An acclaimed shipping personality that has contributed the most in the growth of the Cyprus Shipping Registry was honored with Cyprus Shipping Award in the opening reception of Maritime Cyprus Conference at Limassol.
The award was granted to George Prokopiou founder and managing director of Dynacom Tankers & Dynagas and was delivered by Nikos Christodoulides, president of Cyprus Republic who said that the shipping industry is very important for Cyprus that is a fully pledged and dynamic shipping center. Cyprus provides the appropriate framework for a sustainable growth
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In his speech George Prokopiou dedicated this award to Glyfada the place the he was born and grown up. George Prokopiou has followed an exciting career of 52 years and thanked his wife Alexandra and daughters Elisa Ioanna Marina Elena.
The deputy minister of shipping Marina Chatzimanolis in her introductory remarks said that the Cyprus Shipping Award is granted to leading personalities of Shipping and pointed out that this year Cyprus celebrates 60 years of Cyprus Shipping register since it was launched in Famagusta currently occupied by Turks.
It must be noted that George Prokopiou is an innovative shipowner who has crossed the northern sea route and lately contributed to the fleet of Cyprus Register five state of the art LNG carriers.
George Prokopiou is the first shipowner from Greece that receives the Cyprus Shipping Award since it was first launched in 2004.
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