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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Shipping, Oil Transportation and Commodities Transportation |
| Founded | (2004 (2004)) |
| Founder | Leon Patitsas |
| Headquarters | Athens,Greece |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Leon Patitsas(CEO) Dimitrios Moutsis(General manager) Harris Takakis(Legal Counsel) Chris Zenios(CFO), |
| Products | Oil tankers,dry bulkers |
Number of employees | 285 (2017) |
| Website | Atlas Maritime |
Atlas Maritime is an internationalshipping company with a fleet ofoil tankers, PCTCs, andgas carriers. It was founded in 2004 byLeon Patitsas who is also the CEO.[1]
Atlas Maritime has a strong reputation for operating a state-of-the-art, brand-new, and fuel-efficient fleet of tankers that transport crude oil and refined products. It maintains long-term contracts withExxonMobil,Chevron,Phillips 66,BP,Shell, and traders such asTrafigura, Glencore (ST Shipping), andVitol.[2]
Atlas Maritime currently manages a fleet oftankers andbulkers.[3]
In October 2022 orders were revealed for two newaframax crude oil carriers (LR2 tankers) from DH Shipbuilding (formerly Daehan Shipbuilding).[4][5] The tankers are expected to join the fleet in 2025.[6]
TheLemos family is a prominentGreek ship-owning family which has been involved in shipping since the 18th century. From 1860 to 1914 the family owned 52vessels. Whilst their first vessels were general cargo, the family expanded their interests over the years intobulk carriers andtankers.
Throughout the 20th century, the family continued to charter, sell, and purchase vessels of various types. In the two centuries of its operation, the Patitsas-Lemos family has managed over 100 ships developing a wide network of industry contacts.
In 1905 Christos M. Lemos purchased, together with other prominent Oinoussian families, the family's firststeamer: the 2,339 gross ton “Marietta Ralli”. Christos M. Lemos, who also became the first captain of the steamer, continued to build the fleet through the purchases of s/s “Triaina” and s/s “Efploia”.
His sons, including Captain Leon Lemos, further expanded the shipping business byco-founding the London-based company “Lemos & Pateras” in 1937. In recognition of their contribution in World War II and as compensation for the losses they suffered, the family, in 1947, bought the “Hellas”, one of the hundred newly availableLiberty ships.Captain Leon Lemos became a prominentGreek shipowner in the 1970s and 1980s, building up a fleet of 17vessels.
Captain Leon Lemos was the father of Mrs. Marigo Patitsas-Lemos, and the grandfather of Leon and Philemon Patitsas. Their father Spyros Patitsas entered the family business in 1968.[7][8][9]