Just before Greek Orthodox Easter Piraeus and the island of Chios were mourning Elias Tsakos, head of Entrust Maritime, who has died after several months of ill health.
Younger brother of Capt Panagiotis Tsakos, he was born in the village of Kardamyla, Chios and at the age of 17 left the island to attend the Merchant Marine Engineering Academy of Aspropyrgos, outside Athens, from which he graduated in 1961.
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