2014 Awards Highlights

The event began with a Welcome Speech in Greek by Noboru Ueda, Chairman and President of Event Sponsor, ClassNK

Minister of Shipping and the Aegean, Miltiadis Varvitsiotis, greeted the audience with a welcome address

Guests enjoyed a pre-dinner Welcome Cocktail Reception sponsored by ABS was held in the Gallery of Winners and the main Atrium.

Accompanied by Hosts for the evening, Andriana Paraskevopoulou and Nigel Lowry, Zhou Haisheng of China Classification Society proposed a Champagne Toast to the health of Greek Shipping

Dry Cargo Company of the Year – Empros Lines
George Makrymichalos accepting the Award for Empros Lines from Panos Moraitis, Chief Executive Officer of sponsor Aspida

Tanker Company of the Year – Dorian LPG
Alexander Prokopakis of sponsor JetOil Bunkering presenting the Award to Marina Hajipateras and Dimitris Orfanos, of Dorian LPG

Passenger Line of the Year – Hellenic Seaways
Antonis Apagitos of Hellenic Seaways accepting the Award from Evgenios Filippou of sponsor Capital Ship Management Corporation

Shipbroker of the Year – Allied Shipbroking Inc.
Anil Sharma of sponsor GMS Inc. presenting the Award to Costis Tsalpatouros, Founder of Allied Shipbroking inc.

Shipping Financier of the Year – Export-Import Bank of China
Zhou Haisheng of CCS accepting the Award on behalf of Export-Import Bank of China from Milena Pappas of sponsor Star Bulk Carriers Corporation

Technical Achievement Award – Poseidon Med
Torsten Schramm (middle right) of sponsor DNV GL with Theodore Theodoropoulos, Jose Laranjeira Anselmo and Theodosis Stamatellos for Poseidon Med

Ship of the Year – ‘Ocean Rig Athena’
Gilles Bocabarteille of Ocean Rig (centre) and George Kourelis of TMS Cardiff Gas receiving the Award from Capt. Tim Kenney of sponsor RightShip

Piraeus International Centre Award – MARTECMA
Vassilis Papageorgiou of sponsor the Tsakos Group presenting the Award to Stavros Hatzigrigoris and Dean Tseretopoulos of MARTECMA

International Personality of the Year – Lambros Varnavides
Alexandros Tourkolias of sponsor National Bank of Greece presenting the Award to Lambros Varnavides

Seafarer of the Year – Capt. Nikolaos Douskos
Capt. Douskos master of m/v “Patris” accepting the Award from Alexandra Andreadis Tsavliris of sponsor Tsavliris Salvage Group

Achievement in Education or Training – Hellenic Shipbrokers Association
Dimitris Iliou and John Cotzias of the Hellenic Shipbrokers Association receiving the Award from Lambros Chahalis of sponsor Bureau Veritas

Achievement in Safety or Environmental Protection – Hellenic Coast Guard
Vice Admiral Athanasios Athanasopoulos Commandant of the Hellenic Coast Guard accepting the Award from Richard Sadler of sponsor Lloyd’s Register

Lifetime Achievement Award – Nicky A. Pappadakis
Nicky A. Pappadakis receiving the Lloyd’s List / Propeller Club Lifetime Achievement Award from Anthony Comninos of sponsor the Target Group

Greek Shipping Newsmaker of the Year – Evangelos M. Marinakis
George Xiradakis of sponsor XRTC Business Consultants presenting the Greek Shipping Newsmaker Award to Evangelos M. Marinakis

Greek Shipping Personality of the Year – Petros Pappas
Petros Pappas receiving the Greek Shipping Personality Award from Andy Georgiou of sponsor Royal Bank of Scotland

Woman of the Sea – Capt. Iakinthi Tzanakaki
Capt. Tsanakaki accepting the special Woman of the Sea Award from chief of the Hellenic Navy, Vice Admiral Evangelos Apostolakis.

10-Year Sponsorship Award
Tsavliris Salvage Group
Andreas, Nicholas and George Tsavliris were presented with the silver 10-year Sponsorship Award for Tsavliris Salvage Group by Richard Meade, editor of Lloyd’s List

Charity Donation
Despina Papastelianou, president of children’s charity ARGO receiving the annual Greek Shipping Awards donation from special guest Professor Dimitri Nanopoulos.

Co-Hosts for the evening were Andriana Paraskevopoulou and Nigel Lowry

Over 1,100 members of the Greek and international shipping community attended the 11th Annual Lloyd’s List Greek Shipping Awards

Save the Date!

Friday 4 December 2026

Athenaeum InterContinental, Athens

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