Tag: Kulukundis (11)
The #Kulukundis family can trace their shipping roots back 160 years. Over those years the spelling of the family name has evolved.
#Couloucoundis
#Culucundis
#Kouloukountis
#Miles_Kulukundis at #London & #Overseas #Freighters
tradewindsnews.comKulukundis clan outlives its rivals
#Constantine_Nicholas_Timothy_Kulukundis who at the time of this writing is part owner and voting member of #Chinawhite , and is related to #John_C_Kulukundis who is a well know #London #art and luxury #jewelry & #Watch dealer offering bespoke services to the elite. John is the owner of #Janus_Arts & #Janus_Jewels and he claims on his website to be born into a European dynasty of collectors. Working with collections from artist such as #Damien_Hirst and jewelers such as #Cartier #Harry_Winston #Bulgari #Van_Cleef_and_Arpels #Kulukundis
#Constantine_Nicholas_Timothy_Kulukundis along with #Frederick_Moss and 2 others founded #FirstFind_Limited in #year_2003 to save the club #Chinawhite when the original owner #Teton_Valley_Trading filed for liquidation.
standard.co.ukChinawhite’s cash crisis
#Manuel_Kulukundis or #Manolis_Kulukundis #Kulukundis #Bull_Line #Peurto_Rico #Brooklyn #Terminal 8 cargo #Ships 1 liner
In 1948 #Manuel_Kulukundis or #Manolis_Kulukundis #Kulukundis and his cousin #Basil_Mavroleon founded #London_and_Overseas_Freighters #LOF a dry cargo venture. The company was taken over by #John_Fredriksen of #Frontline , a Norwegian company, in 1997.
#Manuel_Kulukundis or #Manolis_Kulukundis #Shipping companies #Rethymnis & #Kulukundis #R_and_K and #Bull_Line saw controversy in the 50’s & 60’s for doing business with the communist countries. Manuel was among #Onassis and #Niarchos in shipping oil from the #Soviet_Union to #Cuba and #sugar the other way.
In 1940 #Manuel_Kulukundis or #Manolis_Kulukundis #Kulukundis moved to #New_York in an effort to persuade the US government to build 15 #Liberty #Ships for #Greece under the #Lend_Lease_Act_of_1941 . The #USA government agreed and a committee was formed to oversee the corporation, which worked for the Allied cause. Greece was allotted 100 ships. After the war 11 #Greek shipowners received vessels from this program as compensation of their losses during the war.
#Manuel_Kulukundis or #Manolis_Kulukundis #Kulukundis was instrumental in brokering deals between the British government in #London and the #Greek during WWII which allowed for the charting of Greek ships to the Allied cause. Manuel’s company chartered 15 ships to the Swiss government and 15 ships to the British Ministry.
