ABSTRACT
The number of Greek-owned shipping companies
achieved a fast growth starting from 256 shipping companies in 1914, 600 by
2017 (within the Greek borders only), and 1057 in 1990. The number of shipping
companies and the ships they own (dwt), finally determine the Greek owned
fleet. This fleet owns 350.5 m dwt in 2021 (early). Greeks having ship-owning and ship-management in their tradition, and as a way of life,
taught carefully these two concepts within their families.
Shipowners-fathers cared for their children endowing them with a number of
ships, including know-how. The
way ship-owning families increased their size, the same way family members
found their way towards creating their own, more powerful, shipping company! Moreover,
a decade, or so, ago, we considered shipping industry as one dominated
exclusively by men, but this is not true anymore. Angeliki Frangou and Anna
Angelicoussis are two leading shipping married women, managing both ~27 m dwt.
By 2016 we counted 77 leading Greek-owned shipping companies owning/managing
almost 300 m dwt (93.5% of total Greek-owned fleet of 321 m dwt). Thus, the
main suggestion for Nations wanting to excel in shipping is: “Create
ship-owning families”! Leaders we consider those owning ≥1 m dwt each.