Top Ships

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Top Ships Inc.
Company type Public company
FoundedJanuary 1999;25 years ago (1999-01)
Founders
  • Evangelos J. Pistiolis
  • Alexandros Tsirikos
Headquarters Maroussi, Greece
Key people
Konstantinos Karelas,
Paolo Javarone,
Stavros Emmanouil
ServicesMaritime Transportation Operator
RevenueIncrease2.svg US$2.067 billion (2023)
Decrease2.svgUS$−842 million (2023)
Number of employees
5,884 (2023)
Website https://www.topships.org
Footnotes /references
Financials as of January 31,2023 [1]

Top Ships Inc. is a supply chain maritime transportation (or ocean transportation) operations management company responsible for seaborne trade of raw materials. [2] [3] The company was founded by Evangelos J. Pistiolis on January 10, 2000 and is headquartered in Maroussi, Greece. [4]

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The company's medium range tanker vessels transport crude oil, petroleum products, and bulk liquid chemicals. It allows corporate users to transport large quantities of unrefined crude oil from its point of extraction to refineries, petroleum products such as gasoline, diesel fuel, or petrochemical products from the refineries. Top Ships services offers maritime transport for managing and operating large and diversified fleets of ocean freight ships ranging from product tanker fleets, chemical tanker fleets, crude oil tanker (or petroleum tanker) fleets, and Very Large Crude Carrier (VLCC) fleet vessels. [5]

History

In 1994, Evangelos J. Pistiolis received a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from the Technical University of Munich. From 1994 to 1995, Evangelos worked at Howe Robinson & Co. Ltd., a London shipbroker specializing in drybulk container vessels. While studying at the Southampton Institute of Higher Education, Pistolis oversaw the daily operations of Compass United Maritime Container Vessels, a ship management company located in Greece. Evangelos J. Pistiolis graduated from Southampton Institute of Higher Education with a degree in shipping operations in 1999.

In January 1999, Top Ships Inc. was founded by the company CEO, Evanelos J. Pistiolis in Maroussi, Greece. The company's initial public offering raised $3.4 billion in January 2020.

In November 2008, the company appointed a former United Kingdom (UK) Chartered Accountant (ACA) executive Alexandros Tsirikos on the Executive Director Board of Directors for Top Ships. Alexandros Tsirikos is the Chief Financial Officer and has been employed with Top Ships since early July 2007.

On December 27, 2013, the company stock adjusted close price of TOPS was $3,008,879,919,104.00. [6]

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References

  1. "US SEC: Form 10-K Top Ships, Inc". U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. March 29, 2023.
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