the Park Lane Hotel, a monument to the art deco style, in London’s most prestigious ballroom of the 1920s and ‘30s, a formative period for Greek shipping.

The event was supported by the Greek Shipping Co-operation Committee and marked our first donation to Hellenic Hope. Stathes Kulukundis gave a ’15 Minutes of Fame’ speech.

A DECADE DELIVERING THE HALL OF FAME

Live

Back in Greece, the annual Induction Ceremony & Dinner for 2015 was held at the Athens Hilton.

A highlight was Ukrainian artist Kseniya Simonova’s stunning sand animation film depicting Greek shipping history, made specially for the Hall of Fame. Kseniya, who won the TV talent contest Ukraine’s Got Talent in 2009, later became world-famous and

an internet-sensation after her sand-art performances thrilled judges in the international champions’ editions of both America’s Got Talent and Britain’s Got Talent.

Greek shipping legend Gregory

2015

Hadjieleftheriadis was guest of honour and gave the ’15 Minutes of Fame’ speech.

MOMENTS AND MEMORIES

We returned to the banqueting suite of the Megaron for the first time since the Inauguration and the venue has become the traditional home of the annual event. Among the highlights of the event, the Hall of Fame honoured a special friend, Dutch philhellene Cees van Noort (1947-2021) who became a devotee of Greek shipping through his work

as an officer of the Rotterdam Port Authority. He began taking photographs at 19 and over nearly a half-century took photos of thousands of Greek vessels. In 2016 the Hall of Fame acquired the collection and that year’s event featured many of the pictures in the VanNoort Collection, which we maintain to this day in his memory.

A DECADE DELIVERING THE HALL OF FAME

Live

The 2017 Induction Ceremony & Dinner offered something a bit different and ramped up our support for Hellenic Hope. ‘Hollywood At Sea’, an after-dinner auction of four

original costume designs sketched for major Hollywood productions with a maritime flavor, including Waterworld and Titanic, helped the event raise about €50,000 for the charity.

2017

MOMENTS AND MEMORIES

A packed 2018 event heard Spyros M. Polemis, former chairman of the International Chamber of Shipping, deliver a ’15 Minutes of Fame’ speech discussing the maritime legacy bequeathed by ancient Greece to modern times.

Our donation to Hellenic Hope was presented by internationally-renowned classical crossover singing star Mario Frangoulis, who also performed his song ‘Himself as a child’.

2018

A DECADE DELIVERING THE HALL OF FAME

Live

Once again excellently hosted by broadcaster Maria Vassara of Aenaftes, who has been master of ceremonies at six of the Hall of Fame events, the 2019 edition included a tribute to the delightful watercolour portraits of ships by Manuel Kulukundis, one of the

first four legends of Greek shipping inducted into the Hall of Fame back in 2007. Including proceeds from an auction of four Kulukundis

‘originals’, the event raised €44,000 for Hellenic Hope.

2019

MOMENTS AND MEMORIES

In 2020, like most other public gatherings, the Induction Ceremony & Dinner could not shake off the Covid-19 pandemic and so was reimagined as an online event instead. For us, it was an opportunity to bring the story of

modern Greek shipping to a wider audience and more than 2,600 viewers watched the production on YouTube. The documentaryevent was hosted from the deck of Hellas Liberty in the port of Piraeus.

2020

A DECADE DELIVERING THE HALL OF FAME

Live

Freedom! With the world taking uncertain steps out of lockdown, we were able to finally deliver – after some rescheduling – a successful in-person Induction Ceremony 2021 in September.  For the first time, it was an outdoor dinner, held in the Atrium of the Muses courtyard of Megaron, the Athens Concert Hall. For many guests, it

was a first, precious opportunity to socialise at a major event for at least 18 months. The event celebrated 200 years of Greek freedom through a maritime lens, from the war of independence that broke out against the Ottoman Empire in 1821.

2021

IT’S WHAT UNITES US

WE SHARE YOUR DRIVE TO LEAVE THE MARITIME WORLD IN A BETTER PLACE THAN WE FOUND IT.

It’s what unites us; our passion for the oceans and our desire to not just protect our seas, but to shape a better maritime world for future generations.

Learn more at marine-offshore.bureauveritas.com

Shaping a better maritime world.

