Italian shipowner Paolo d’Amico is no stranger to naming ceremonies.
His 40-year career has afforded plenty of opportunity to see champagne bottles broken on steel hulls as new vessels are welcomed into the family’s fleet.
Such events have become an increasingly familiar feature of his diary during the past three years as d’Amico International Shipping began to take delivery of 22 new tankers contracted between 2012 and 2015.
