2013 Awards Highlights

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

Minister of Shipping and the Aegean, Miltiadis Varvitsiotis, opened the event with a welcome speech for the Greek and international audience

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

The celebratory Champagne Toast to the health of Greek shipping was given by Zhou Haisheng of sponsor China Classification Society

Dry Cargo Company of the Year – Costamare Inc.
Panos Moraitis of sponsor Aspida Maritime Security presenting the Award to Achilleas Constantakopoulos of Costamare Inc.

Tanker Company of the Year – StealthGas
Alexander Prokopakis of sponsor Jetoil Bunkering presenting the Award to Harry Vafias, chief executive of Stealth Gas

Passenger Line of the Year – Small Cyclades Lines
Capt. Mauro Renaldi of sponsor V.Ships Greece presenting the Award to Capt. Ioannis Skopelitis of Small Cyclades Lines

Shipbroker of the Year – John Pachoulis
Anil Sharma, founder of sponsor GMS Inc. presenting the Shipbroker of the Year Award to John Pachoulis

Shipping Financier of the Year – ABN Amro Bank
Milena Pappas of sponsor Star Bulk Carriers Corporation presenting the Award to Gust Biesbroeck of ABN Amro Bank

Technical Achievement Award – Erma First
Constantinos Stampedakis and Eleni Polychronopoulou of Environmental Protection Engineering accepting the Award for Erma First from Torsten Schramm of sponsor Germanischer Lloyd

Ship of the Year – ‘Ardennes’
Irek Burakowski of sponsor RightShip presenting the Ship of the Year Award to John Xylas of Ariston Navigation for ‘Ardennes’

Piraeus International Centre Award – University of the Aegean
University Rector Paris Tsartas and Amalia Polydoropoulou of University of the Aegean receiving the Award from Isabella Schidrich of sponsor NASDAQ stock market

International Personality of the Year – Robert D. Somerville
Former chairman and CEO of ABS, Robert Somerville, accepting the Award from George Zannias of sponsor National Bank of Greece

Seafarer of the Year – Capt. Dimitrios Manolas & Capt. Pavlos Kountouris
Alexander Andreas Tsavliris (centre) of sponsor Tsavliris Salvage Group presented the Seafarer of the Year Award to Efrosyni Kountouri (accepting for her brother Capt. Pavlos Kountouris) and Capt. Dimitrios Manolas

Achievement in Education or Training – Helmepa
Dorothea Ioannou of sponsor The American Club presenting the Award to John Coustas, chairman of Helmepa

Achievement in Safety or Environmental Protection – Aegean Marine Petroleum
Spyros Fokas of Aegean Marine Petroleum accepting the Award from Tom Boardley of sponsor Lloyd’s Register

Lifetime Achievement Award – Alexandros Tourkolias
Anthony Comninos, chairman of sponsor Target Group, presenting the Lloyd’s List / Propeller Club Lifetime Achievement Award to Alexandros Tourkolias

Greek Shipping Newsmaker of the Year – Petros Pappas
Petros Pappas (centre) accepting the Greek Shipping Newsmaker Award from Katerina Fitsiou and George Xiradakis of sponsor XRTC Business Consultants

Greek Shipping Personality of the Year – George Prokopiou
George Prokopiou accepting the Greek Shipping Personality Award from Lambros Varnavides of sponsor Royal Bank of Scotland

Deal of the Decade – Angeliki Frangou for acquisition of Navios
Rakesh Khetan (Billu) of sponsor Wirana Shipping Corporation presenting the Award to Villy Papaefthimiou and George Achniotis who accepted on behalf of Angeliki Frangou for the acquisition of Navios in 2005

10-Year Sponsorship Award
XRTC Business Consultants, Lloyd’s Register, Royal Bank of Scotland
George Xiradakis, Apostolos Poulovassilis and Lambros Varnavides received silver trophies in recognition of their loyal support for 10-years of sponsoring the Lloyd’s List Greek Shipping Awards

Charity Donation
Despina Papastelianou, president of the children’s charity ARGO receiving the charity donation from co-host Andriana Pasarskevopoulou

Co-hosts for the 2013 Lloyd’s List Greek Shipping Awards were Nigel Lowry and Andriana Paraskevopoulou

Nafsica
The audience was entertained with Greek and international songs from Nafsica who came from New York especially for the 10th Annual Greek Shipping Awards

The 2013 event hosted 1,100 guests from the Greek and international shipping communities to celebrate 10 years of excellence in Greek shipping

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Friday 4 December 2026

Athenaeum InterContinental, Athens

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