PREMIUM SPONSOR – BUREAU VERITAS

Bureau Veritas is a world leader in laboratory testing, inspection, and certification services. Created in 1828, the Group has 75,000 employees located in more than 1,600 offices and laboratories around the globe.

Hellenic shipping is known all over the world for its vitality, its technical and commercial expertise, and its acumen. The knowhow, dedication, leadership, and ambition of the industry are worthy of celebration.

Ships and shipping are important and Greek shipowners are so often at the very forefront of achievement in our vital industry, a fact that today is as true as ever. Bureau Veritas, therefore, has great pleasure in supporting, once again, the Greek Shipping Hall of Fame, an organisation that honours some of the most significant protagonists of Greek shipping who have led by example at a national and global level.

Paillette Palaiologou Vice President Marine & Offshore Division South-East Europe, Black Sea & Adriatic Zone Bureau Veritas

Bureau Veritas helps its clients improve their performance by offering services and innovative solutions in order to ensure that their assets, products, infrastructure, and processes meet standards and regulations in terms of quality, health and safety, environmental protection, and social responsibility.

Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore is a worldleading classification society with more than 190 years of expertise. We provide support and in-depth knowledge to protect people, ships, and offshore structures, going beyond the scope of individual projects to find new ways to anticipate and manage risk across the industry, promoting safety and health, and protecting the marine environment. We work with the industry to support innovation via new rules and tools.

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PREMIUM SPONSOR – CITI PRIVATE BANK

Citi Private Bank is one of the world’s fastest growing private banks; dedicated to serving worldly and wealthy individuals and families, providing customised private banking across borders.

With a network spanning 162 countries and jurisdictions across six continents, Citi serves over one hundred million consumers and an institutional client base of around 13,000.

We are delighted to sponsor this unique event once again.  The Greek Shipping Hall of Fame continues to be a powerful recognition of the Greek shipping industry’s determinant role for Greece and globally over centuries, and we are honoured to be its partner.

Citi has been in Greece for 57 years. Our relationship with Greek shipping dates back to 1948 when Citi financed Greece’s first super tankers and has flourished since. We are very proud of this legacy.

We remain strongly committed to Greece and to creatively serving our clients particularly against a global economic backdrop now marked by supply challenges, war, global security concerns, market volatility and spiralling inflation.

Dimitri Andreadakis Managing Director, Country Head – Greece Citi Private Bank

Citi Private Bank helps clients grow and preserve wealth, finance assets, make cash work harder, preserve legacies, and serve family and family business needs through objective advice and a truly open architecture investment platform.

The firm offers clients products and services covering capital markets, managed investments, portfolio management, trust and estate planning, investment finance, banking, and aircraft finance, as well as art advisory and finance.

PREMIUM SPONSOR – ISLE OF MAN SHIP REGISTRY

Isle of Man Ship Registry is one of the world’s leading registers of ships and super yachts.

A British register providing the very best in service to its valued clients, it is the flag of choice for owners looking for quality and partnership from a flag administration.

The Isle of Man Ship Registry is delighted to continue its support for the Greek Shipping Hall of Fame at this year’s Induction Ceremony & Dinner. We look forward to celebrating some of the great personalities in Greek shipping who have made their mark on this remarkable industry.

The mission of the Isle of Man Ship Registry is to provide real value to our clients in today’s rapidly changing global maritime environment. We believe that being able to adapt is essential to ensure we meet the needs of our clients, and our ability to react to changing circumstances is reflected in how the legends of Greek shipping navigated their success on the world shipping stage. My colleagues and I wish you an enjoyable evening.

Cameron Mitchell Director Isle of Man Ship Registry

An ISO 9001 and 14000 certified organisation, the Isle of Man Ship Registry is backed by sophisticated electronic systems enabling smooth and efficient registration of ships to suit all time zones.

With a growing network of surveyors in key locations, we provide a swift 24/7 response to owners and managers to ensure their ships continue to operate in this competitive global industry.

Backed by the Isle of Man Government, a strong supporter of the maritime sector, the Registry operates on a cost-neutral platform, allowing us to provide an extremely competitive fee structure to our clients.

PREMIUM SPONSOR – MOORE GREECE

Moore Greece, an independent member of Moore Global, is an accounting and consulting firm specialising in shipping and other industries.

