We would like to announce the delivery of M/T VICTORY III to her new Owners Providence Shipping Corporation, at OPL Singapore, on 04 August, 2010, at 16:10 hours Greek time.
CSM Singapore Representative Supt. Engineer Mr Tonci Glavas attended delivery on behalf of Sellers.
We are very proud to announce the Delivery, at 14:00 hours Japan time on the 2nd July, 2010, of
M/T URAGA PRINCESS (H.N.1360) the eighth new built DNA Aframax Oil Tanker in a series of eight. The Vessel was built by Sumitomo - Yokosuka Shipyard, Japan, for account of our principals Tsakos Energy Navigation Ltd.
Ì/Ô URAGA PRINCESS was sponsored by Dr. Irene Saroglou - Tsakos MD.
Our New Building Team was represented by Mr. Stratos Patargias- Site Manager, who has done an excellent job ensuring a timely delivery of the vessel in accordance with the new building contract.
To the Master of M/T “URAGA PRINCESS” Capt. Georgios Kampouroglou, Chief Engineer Mr. Nikolaos Gerontidakis, Officers and Crew we extend our warmest congratulations and wishes for smooth journeys and calm seas.
MT “URAGA PRINCESS” sailed for her maiden voyage at 16:30 hrs L.T.
We would like to announce the delivery of M/T MARATHON to her new Owners at Aliaga, Turkey, on 21 April, 2010, at 13:45 Greek time.
Mr Savvas D. Papadatos attended delivery on behalf of Sellers.
We are very proud to announce the Delivery, at 14:00 hours Japan time on the 14th April, 2010, of
M/T SAPPORO PRINCESS (H.N.1356) the seventh new built DNA Aframax Oil Tanker in a series of eight. The Vessel was built by Sumitomo - Yokosuka Shipyard, Japan, for account of our principals Tsakos Energy Navigation Ltd.
M/T SAPPORO PRINCESS was sponsored by Mrs Christina Margelou, Head of Shipping Dept. Emporiki Bank and was blessed by Father Pavlos, Orthodox Metropolis of Korea. Delivery was attended by Capt. Panagiotis N. Tsakos, Founder and President of Tsakos Group and his wife Dr. Irene Saroglou- Tsakos MD, Sponsor of M/T Uraga Princess, Her Excellency Mrs. Ana Maria Estevez, Ambassador of the Embassy of Uruguay in Japan, Prof. Christos Zerefos, Academy of Athens and his wife Mrs. Efrosini Zerefou, Mr. Vasilios Papageorgiou, Vice Chairman of Tsakos Group, Mr. Harry Hajimichael, Managing Director of Tsakos Shipping & Trading S.A., Mr. Andreas Xapolytos, CEO of Tsakos Columbia Shipmanagement S.A., Mr. Leontios Hatzimichalis, General Council, Mr. Marios Mathioudakis, Embassy of Greece in Tokyo, Mrs. Shigeko Tanaka, Vice President of The Asiatic Society of Japan, Dr. Taro Nishimura, Keio University and his wife Mrs. Zoe Nishimura, Mr. Lambros Lambropoulos, Advisor to the Top Management of National Bank of Greece, Mr. D.S. Cho, Truscho Busan Consultant, Mr. Mike Thompson, Senior Hull & Liability Underwriter-Marine, Ms. Carmen-Andriana Onel, Deck Trainee,
Mr. Hidetaka Moriya, Attorney and his wife Mrs. Kyoko Moriya, Mr. Eleftherios Pavlides, Head of Finance of Tsakos Group, Capt. Boris Kovalenko, Quality Assurance Dept., Mr. Shinobu Kawato, Chairman Sojitz Marine & Engineering Corporation, Mr. Hisao Nishimoto, Senior Managing Director Sojitz Marine & Engineering Corporation, Mr. Masayuki Endo, Lloyd’s Register Principal Surveyor and Manager Yokohama Design Support Office, Mr. Yoshio Hinoh, Chairman of the Board Representative Director Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd. and his wife Mrs. Kuniko Hinoh, Mr. Hitoshi Kashimoto, President Sumitomo Heavy Industries Marine & Engineering Co., Ltd and his wife Mrs. Kiyoko Kashimoto, and other distinguished guests.
