shipping and oil transportation founded 2004 2004 founder leon patitsas headquarters athens greece area served worldwide key people leon patitsas ceo products tankers number of employees 234 2012 website atlas maritime atlas maritime is an international shipping company with a fleet of six double hull tankers engaged in the worldwide transportation of crude oil and refined oil products . contents 1 ceo leon patitsas 2 current fleet 3 recent articles 4 history 5 external links 6 references ceo leon patitsas edit leon patitsas has served as the chief executive officer of atlas maritime since he founded the company in 2004 . leon patitsas built the company from ground up and bought operated and sold dry bulk carriers gas carriers and oil tankers . mr patitsas formulates the strategic direction of the company and oversees its implementation . leon has over 15 years of experience in shipping and prior to heading atlas he gained valuable experience in sale and purchase chartering and corporate finance positions . in the 90 s leon worked for a bank in new york as a member of the team that invested in hedge funds . starting from the bottom as an engineer on board a ship he gained valuable hands on experience offering him a thorough knowledge and understanding of the facets of ship management engineering and operations . mr. patitsas has a master of science from mit massachusetts institute of technology and a b.s. in mechanical engineering from tufts university . he is the vp of the committee of skuld p & i club norwegian insurance organization . current fleet edit the mitera marigo from atlas maritime s fleet of 6 tankers . atlas maritime currently manages six tankers . the fleet consists of 1 armada ulysses vlcc 299.000 dwt 1999 built samsung s.korea aspasia lemos aframax 105.187 dwt 2009 built hyundai s.korea atlas voyager aframax 115.482 dwt 2003 built sanoyas japan lady m aframax 115.418 dwt 2003 built sanoyas japan mitera marigo aframax 105.495 dwt 2007 built sumitomo japan texas star aframax 115.527 dwt 2003 built sanoyas japan recent articles edit atlas news 1 history edit atlas maritime draws on the long history of the lemos family a prominent greek ship owning family which has been involved in shipping since the 18th century . from 1860 to 1914 the family owned 52 vessels . whilst their first vessels were general cargo the family expanded their interests over the years into bulk carriers and tankers . 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 first steamer ; 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 by co 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 one hundred newly available liberty ships . captain leon lemos became a prominent greek shipowners in the 1970s and 1980s building up a fleet of 17 vessels . 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 . 2 3 4 external links edit atlas maritime official website references edit the fleet retrieved 27 january 2010 nigel lowry march 5 2009 . atlas maritime has an affinity for aframaxes subscription required . lloyd s list . london . atlas bash to celebrate new paleo faliro office subscription required . tradewinds . stamford ct. december 21 2007 . nigel lowry march 5 2009 . following in a rich oinoussian tradition subscription required . lloyd s list . london . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title atlas maritime & oldid 706448744 categories tanker shipping companiesshipping companies of greece navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 23 february 2016 at 11 02 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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