Moore Greece is delighted to support this year’s Induction Ceremony which celebrates the lifetime achievements of Greece’s shipping legends. We firmly believe that the values embodied by these legends are as relevant now as they were in the past and should guide the new generation of shipowners in their effort to tackle the difficulties and challenges of today.

As auditors of approximately 1,000 vesselowning companies and having served the Greek shipping community for more than 100 years, we have witnessed first-hand its emergence as the world’s leading maritime power. Having had personal experiences with most of the inductees and nominees, this event is very close to our hearts!

Costas Constantinou Managing Partner, Moore Greece Global Maritime Leader, Moore Global

We provide audit and assurance, tax, governance - risk and compliance, IT consulting, transactions, accounting outsourcing and ESG assurance and advisory, and innovative solutions such as financial reporting & accounting software and executive e-learning to a wide range of clients, from big corporations to family-owned businesses and private individuals.

With over 120 professionals, deep knowledge, and award-winning proprietary tools, we can help clients thrive on their journey to sustainable business success.

By being the first international accounting firm in Greece with over 55 years of presence in the local market, we remain one of the most important and trustworthy firms in our industry.

PREMIUM SPONSOR – ORCA AI

Orca AI brings pioneering AI technologies to the shipping industry to maximise voyage safety and operational efficiency for ships and fleets.

The shipping world is in the midst of a digital revolution. Data-driven technologies are transforming the industry and enabling a new era of data-driven decisions which directly enhance the safety, efficiency, and sustainability of shipping companies.

Orca AI is privileged to be at the forefront of this digital revolution, providing the first automated situational awareness platform for better decisions on board and on shore, to ensure that vessels reach their destination safely and efficiently, regardless of weather conditions and water congestion.

We look forward to challenging traditional navigation paradigms to make the shipping industry safer and smarter.

Yarden Gross Co-founder and CEO Orca AI

While serving in the navy, co-founders Yarden Gross and Dor Raviv experienced first-hand some of the most challenging aspects of navigating the oceans. With the vision of leveraging their business and technological expertise and their knowledge of the maritime industry to overcome these challenges, Orca AI was founded in 2018.

Powered by maritime purpose-built machine learning and computer vision algorithms, Orca AI’s situational awareness platform empowers crews on board to make data-driven decisions in congested waters. The platform allows fleet managers and shipowners to have better transparency of their fleet’s safety performance and to easily identify unsafe behaviours.

Orca AI’s solution is already utilised by leading shipping companies worldwide.

WHAT MATTERS TO YOU?

CHARITY PARTNER – HELLENIC HOPE

A big thank you to Greek shipping

Greeks of the diaspora founded Hellenic Hope. We support projects that enhance the lives and prospects of at-risk kids in Greece.

We remain grateful to the Greek Shipping Hall of Fame, its sponsors, and the Greek shipping community for supporting us and our causes which help to make a real difference for children’s lives.

Our values:

• Designing projects that maximise children’s welfare

• Conducting extensive due diligence before partnering with NGOs

• Promoting full transparency and accountability

• Monitoring project execution and fund disbursement regularly

• Regulated by the UK Charities Commission of England & Wales

• 100% of donations go to fund projects - not a penny is spent on our expenses

ICON Greece: Training Teachers in the Dodecanese in Child Protection Issues

Designed and coordinated by ICON Greece and implemented in collaboration with the Directorate of Secondary Education of the Dodecanese, this Hellenic Hope funded educational programme provides essential teacher training on child protection issues.

The course has enabled them to act as multipliers in raising awareness and sensitivity towards students including refugees and other vulnerable children from disadvantaged backgrounds. Participants in Rhodes successfully completed training in 2021.

Programme material is available on the website https://blogs.sch.gr/paidikiprostasia/ and on the Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/ icongreece.

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The Greek Shipping Hall of Fame gratefully acknowledges Bank Julius Baer & Co. Ltd. for enhancing our support for Hellenic Hope

CHARITY PARTNER – HELLENIC HOPE

American Farm School

Thousands of disadvantaged middle school students throughout Greece have taken part in this Hellenic Hope funded education programme. The school’s unique campus and educational methods provide students with insights into the many professional opportunities in agricultural, environmental and life science sectors.

“American Farm School is proud that our respective missions have aligned to help students pursue their dreams, irrespective of their means. Hellenic Hope’s exemplary support and engagement with young learners makes their academic journeys possible.”

