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At 33, co-running
the Angelicoussis
Shipping Group with
her father John,
the former doctor
prescribes a private
future for the leading

Greek owner

EUROPE Greece
Maria Angelicoussis

MARIA Angelicoussis gave up her was simply the conductor of a skilled
career as a doctor to join the family orchestra.
shipping enterprise just before the
collapse of Lehman Brothers, so there It has been a steep learning curve.
can be little danger of her industry Ms Angelicoussis started off in the
experience being tainted by being chartering department and continues
earned in too-sunny a climate. to be involved in chartering in all
sectors of the fleet.
“My father believes that you learn
more during the bad markets,” says Ms Last year, she completed her first
Angelicoussis, now 33. secondhand deal, the acquisition of the
2012-built very large crude carrier Blue
“It has been good experience, Jade, which now trades in the 35-strong
although I’m sure it would be more tanker fleet as Maran Thetis.
enjoyable during a good market.
However, there are opportunities to Recently, she has overseen the
make money in both good times and acquisition of two more VLCCs from
bad times.” the Daewoo group — the 2011-built pair
Blue Aquamarine and Blue Garnet.
It also helped that John
Angelicoussis threw her in at the deep For dry bulk wing Anangel
end and allowed her to make her own Maritime Services, this year Ms
mistakes, and learn at her own pace. Angelicoussis has overseen a triple
capesize acquisition from Scorpio
Now father and daughter Bulkers and several demolition deals
run virtually the world’s largest for 1990s-built bulkers leaving the fleet.
purely private shipowning group
side-by-side. “I’m involved in all aspects of the
business,” she says. “My father says
“We consult each other closely on that I probably enjoy the detail a little
all the important decisions,” says Ms too much.”
Angelicoussis.
Increasingly, Ms Angelicoussis is
She also acknowledges the group’s spending more time on the liquefied
highly experienced and skilled team. natural gas carrier division, Maran Gas

A liking for a team environment
is something that she traces both
to her medical background — “you
need to discuss to arrive at the most
informed decision” — and her father’s
philosophy that as the owner, he

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