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Constantakopoulos was born in 1935 in the village of Diavolitsi, in Messinia, in southwest Peloponnese. After growing up in Messinia, he began a career on ships, gradually working his way up to master. In 1974, after 21 years in the industry, he established Costamare Shipping Company, which quickly expanded and today is one of the world's ...
Captain Vassilis Constantakopoulos was born on June 29th, 1935 in the village of Diavolitsi, Messinia, where he spent his childhood years. He was forced to relocate to Athens during the “destructive” years of the Civil War, as he referred to them; there, aged 13, he saw the sea for the very first time. He graduated from an evening ...
Yet Captain Vassilis C. Constantakopoulos, known almost universally as “Capt. Vassilis”, was an exception. Born in 1935 in the village of Diavolitsi, he grew up in the Messinia region of the Peloponnese during the difficult years of the Occupation and the bitter Greek Civil War. He used to say he did not see the sea until he came to Athens ...
Shipowner captain Vassilis Constantakopoulos facilitated through his generous financial support most of the necessary expenses for the preparation of the ship to be safely towed to Greece, as well as the cost for its conversion in order to appear in the form that Liberty ships sailed during peacetime.
Costamare Shipping Co. S.A. was founded by Captain Vassilis C. Constantakopoulos in November 1974. Born in 1935 in Diavolitsi, a village in Messenia, southwest Peloponnese, Constantakopoulos was the child of a family of farmers who had no connection with the sea, which he only saw for the first time at the age of thirteen.
The "Captain Vassilis and Carmen Constantakopoulos" Foundation is a charitable non-profit private foundation, founded in 2011 to honor Captain Vassilis and Carmen Constantakopoulos. Its aim is to establish Messinia as a model for sustainable development, by supporting and promoting related projects. The Foundation plans, manages and finances ...
Jan 25, 2011 · Greek shipping titan Vassilis Constantakopoulos died today at the age of seventy-five. Known as “Captain Vassilis” within Greece’s maritime world, the founder of the box ship company Costamare and chairman of the Hellenic Marine Environment Protection Association, reportedly died in the early hours of the morning in Athens. Born in Messinia, a region of the […]
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