In addition, Hellenic Hope has awarded individual scholarships and has so far enabled seven young people to continue their studies at the American Farm School’s High School. We are delighted to share some of their stories!

Elina has recently completed an internship in the finance department of a hospital. She has now accepted an offer of a one-year contract to extend her work. Elina says: “This scholarship was the opportunity of a lifetime. It helped me fulfill my dream of studying in the US and during my time at the American

Farm School I gained experiential skills which have helped me academically and personally.”

Konstantinos, who graduated in 2021, says: “I was only able to study at the American Farm School because of the scholarship I received from Hellenic Hope. It was a huge gift for me! Now, I am studying biology and politics in the USA with a full scholarship at Sewanee: The University of the South, in Tennessee. My goal is to return to Greece at some point. I know that being in the States would not have happened if Hellenic Hope had not given me the opportunity to study at the AFS.”

Chrysanthi studies tourist operations at the International University in Thessaloniki. During the summer she takes up internships at tourism related businesses. Chrysanthi says: “I would like to thank Hellenic Hope for the scholarship. It was a chance for me to follow my dream of working in the tourism industry, a field I have been studying for the last 3 years. Through my studies at the American Farm School, I became an independent thinker, and I learned the importance of responsibility.”

From all of us at Hellenic Hope – thank you for your continuing support.

STANDARD SPONSORS

Aspida Travel specialises in providing travel management services to the shipping industry. We serve more than 150 companies worldwide. Our ability to embrace new technologies, create customised solutions and adjust to permanent and rapid changes in the wider travel industry differentiate us. Our competitive advantages include our 24/7 availability and critical alliances including Mta7. With 40 years of experience and service, our ethos Your Destination Our Promise remains as true as ever. www.aspidatravel.gr

Berenberg was established in 1590, and today is one of Europe’s leading privately owned banks, focusing on investment bank, wealth and asset management, and corporate banking. The Hamburg-based bank is run by managing partners and has a strong presence in the financial centres of Frankfurt, London, and New York. Berenberg

Shipping is a dedicated and reliable partner for shipowners, shipmanagers, institutional investors, and financial institutions interested in shipping investments and markets. www.berenberg.de

China Classification Society (CCS) is a full member of IACS and is ranked among the top classification societies, recognised worldwide for advanced technology and quality services. With the objective of safety, environmental protection and creating value for clients and society, CCS provides classification, accreditation and certification services, scientific research, and risk management to a range of industries and fields including shipping, shipbuilding, marine equipment, shipping finance and insurance via its 129 worldwide offices. www.ccs.org.cn

ClassNK, with roughly 9,000 ships amounting to 260 million gross tonnage, ClassNK is one of the world’s largest classification societies in terms of number of ships and gross tonnage. ClassNK is committed to contributing to sustainable development through its role as a third-party certification body in response to environmental challenges such as global warming and social changes brought about by digitalisation. www.classnk.com

EastGate Shipping Inc provides shipbroking services covering all aspects of the dry bulk space, including chartering, projects, and s&p. Our strong ties within the shipping community worldwide have shaped the company’s character to an exotic blend of East and West. We operate round the clock to offer first class service and worldwide coverage. We adopt traditional shipbroking practices enriched with entrepreneurial acumen. www.eastgate.gr

The Ecali Club first opened its doors in 1971 to provide the ultimate destination for its members. Recently refurbished the Club house boasts a light and airy a la carte restaurant and bar as well as relaxing lounge areas. Five tennis courts, a swimming pool, separate children’s pool, fully equipped gym, and exercise hall provides members with a range of first-class facilities situated within the Club’s leafy green environment. www.ecali-club.gr

Franman provides services to shipping including shipbuilding equipment, repairs, service, spare parts and supplies, underwater cleaning services, security, and consultancy. Since 1991 our team has provided the highest levels of diversified services to our clients.  In 1998 Franman received ISO 9001:2015 certification and in 2021 Franman was the proud recipient of the Lloyds List Piraeus International Centre Award. Today, the company connects 700 shipping companies with 155 suppliers of equipment and services. www.franman.gr

