Kostas Vlachos

Kostas Vlachos was Chief Technical Operations Officer of Castor Ships S.A., with over 30 years' experience in shipping. He spent 15 years representing Greece's Flag Administration at the IMO and EU on safety and environmental matters before moving into ship ownership and technical management, working across oil tankers, chemical carriers, container ships and LPG/LNG carriers. He was an INTERTANKO council and Executive Committee member from 2015 to 2020 and chaired INTERTANKO's Gas Committee from 2019 to 2021.

He received the 2016 award for Best Manager of the Year in the Greek Maritime Sector and holds a BSc in Mechanical and Electrical Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens.

He has spoken at 10 Mare Forum events, mostly Mare Forum Mykonos and Greece, between 2015 and 2022, moderating the 18th Mare Forum Greece in 2018.