Our New Building Team was represented by Mr. Stratos Patargias- Site Manager, Mr. Dimitrios Psaradakis, Mr. Radu Lesu and Mr. Ryu Sakai who have done an excellent job ensuring a timely delivery of the vessel in accordance with the new building contract.
To the Master of M/T “SAPPORO PRINCESS” Capt. Georgios Kostalas, Chief Engineer Mr. Nikolaos Merousis, Officers and Crew we extend our warmest congratulations and wishes for smooth journeys and calm seas.
M/T “SAPPORO PRINCESS” sailed for her maiden voyage at 16:30 hrs L.T.
We would like to announce the delivery of M/T HESNES to her new Owners at Singapore, today, 8 April, 2010, at 11:10 Greek time.
Supt. Engineer Ilia Imnadze attended delivery.
We would like to announce the delivery of M/T DECATHLON to her new Owners Nordic American Tankers Shipping Limited, at Sta Lucia, on 02 March, 2010, at 11:35 hours local time (17:35 hours Greek time).
Mr Pantelis Nikolaides attended delivery on behalf of Sellers.
We would like to announce the delivery of M/T PARTHENON to her new Owners at Aliaga, Turkey, today, 23 February, 2010, at 13:45 GMT.
Mr Savvas D. Papadatos attended delivery on behalf of Sellers.
We are very proud to announce the Delivery at 14:00 hours time on
the 15th September, 2009, of M/T ASAHI PRINCESS (H.N.1350) the sixth new built
DNA Aframax Oil Tanker in a series of eight. The Vessel was built by Sumitomo -
Yokosuka Shipyard, Japan, for account of our principals Tsakos Energy Navigation Ltd.
The Christening of the vessel had taken place on 17th July, 2009, during delivery
of ISE PRINCESS and the sponsor was Mrs Corina Lazarou and Mrs Kally Kosmatos.
Vessel was blessed by bishop father Ambrosios - Aristotle Zographos - Orthodox
Metropolis of Korea.
The Delivery of M/T ASAHI PRINCESS was attended Mr Vassilis Papageorgiou, Deputy
Chairman of Tsakos Group, and our New Building Team, represented by Mr Stratos
Patargias, Mr Georgios Balasis, Mr Aiji Matsuo, Mr Ryo Sakai, Mr Radu Lesu and
Mr Dimitris Psaradakis, who have done an excellent job in ensuring the delivery
of the Vessel in accordance with the New Building Contract.
To the vessel's Master Capt. Panagiotis Triantafyllopoulos, Chief Engineer Mr.
Konstantinos Mitropoulos, Officers and Crew we extend our warmest
congratulations and wishes for smooth journeys and calm seas.
MT "ASAHI PRINCESS" will sail for her maiden voyage 23/9 to Taiwan.
We are very proud to announce the Delivery at 10:00 hours Greek time on the 12th of August, 2009, of M/V STELLA (H.N.
1046), the first new built Capesize Bulk Carrier in a series of two. The vessel was built by DMHI-DSME for account of
clients of Tsakos Shipping and Trading S.A.
The Protocol of Delivery and Acceptance was signed at 10:00 hrs LT by Mr. Soon Gil Hong and Mr. Paul Ilicenco on behalf of DSME and
DMHI respectively and by Mr. Panagiotis Soulis on behalf of the Buyers.
The signing/delivery was attended by Maritime Attache of the General Consulate of in Constantza Captain H.C G. Panagiotis Davourlis.
The registration formalities were completed by 11:30 Hrs and the vessel will sail today for her maiden voyage.
The Christening Ceremony of the vessel took place on 7th August 2009.
The Sponsor of M/V Stella was Mrs. Henrika Frykman wife of Mr. Sven Frykman Senior Trade/ Cape Division Cargill International.