Operating in Greece for 50 years KPMG offers through four entities, audit, tax, accounting & payroll, legal and advisory services to domestic and international businesses in Greece and abroad. Operating in Athens and Thessaloniki, KPMG employ over 700 high calibre professionals with significant specialised expertise. With sustained growth and major expansion plans, KPMG continues to maintain its leading position in the Greek market. www.kpmg.com/gr

STANDARD SPONSORS

Marine Tours is Europe’s leading travel management organisation with expertise spanning more than 40 years in marine & offshore travel. The power of its global travel network in 109 markets, the care of a local partner - available 24/7 - and the cutting-edge travel technology it utilises are only some of the reasons that have made Marine Tours the No.1 strategic travel partner of the world’s No.1 commercial fleet. www.marinetours.gr

Lloyd’s Register is a global professional services company specialising in marine engineering and technology. Our Marine and Offshore business is a leading provider of classification and compliance services to the marine and offshore industries, while our Maritime Performance Services help businesses to reach their full potential – now and into the future. Lloyd’s Register is wholly owned by the Lloyd’s Register Foundation. www.lr.org

Marichem Marigases is a leading company in the international marine chemicals and gases industry, manufacturing and providing high quality marine chemicals, chemical equipment, gases, and refrigerants, cutting and welding machinery and equipment, fire-rescue, and safety services to the shipping industry. Our products are available at more than 2,100 ports, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. www.marichem-marigases.com

Polygreen SA is the world’s largest environmental services provider.  Established in Piraeus, Greece and with a presence in Cyprus, Oman, UAE, and Mauritius, Polygreen was born through the merger of several businesses and a background of 40 years’ experience responding to more than 2,100 oil spills and HNS incidents, hazardous waste and distressed cargo management and rehabilitation of polluted areas. Our team of experts, specialised fleet and oil spill containment tools enables us to immediately respond to small and major incidents worldwide. www.polygreen.eco

Seascape Marine & Trading Ltd. specialises in ship spare parts, deck equipment supplies for maintenance, repairs, and new buildings. Seascape was founded in 2005 by Dimitris Liaskonis who has more than 40 years’ experience in shipping. Our highly experienced management team ensures first-class support for all our customers. We are the authorised dealer for more than twenty major factories, and we supply 2,500 vessels each year, managed by more than 150 ship management companies. www.seascape.cy

UBS draws on its 150-year heritage to serve private, institutional, and corporate clients worldwide, as well as retail clients in Switzerland. Our strategy is centered on our leading global wealth management business and our premier universal bank in Switzerland, enhanced by asset management and the investment bank. We focus on capital efficient businesses with a strong competitive position and an attractive long-term structural growth or profitability outlook. www.ubs.com

HOW THE INDUCTEES ARE CHOSEN

Choosing the Inductees to the Greek Shipping Hall of Fame annually is through an entirely independent and broadly based induction process open to prominent individuals in the shipping industry.

The Greek Shipping Hall of Fame Academy, the voting body, is an honorary membership organisation intended for the most influential members of the Greek shipping community. It has been formed specifically for the purpose of electing Inductees annually to the Greek Shipping Hall of Fame.

Membership is by invitation only, although inquiries are welcomed. Currently the membership of the Academy consists of about 300 members. The largest contingent of these is shipowners. However, the membership also includes shipping company chief executives, prominent individuals from shipping service sectors such as finance, law, classification, shipbroking, shipmanagement, insurance and others, as well as reputed historians, academics and journalists.

As a general rule, membership is limited to one individual per company so as to maintain a level playing field for voting.

Nominees each year are showcased in a special members’ area of our website. From inception until today only historic individuals who are no longer alive have been eligible for induction.

The new Inductees are announced at the annual Greek Shipping Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony and are celebrated on the Greek Shipping Hall of Fame website.

Voting for the Inductees takes place on-line. The procedure is completely transparent and a full copy of the rules for the induction process is available to all Academy members in the members’ area of the site.

