2012 Awards Highlights

Noboru Ueda, chairman and president of Event Sponsor, ClassNK, delighted the audience with a lively speech in Greek

Minister of Shipping and the Aegean, Kostis Mousouroulis, opened the event with a welcome speech in both English and Greek for the international audience

The Welcome Cocktail Reception was hosted in the main atrium and the gallery of winner by ABS

Dry Cargo Company of the Year – Aegean Bulk Co. Ltd.
George, Constantinos and Panagiotis Angelopoulos of Aegean Bulk with Peggy Papastavrou of sponsor the Athens Exchange

Tanker Company of the Year – Neda Maritime Agency Co. Ltd.
Alexander Prokopakis of sponsor Jetoil Bunkering presenting the Award to Stelios Vlassopulos of winner Neda Maritime Agency

Passenger Line of the Year – Blue Star Ferries
Spiros Paschalis of Attica Group holding company of Blue Star Ferries receiving the Award from Peter Rigby CEO of the Informa Group

Shipbroker of the Year – Optima Shipbrokers
Minister of Shipping and the Aegean, Kostis Mousouroulis, presenting the Award to Dimitris Koukas of Optima Shipbrokers

Shipping Financier of the Year – DVB Bank
Dagfinn Lunde of DVB Bank accepting the Award from Milena Pappas of sponsor Star Bulk Carriers Corporation

Technical Achievement Award – SNAME Greek Section
Petros Lalangas and Apostolos Papanikolaou of SNAME Greek Section accepting the Award from Albrecht Grell of sponsor Germanisher Lloyd

Ship of the Year – ‘Hyundai Ambition’
Iraklis Prokopakis of Danaos Corporation accepting the Award for ‘Hyundai Ambition’ from David Peel of sponsor RightShip

Piraeus International Centre Award – Piraeus Container Terminal
Zhang Anming of Piraeus Container Terminal accepting the from Panos Moraitis of sponsor Aspida Maritime Security

International Personality of the Year – Maersk McKinney Moller
Johan Pedersson Uggla of APM Terminals Denmark accepting the Award on behalf of his deceased grandfather Maersk McKinney Moller from Evangelos Marinakis of sponsor Capital Ship Management Corporation

Seafarer of the Year – Capt. Athanasios Pagkalos
Angeliki Vrana, wife of Capt. Athanasios Pagkalos accepting the Award on his behalf from George Tsavliris of sponsor Tsavliris Salvage Group

Achievement in Education or Training – Hydra Maritime Academy
Lt. Commander Ioannis Belegris representing the Hydra Maritime Academy accepting the Award from George Patentas of sponsor Nautilus Pacific Training Centre

Achievement in Safety or Environmental Protection – Tsakos Group
Capt. Panagiotis Tsakos principal of the Tsakos Group accepting the Award from Apostolos Poulovassis of sponsor Lloyd’s Register

Lifetime Achievement Award – Stavros Antonios Daifas
Christos Kokkinis of sponsor Alpha Bank presenting the Lloyd’s List / Propeller Club Lifetime Achievement Award to Irene Daifas who accepted on behalf of her father Stavros Antonios Daifas

Greek Shipping Newsmaker of the Year – Harry Vafias
Harry Vafias accepting the Greek Shipping Newsmaker Award from George Xiradakis of sponsor XRTC Business Consultants

Greek Shipping Personality of the Year – Michael Bodouroglou
Lambros Varnavides of sponsor Royal Bank of Scotland presenting the Greek Shipping Personality Award to Michael Bodouroglou

Man of the Sea – George M. Foustanos
Maritime historian, George M. Foustanos, accepting the Award from secretary general emeritus of the IMO, Efthimios Mitropoulos

Charity Donation
Despina Papastelianou of ARGO receiving the annual Greek Shipping Awards donation and symbolic gift from Greece’s top singing star Sakis Rouvas

Co-hosts: Andriana Paraskevopoulou joined Nigel Lowry to host the 9th Annual Greek Shipping Awards

The 2012 Greek Shipping Awards hosted 1,000 guests from the Greek and international maritime communities to celebrate excellence in Greek shipping

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Friday 4 December 2026

Athenaeum InterContinental, Athens

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