Welcome to Nicholas Gatzionis’ Website
Nicholas Gatzionis is a highly experienced, successful ”Sale & Purchase and long term Chartering projects” shipbroker. He has great skills in the field and many good contacts around the world. He has always worked very quietly and selectively, earning a reputation as an honest dealmaker amongst the principals he has worked with/for.
Professional Experience
PRESENT
SILVERBULK TRADING LTD, Athens – Greece
Managing Director
Shipbrokers for exclusive or semi-exclusive clients concentrating primarily in Sale & Purchase (of 2nd hand and New Buildings) as well as in long-term chartering projects (TC / CVC / COA’S) for oceangoing vessels. For a certain client (passive investor) the firm acts as ‘’Commercial Manager’’ for their Shipping Investments.
3/2014 – 06/2017
IFCHOR SILVER LTD, Athens – Greece
Managing Director
Joint Venture with Ifchor Group on Sale and Purchase projects
4/2009 – 02/2014
SILVERBULK TRADING LTD., Athens – Greece
Managing Director
Shipbrokers for exclusive or semi-exclusive clients concentrating primarily in Sale & Purchase (of 2nd hand and New Buildings) as well as in long-term chartering projects (TC / CVC / COA’S) for oceangoing vessels.
4/1999 – 4/2009
OCEANBULK MARITIME S.A., Athens – Greece
Sale & Purchase Manager of the Oceanbulk Maritime Group
Negotiated and materialized all the acquisitions or disposals of ships for the group. During his tenure at Oceanbulk Group, Nicholas Gatzionis successfully sourced, negotiated, purchased or sold, a very large number of vessels on behalf of the Shareholders developing and executing investment opportunities.
3/1996 – 3/1999
BULK HELLAS MARITIME LTD., Athens – Greece
Shipbroker and Partner
Chartering of dry cargo vessels (handysize up to Capesize) and of tanker vessels (product tankers up to Suezmax, with the occasional fixing of larger tankers such as VLCC’s). Lightly involved in the Sale and Purchase of vessels and commodity trading in the capacity of an intermediary.
6/1994 – 2/1996
LINK MARITIME ENTERPRISES S.A., Piraeus – Greece
Shipbroker
Dry cargo chartering shipbroker – focused mainly on Capesize tonnage.
12/1992–9/1993
LEFFLER CHARTERING INC., New York – USA
Trainee Shipbroker Dry cargo
Education
Class of 1993
FORDHAM UNIVERSITY, New York – USA
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a concentration in Finance
Class of 1988
ATHENS COLLEGE, Athens Greece – High School Diploma
Professional Affiliations and Memberships
- 2019 – present: THE INTERNATIONAL PROPELLER CLUB OF THE UNITED STATES
- 1997 – present: THE HELLENIC SHIPBROKERS ASSOCIATION, Athens – Greece
- 2011 – 2014: THE BALTIC EXCHANGE, London – U.K.
- Hellenic Shipbrokers Association (HSA)
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