The voting procedure is overseen by the international audit firm,

THE INDUCTEES

Inductees 2007 – 2021 by Year of Induction

2007 Anthony J. Chandris

Manuel E. Kulukundis

George P. Livanos

Aristotle Onassis

2008 Leonidas A. Embiricos

Stavros G. Livanos

Panagis Vaglianos

2009 Anthony J. Angelicoussis

Eugene Eugenides

John S. Latsis

2010 John M. Carras

Costas M. Lemos

2011 Prof. Stratis G. Andreadis

Capt. Vassilis C. Constantakopoulos

Nico J. Cotzias OBE

2012 Basil P. Goulandris

Stavros S. Niarchos

Michael C. Peraticos

2013 Pericles G. Callimanopulos

Alexander G. Tsavliris

2014 John N. Goulandris

Alkimos G. Gratsos

2015 John C. Carras

Stavros Daifas

2016 George L. Daniolos

Nicolaos D. Lykiardopulo

2017 Aleco N. Goulandris

Basil M. Mavroleon

2018 George S. Coumantaros

John P. Goulandris

2019 Pericles S. Panagopulos

George R. Vergottis

2020 Stathis G. Gourdomichalis

George A. Pappadakis

2021 John A. Angelicoussis

Paul J. Ioannidis

JOHN A. ANGELICOUSSIS (1948-2021)

John Angelicoussis was born in Piraeus in 1948. He attended the Ionidios public school in Piraeus, graduated from Athens University of Economics and Business and then completed the MBA programme at MIT in the United States.

His mother Maria Papalios and father Anthony, who served as a radio officer at sea, both came from the village of Kardamyla in Chios.

However, the Angelicoussis family originated in Kardamyli in Mani and relocated in the middle of the 18th century to northern Chios, as it offered a better vantage point for piratical activities against ships sailing from the Black Sea to the Mediterranean.

In the second half of the 19th century the Angelicoussis family began focusing on legitimate maritime business, first with fishing boats and then in 1891 with a first 292 dwt cargo vessel, Taxiarchis, built in Syros Island.

When John Angelicoussis’ father, Anthony, finished high school he became a radio operator. After the Second World War, Maria persuaded Anthony to start his own shipping business.

Together with two close friends in 1950 he acquired a first cargo vessel Astypalea, of 500 dwt, setting him on the road to becoming one of the most forward-thinking of Greek owners during the decades that followed.

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Anthony continued to expand the business during the 1950s and in 1960 a first Liberty type vessel was acquired. The company started to order newbuildings from IHI Shipyard in Japan. By 1985 a total of 42 dry cargo ships had been delivered and all vessels placed under Greek flag.

John Angelicoussis began his shipping career in 1973 when he joined the family shipping company. “Every year was better than the previous one,” he later said of working with his father.

Having inherited a strong brand name in dry bulk shipping, he became President and CEO of the Angelicoussis Shipping Group in 1989, after the demise of his father.

Despite travelling abroad for a large part of his life, Greece was always in his heart. He believed in its people, their work ethic, their loyalty and the Greek spirit.

Highly intelligent, with spectacular business acumen, in 1992 he founded Kristen Navigation to establish the group’s presence in tankers.

JOHN A. ANGELICOUSSIS

(1948-2021)

The following year he proceeded with the first order of capesize bulk carriers. The five vessels from Hyundai Heavy Industries were at that time the largest ships of the kind ever ordered by a Greek shipowner.

In 2000 he decided to expand the tankers sector, with new orders of aframaxes, suezmaxes and very large crude carriers.

In September 2003 he ordered his first liquefied natural gas carrier, the Maran Gas Asclepius, becoming one of the first Greek shipowners to enter this sector. He established Maran Gas Maritime and today it is one of the largest LNG players in the market.

Maran, an amalgam of the names Maria and Anthony, was named for his parents. Later, the brand was also adopted for the tanker and dry bulk fleets, now managed by Maran Tankers Management and Maran Dry Management.

True to his strategy, Angelicoussis became the leading Greek owner in each of his chosen market segments – capesize bulk carriers, large tankers, particularly VLCCs, and large LNG carriers. When he died in 2021, the Angelicoussis Group owned 151 ships across its three sectors of operation and was considered the largest purely private shipping empire worldwide.

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Extremely perceptive, Angelicoussis read people well and genuinely liked engaging with them, particularly the younger generation. “What makes this company is its people” was his mantra. He kept his door always open, to be of guidance, support and assistance when needed.

Business apart, he was deeply patriotic and concerned for the country and its people. In 2010 he decided to establish the Charitable Foundation Antonios and Ioannis Angelicoussis, aiming to help those in need in Greek society. Since its establishment, the Foundation has provided substantial support to children, hospitals and schools in Greece.

