Having first gone to sea aged 16, and earning a master’s ticket at the age of 26, he we went on to build one of the best-known Greek shipping groups.

While his son Nikolas is now head of New York-listed arm, Tsakos Energy Navigation (TEN), and is the current chairman of tanker owners’ association Intertanko, it is clear ‘The Captain’ is still very much head of the family.

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