Intercargo's 25th anniversary gala dinner recently was fittingly held at the Athens Hotel, which is part of the Chandris family's operations. Intercargo is the brainchild of the late Antony Chandris, who realised the need for an international forum for dry-cargo shipowners.
Michael Chandris was on hand to accept an unusually crafted plaque on behalf of his family.
Earlier in the day, the general meeting elected to bring Intercargo's chairmanship back to Greece under Nicholas Pappadakis of Antares Shipmanagement and Kassian Navigation.
Pappadakis was fulsome in his praise of outgoing chairman Frederick Tsao, to whom he presented a similar plaque, saying the association owed him "an enormous debt of thanks".
During their short addresses, the importance of Intercargo's mission was not forgotten but Tsao, with a seemingly irrepressible sense of humour, commented that three hours sleep the previous night combined with some champagne on an empty stomach and four days of jet lag were making him more serious than usual and that he was even boring himself.
Intercargo members from all over the world mingled with a strong representation of the Greek shipping industry, most of whom managed to arrive before an unusually fierce thunderstorm broke.