His contribution to the latter-day strength of Greek shipping is widely recognised, not least through his group’s technical excellence and high standard of service to charterers, its longstanding loyalty to the Greek flag and its support for maritime education in Greece.

PAUL J. IOANNIDIS (1924-2021)

Paul J. Ioannidis’ first career and vocation was as a pilot but he also made a unique and lasting contribution to the story of Greek shipping, chiefly through championing a new safety culture that he brought with him from the aviation industry.

Paul Ioannidis was born in Berlin to a Cyprusborn father and Greek mother. In 1943, aged 18, he joined the resistance against the German occupation of Greece. Documents showing his German birthplace helped to save his life several times during the war.

He was decorated for his bravery with the King’s Medal for Courage from King George VI and received a commendation from Field Marshal Harold Alexander.

Later he returned the medals in protest after a 1956 incident when the British hanged two Cypriot freedom fighters, Karaolis and Dimitriou, in Nicosia.

In 1944, Ioannidis joined the Royal Hellenic Air Force and was trained as a fighter pilot in Rhodesia by the RAF. Subsequently he joined TAE Greek National Airlines, becoming at the age of 25 the youngest captain in Greek civil aviation.

In 1957 the company was acquired by Aristotle Onassis and renamed Olympic Airways. For Olympic he served as chief instructor and chief pilot, eventually becoming the airline’s director

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general. He was also pilot of choice for many Greek and international VIPs. It was Ioannidis who flew the ex-King Constantine into exile in December 1967.

After Onassis’ death, the mutual regard of the two men was reflected by the magnate’s will, which appointed Ioannidis a lifetime member of the board of the Onassis Foundation that he wished established.

Half of Onassis’ estate was left to the Foundation, which was set up to continue Onassis’ business as well as fund a variety of public benefit causes, and half to his daughter Christina.

The shipping fleet was similarly divided. Ioannidis served as chief executive of the Foundation’s shipping and other commercial operations, and he also served as president of all companies owned by Christina Onassis for whom he acted as a father-figure and mentor.

After Christina’s own premature death in 1988, he was an executor of her will and a member of the board of administrators of the estate of her young daughter, Onassis’ grand-daughter, Athina.

PAUL J. IOANNIDIS (1924-2021)

In his autobiography ‘Destiny Prevails’, he wrote that he had been in love with the sea ever since he could remember and even as a young child wanted to become a naval cadet.

His path back to the sea had been a circuitous one. But his appointment to head the Onassis Group’s shipping business in 1977 did enable him partially to realise his childhood dream.

With more than 25 years of experience as an instructor on airplanes and simulators behind him, Ioannidis was quick to identify that the safety culture in the maritime industry lagged behind that already being applied in aviation, especially when it came to addressing weakness of the ‘human element’ that was the main cause of most accidents.

Ioannidis introduced superior aviation training methods and culture to shipping to systematically reduce human error. He was tireless in breaking down reservations to the so-called ‘airline concept’ – first at Olympic Maritime and later in sharing the pioneering initiative with the wider Greek shipping community, through the Union of Greek Shipowners (UGS) and the Hellenic Marine Environment Protection Association, Helmepa.

He was a member of the board of the UGS for 26 years, six of these as vice-president. He chaired the UGS training committee for 14 years. He also served as vice-president of Helmepa and headed its training committee.

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The approach to safety and training he introduced spread beyond Greek shipping and even as far as major oil company fleets that copied the Onassis systems. As a whole, the shipping industry did not catch up until the 1990s when the International Safety Management Code was introduced. There was internationalrecognition for Ioannidis’ ideas and his achievements.

He was only the second Greek (after George P. Livanos) to serve on the board of classification society ABS and later he was elected a lifetime member of the ABS Council. He also received Lifetime Achievement awards from Seatrade in 2011 and the Lloyd’s List Greek Shipping Awards in 2017.

While he played a key role in modernising the safety culture of shipping, Ioannidis was an icon of old-fashioned morality – a courageous patriot who did not hesitate to speak truth to the powerful, including Aristotle Onassis, but he was also a kind and committed protector of Onassis’ descendants as well as of the Foundation he left behind.

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Further Acknowledgements

Additional photo credits - Nikos Kokalias, the Angelicoussis Group, the Onassis Foundation

Interviews conducted by Danae Tsopela

Translations by Evgenia Georgopoulou

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