Christening Ceremony was blessed by Father Nikolaos Galilaios.
Christening Ceremony was attended by Capt. Panagiotis Tsakos Founder and Owner of Tsakos Group, Mrs. Maria Tsakos Executive Vice
President of Tsakos Group, Mr. Nikolas Tsakos Ceo & President of Tsakos
Energy Navigation Ltd., his wife Mrs. Celia Krithariotis-Tsakos and their
children Panagiotis, Irene, Elisavet, Mrs. Eleazar Deborah Director - Tsakos
Shipping & Trading London, Mr. Vassileios Papageorgiou Deputy Chairman of Tsakos Group, Mr. Stellios Glyptis
President of Tsakos Commerce S.A, Mr. Haralambos Hajimichael . General Manager
of Tsakos Shipping & Trading, Mr. Pavlides Eleftherios Head of Finance -
Tsakos Group and his son Dimitris, Mr. Alexandros Tsakos - Entrust Maritime,
Mr. Georgios Saroglou COO of Tsakos Energy Navigation Ltd. Capt. Vidal Alvaro
Ship Coordinator Tsakos, Mr. Ioannis Saroglou Planning &
Development - Tsakos Group, Captain Zacharias Giannopoulos Port Captain, Mrs.
Sofia Karagiannis Sale & Purchase Dept. Tsakos Group, Mr. Michalis
Kouimanis Operations - Tsakos Group, Mr. Nikos Akhtar Bridge Equipment Dept.,
Mrs. Katerina Stavropoulou Secretariat- Tsakos Group, Mr. Isidoros Basakos
Manning Dept, Mr. Stelios Korvesis, Mr. Alexie Lisaniuc Master and his wife,
Mr. Constantin Mircea Chief Engineer and his wife, Mr. Vladimir Mihalcea Chief
Engineer and his wife, Mr. Viorel Riciu 2nd Engineer, his wife and their two
sons, Mr. Ionut Apetroaei Electrician officer, his wife and their daughter, Mr.
Alexandru Burtoi Electrician office and his wife, Mr. Laurentiu Evdochim
Electrician Officer and his wife, Mr. Ionut Garbacea Electrician Officer and
his wife, Mr. Constantin Necula Electrician Officer, his wife and their son,
Mr. Catalin Pandele Electrician Officer, Mr. Eugen Parfinov Electrician Officer
and his wife.
Other distinguished guests who attended the Ceremony Mr. Sven Frykman Senior Trader / Cape Division Cargill International and their
children Stella and Clara, His Excellency Mr. Georgios Poukamissas Ambassador
of Greece in Romania and his daughter Katerina, His Excellency Mr. Nguyen Quang Chien Ambassador of Vietnam in Romania
and his wife, Mr. Evripidis Stylianidis Minister of Transportation and Communication and his wife Gioula, Mr. Constantin Claudiu Stafie State Secretary
- Ministry of Economy of Romania , Mr. Victor Alexandru Schmidt Deputy Director
- Directia Generala a Politicilor Industriale si Competitivitate - Ministry of
Economy of Romania , Mr. Gerassimos Arsenis Former Minister of Finance and
National Defense in Greece, Mrs. Louka Katselis-Arsenis Member of Greek
Parliament, Mr. Ioannis Kostopoulos Chairman of Alpha Bank, Mr. Constantin
Nedelcu Director, Oficiul Participatiunilor Statului si Privatizare in
Industrie (State Shareholding and Industry Privatization Office), Mr. Jan
Dieleman Trading Manager / Panamax Division Cargill International, Mr. Zanfir
Iorgus Deputy PD-L Democratic-Liberal Party, Mr. Mihai Claudiu Tusac Mayor of
Mangalia City, Mr. Nicolae Urdea Mayor of Limanu,Mr. Steve Roberts The London Steamshop Owners
Mutual Insurance Ass. Ltd. A. Bilborough & Co. Ltd., Mr. Christos Kokkinis
Manager - Alpha Bank, Mr. Panagiotis Davourlis Maritime Attache of Greek Embassy
in Romania, Mrs. Karen Ann Galilaou Wife of Father Nikolaos, Mr. Thanos Petropoulos Chairman & Ceo
Emporiki Bank Bulgaria and his wife Helena, Mr. Takis Christofidis Managing
Director of Carriers Chartering Corporation and his wife Mairy, Mr. Francois Teisser
BV Class Area manager, Mr. Anastasios Angelopoulos BV Class Marine dept.
