The Chios Marine Club’s Christmas and New Premises inauguration event took place on 18 December 2024 in Piraeus at its new address, 34-39 Akti Miaouli Street at Lemos Maritime Building. The celebration of the new premises was accompanied by the Christmas gathering for members and guests of the Club.
The Inauguration ceremony began with the traditional blessing of new premises by Father Andreas, archpriest of Saint Nicholas Church Piraeus. The President of Chios Marine Club Capt. Antonis Pitsilos welcomed the sponsors who contributed to the renovation of the premises, and all participants. He pointed out that the Club has been active for 25 years. The acquisition of new offices was a “Vision that became a Reality”. He declared: “Our goal was to create an elegant and attractive place for our members to visit more often and this will help us to increase the number of new members.”
Capt. Pitsilos warmly thanked the Donor of the property, our Benefactor and Honorary President of the Club, Capt. Christos Kakoulas, and the generous sponsors for their financial support in the renovation of the new offices.
Further, the following honoured the event with their presence: Yiannis Moralis -Mayor of Piraeus, Notis Mitarakis – elected member of Hellenic Parliament for Nea Demokratia Party in the Prefecture of Chios, Stavros Michailidis – elected member of Hellenic Parliament for PASOK-KINAL in the Prefecture of Chios), Yiannis Malafis – Mayor of Chios Island, Georgios Daniil – Mayor of Oinousses Island, Radm (HCG) Leonidas Manolakos – Deputy Governor of Attika for civil protection, Lt.General (Rt) Nikolaos Manolakos, ex Member of Greek Parliament for the Piraeus Constituency, Georgios Pateras – President of Hellenic Chamber of Shipping, Georgios Alexandratos – Vice President of the Hellenic Chamber of Shipping, Capt. Georgios Arvanitis – Deputy Governor for Merchant Marine for the North Aegean Islands, Dimitris Vlachakos – Deputy Mayor of Piraeus, Capt, Panagiotis Tsakos of Tsakos Group of Companies, Orestis Varonis of Union Marine Enterprises, Eleftherios Veniamis from Golden Union Shipping Co., Capt. Panagiotis Gigis – president of the Panhellenic Captains’ Union of Merchant Navy, Drosos Reizis – First Deputy Commandant of the Hellenic Coast Guard, Commander (HCG) Foteini Preka from KESEN Michanionas Thessaloniki, Radm Rt (HCG) Nikolaos Kavallieros – Director of the Fast and Cruise Ship Owners Association, Vivi Koliopoulou – President of Wista Hellas, Radm Rt (HCG) Dimitrios Tsiadis, represented the President of OCHSA Mrs. Mariella Varoni, Danae Bezantakou – Vice President of Propeller Club, Maria Bri Papamakariou – President of Pirgi Association in Attica, Konstantinos Achladitis – Vice President of Piraeus Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Georgios Xyradakis – President of Association of Banking & Financial Executives of Hellenic Shipping who presented a honorary plaque to the President of the Club, Theodosis Stamatelos of Lloyd’s Register, George Andreadis of Bureau Veritas and many others.
The event was also honoured by former Presidents of the Association, Antonis Faraklas and Markos Tripolitis as well as by many of the founding members.
Sponsors of the event:
