The Athenian Group traces its origins to Kyriakou Shipping & Trading in the mid-nineteenth century. Minos X. Kyriakou founded Athenian Tankers Inc. in 1965 and the oil-trading businesses Bacoil International and Athenian Oil Trading in 1976. Athenian Sea Carriers, dated to 1986 in Lloyds, became the group’s tanker-management core, chartering through Athenian Tankers UK and Athenian Tankers USA.
The website calls Athenian Sea Carriers a manager, Lloyds variously a manager or agent, while NJK describes it as an owner. Rosanoski suggests that ownership might underlie those arrangements, without establishing it. Twelve ships were sold to Omi in July 2004, leaving two at the time of the note. Related records include same-address Pacoil and Pacomar companies, and agency work for Athenian Oil Tankers and Athenian Transpetrol.
Greece, Piraeus; later Athens.