Tankers as tall as the Empire State building, $100 million cargoes, pirates running amok on the high seas, a Greek shipping tycoon known to all as “the Captain” — and an offer to take on Next Generation interns. What’s not to like?
Touring Tsakos Shipping Global Operations Center
Our latest Master Class in the world headquarters of Tsakos Shipping began with a tour and briefing by executives in their 24/7 operations center — which included a fascinating discussion of how this shipping company tracks over 50 vessels each carrying more than $100 million in cargo around the world at any given time, along with the logistical, financial, international and even security problems such an enterprise encounters — including the phenomenon of modern pirates and their impact on the industry, the measures their company is taking to combat this growing problem — and even the inside story of how one of their own ships was attacked by pirates recently, and what the captain did to successfully repel the pirates.
with Nikos Tsakos in Tsakos Shipping boardroom
From the operational heart of this far-flung floating empire, the class to the top floor and sat down in the company’s paneled boardroom with the CEO of the NYSE-listed Tsakos Energy Navigation. Nikos Tsakos, the young and dynamic son of the modern company’s founder, Capt. Panagiotis Tsakos, known to all as “the Captain,” took the Athens Fellows through the intriguing story of the family company, his own career path, his role in taking his company public — the first IPO by a Greek shipping company — and his own overview of (and very modern take on) the Greek shipping industry and its dominant place in Greece’s economy and its crucial and strategic role in the global economy.
A Master Class with
Nikolas Tsakos
Tsakos Shipping
Athens, Greece
Our latest Master Class with Nikos Tsakos at Tsakos Shipping
Nikolas Tsakos
Nikos Tsakos
Nikolas Tsakos is the president and CEO of Tsakos Energy Navigation (TEN) Limited, which is a publicly listed company in the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE symbol: TNP) since March 2002. The company was listed on the Oslo Bors Stock Exchange (from 1993- 2005). TEN owns and operates a fleet of over fifty young tankers, exceeding 5m dwt, that trade crude oil and other oil products. Currently, TEN’s fleet includes a modern diversified fleet of conventional and ice-class environmentally friendly vessels covering LNG, VLCCs, Suezmaxes, Aframaxes, Panamaxes and Handysize tankers.
An active member of the Union of Greek Shipowners, ex-chairman of the Hellenic Marine Environment Protection Association, and Council member of the Independent Tanker Owners Organization (INTERTANKO), Nikos Tsakos has received various awards most notably Best Maritime Manager of the New Generation award by the Business Administration magazine at the Academy of Athens.
Nikos Tsakos has been involved in ship management since 1981. From 1982 to 1985, he was Shipping and Operations Manager of Tsakos Shipping & Trading Ltd in the U.S. Prior to that, he spent a total of two years at sea gaining on-hand experience.
Nikos Tsakos received his B.A. Degree in Economics and Political Science from Columbia University in 1985 and his Master’s Degree in Shipping Trade and Finance from the City University London Business School in 1987.
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