Kostas Gkonis

Kostas G. GKONIS, PhD

Director & Secretary General of INTERCARGO (the International Association of Dry Cargo Shipowners)

Kostas has a long-term vision for the industry and an organisation’s role in it, and as a leader and manager he likes to think both strategically and operationally. Kostas enjoys challenging the status quo, introducing organisational improvements and innovations to progress a business and revamp it internally and externally. 

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Kostas is passionate about sustainability, ESG, and innovation, having worked for over 20 years in the shipping industry and energy before that, and on varying topics from maritime policy, environmental soundness and decarbonisation to market dynamics and intelligence. His background ranges from engineering and operations research to business and corporate responsibility. 

He holds the position of Director / Secretary General of INTERCARGO since Oct. 2016. During his time, the Association’s membership has more than doubled to currently bringing together 250 forward thinking companies from 30 countries in uniting and promoting quality dry bulk shipping.

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