Manager, Mr. Lambros Chachalis BV Class Chief Executive Marine, Mr. Vasi
Paraschiv Managing Director of Sobelnord Antwerp and his wife Leslie, Mrs.
Ioanna Pavlides Manager London P&I Club Pireaus Office, Mr. Ian Mclachlan
Maritime Lawyer, Mr. Takis Fyssas Onassis Foundation, Mr. Michalis Therianos
Civil Engineer/Building Contractor - Euroterra his wife Olga and their son
Pantazis, Mrs. Rene Sgourdas Chartering Manager / Panamax Division of Carriers
Chartering, Mrs. Ioanna Bisias Publisher of Naftika Chronika, Mrs. Artemis Theodoridis Managing Consultant - Alpha
Finance, Mr. Georgios Angelopoulos Aircraft Engineer and his wife Paulina
Doctor of Psychology, Mr. Konstantinos Sotiriou Alpha Bank, Mr. Richard Ioannidis GO TRAVEL, C/O SUNMEDAIR TRAVEL
& TOURISM SERVICES, Mrs. June Legg, Mr. Michalis Samonas Emporiki Romania,
Mr. Apostolos Vassios Hellenic Maritime Constanta, Mr. Dinu Cazacu General
Manager/BMS his wife and their son, Mrs. Georgiana Butnaru, Mrs. Trakaliani
Evangellia wife of Capt. Ioannis Papachintzios and their daughter Georgia and
many other distinguished guests.
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., Ltd. was represented by Mr. S.T. Nam President & CEO, Mr. Jaeho Ko Senior
Executive Vice President Business Division, Mr. D.H. Lee Vice President DSME
London Office, Mr. J.H. Lee Vice President Offshore Marketing and other
distinguished members.
Daewoo Mangalia Heavy Industries was represented by Mr. Vasile Iorga President & CEO, Mr. S.G. Hong Executive Vicepresident
& COO, Mr. S.K. Hwang Executive Director & CPO, Mr. Y.D. Park Executive
Director & CMO, Mr. S.K. Kim Executive Director, Production Support Unit,
Mr. H.K. Kim Director, Material Division, Mr. Paul Ilicenco Director, Marketing & Contract Management, Mr. Ion
Griguta DMHI Shareholders Representative, Mr. Daniel Livezeanu Member of Board of Directors, Mr. Dumitru Doru
Popovici Member of Board of Directors and his daughter.
DSME Athens office was represented by Mr. Baek Changseop Deputy Representative.
Bureau Veritas was represented by Mr. Jean-Sever Popovici Executive for Romania, Mr. Silviu Caciuc Manager, Constanta Site Office, Mr.
Stefan Totolici NC Activity Manager, Mr. Horia Manea Site Manager, Mangalia Office.
Our New Building Team was represented by Mr. George Empeirikos, Mr. Dimitrios Papazis, Mr. Radu Lesu, Mr. Cristinel Costel Andrei,
Mr. George Mindru.
To the Master of M/V Stella Capt. Ioannis Papachintzios, Chief Engineer Mr. Constantin Ciobanu, Officers and Crew we
extend our warmest congratulations and wishes for smooth journeys and calm seas.
We are very proud to announce the Christering and Delivery, at 10:00 hours Japan time on 17 July 2009, of MT ISE PRINCESS (H.N. 1349) the
fifth new built DNA Aframax Oil Tanker in a series of eight, as well as the Christening of MT ASAHI PRINCESS (H.N. 1350) the sixth new built DNA Aframax
Oil Tanker in series of eight. The vessels were built by Sumitomo- Yokosuka Shipyard, and for account of our principals Tsakos Energy Navigation Ltd.
