The Tsakos family originates from the island of Chios, with involvement in shipping since the 19th century.

The Tsakos Group was founded in 1970 by Capt. P Tsakos, with companies spanning from the Americas to the Far East. In 1993 Nikolas P. Tsakos founded Tsakos Energy Navigation Ltd. (TEN), a pioneering shipping company, initially quoted on the Oslo Stock Exchange and listed on the NYSE in 2002. TEN is the longest running shipping company on the NYSE and has achieved profits or US$2.5 billion and distributed uninterrupted dividends of US$ 750 million.

The Group has invested more than US$6 billion in new eco-friendly dual-fuel vessels and in 2022 carried over 600 million barrels of energy, representing one week of world energy consumption.

Today, the Tsakos Group is one of the world’s largest shipping companies, operating more than 100 vessels in excess of 10m dwt.

The Group is proud of its state-of-the-art interactive Maritime Training Centre, established in 2013 and is also sensitive to social responsibility, channelled through the Maria Tsakos Foundation in Uruguay and Greece and the International Centre for Maritime Research and Tradition in Chios, named after the late Maria P. Tsakos. In 2018, the Group also celebrated the opening of the “Tsakos Enhanced Education Nautical School” (TEENS) in Chios, with the vision of becoming a centre of educational excellence and seamanship.