Ministry of Merchant Marine General Secretary, Professor John Tzoannos, gave a brief welcome address on behalf of Shipping Minister Manolis Kefaloyiannis
Dry Cargo Company of the Year – Costamare Shipping Co Dimitris Anagnostopoulos of sponsor ABN Amro Bank presented the Award to Capt. Vassilis C. Constantacopoulos
Tanker Company of the Year – Maran Gas Maritime Spyros Capralos of sponsor Athens Exchange S.A. presenting the Award to Stavros Hajigrigoris of Maran Gas Maritime
Passenger Line of the Year – Attica Group George Xiradakis of sponsor XRTC Business Consultants presented the Award to Alexandros and Pericles Panagopulos
Shipbroker of the Year – Allied Shipbroking Inc.. George Daskalakis managing director of Allied Shipbroking accepting the Award from Peter Rigby CEO of the Informa Group
Shipping Financier of the Year – Alpha Bank. Gregory Timagenis, senior partner of sponsor Gr. J. Timagenis Law Office presenting the Award to Alpha Bank
Technical Innovation Award – Danaos Shipping Co.. Janet Wood of the Greek Shipping Awards presenting the Award to John Coustas of Danaos Shipping
Award for Achievement in Safety or Environmental Protection – Helmepa. David Rule of sponsor Lloyd’s Register presenting the Award to Nikolas Tsakos, chairman of Helmepa
Greek Shipping Newsmaker of the Year – Evangelos J. Pistiolis. Evangelos Pistiolis receiving the Greek Shipping Newsmaker Award from editor of Lloyd’s List, Julian Bray
Greek Shipping Personality of the Year – Athina Martinou. Athina Martinou accepting the Greek Shipping Personality Award from Lambros Varnavides of sponsor Royal Bank of Scotland
Man of the Sea – Nikos Kaklamanakis. Olympic champion Nikos Kaklamanakis receiving the Man of the Sea Award from Nicos D. Efthymiou, president of the Union of Greek Shipowners
The inaugural Greek Shipping Awards was hosted by Nigel Lowry
The first event hosted over 700 guests
Fireworks finale for the first Greek Shipping Awards