The sponsor of ISE PRINCESS was Mrs. Celia Tsakos and Mrs. Efi Pavlides while the sponsor of ASAHI PRINCESS was Mrs.
Corina Lazarou and Mrs. Kelly Kosmatos. Vessels blessed by bishop father Ambrosios – Aristotle Zographos- Orthodox Metropolis of Korea.
Delivery was attended by Mr. Nikolaos Tsakos, President & CEO of Tsakos Energy Navigation and his wife
Celia Tsakos, Sponsor of M/T Ise Princess, Mrs. Efi Pavlides, Sponsor of M/T
Ise Princess, Mrs. Kelly Kosmatos, Sponsor of M/T Asahi Princess, Mrs. Corina
Lazarou, Sponsor of M/T Asahi Princess, Mr. Binyah Kesselly, Minister
Mercantile Marine - Republic of Liberia, Mr. Scott Bergeron, Chief Operating
Officer - Liberian International Ship & Corporate Registry, Mr. Shigeki
Fukuda, Managing Director of Liberian International Ship & Corporate
Registry, Mr. Alexandros Soutos, Managing Director & Honorary Consular of
Liberia in Athens - Samos (Island) Maritime Co. Ltd., and his wife Mrs. Rania
Soutos, Mrs. Ana Maria Estevez, Ambassador - Embassy of Uruguay in Japan, Mrs.
Katerina Athanasiou, Lawyer - National Bank of Greece, Mr. Jean-Claude Jacot,
Managing Director, SB & WM - UBS, and his wife Mrs. Ursula Regina Jacot,
Mr. C. Lee Colegrove, President of Asiatic Society of Japan, Miss. Haru
Taniguchi - Asiatic Society of Japan Secreteriat, Mr. Hidetaka Moriya, Attorney
of Braun Moriya Kubota & Fukuda, and his wife Kyoko Moriya, Mr. Eisuke
Minoda, Principal Surveyor of American Bureau of Shipping, Dr. Taro Nishimura,
Professor of Faculty of Letters - Keio University and his wife Mrs. Zoe
Nishimura, Mr. Yoshio Hinoh, Chairman of the Board Representative Director -
Sumitomo Heavy Industries Ltd., and his wife Mrs. Kuniko Hinoh, Mr. Hitoshi
Kashimoto, President of Sumitomo Heavy Industries Marine & Engineering Co.
Ltd., and his wife Mrs. Kiyoko Kashimoto, Mr. Mamoru Kishimoto, Director, Chief
General Manager, Business & Technical Development Div. - Sumitomo Heavy
Industries Marine & Engineering Co. Ltd., Mr. Takehiko Shimura, General
Manager, Business & Technical Development Div. - Sumitomo Heavy Industries
Marine & Engineering Co. Ltd., Mr. Shinobu Kawato, Chairman of Sojitsu
Marine & Engineering Corporation, Mr. Hirofumi Matsui, Manager of
Newbuilding Group- Sojitsu Marine & Engineering Corporation, Mr. Harrys
Kosmatos, Corporate Development Officer – TEN, Mr. Harris Bitounis, Tsakos
Tanker Chartering and Mr. Panagiotis Soulis, New Project Manager- Tsakos Group.
Our New Building Team represented by Mr. John Zoulakis, Mr. Stratos Patargias, Mr. Georgios Balasis,
Mr. Eiji Matsuo and Mr. Ryo Sakai, who have done an excellent job in ensuring the delivery of the Vessel in accordance with the New Building Contract.
To the M/T ISE PRINCESS’s Master Capt. Nikolaos Kaloumenos, Chief Engineer Mr.
Michail Filipakis, Officers and Crew we extend our warmest congratulations and
wishes for smooth journeys and calm seas.
The M/T ISE PRINCESS shall sail for her maiden voyage to Singapore
