Prokopiou tanker venture emerges

A new shipping venture from the Prokopiou clan in Greece has emerged with brokers reporting a first LR1 purchase.  Marielena Procopiou, the daughter of Greek tycoon George Prokopiou, is behind a new shipowning outfit named Akrotiri Tankers.   The company quietly made its first purchase in May, adding the 2008-built, 77,000 dwt Hafnia Thames from Hafnia. The ship …

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