History
History
Our origins are traced back in 1932 when Nicolaos Apostolou began his marine insurance broking activity with Messrs.Moussouris - Politis Co.Ltd, followed by a number of years with D.S. Svoronos Co. Ltd, till he founded in the early sixties Apostolou – Svoronos Co.Ltd and later Apostolou & Co Ltd Insurance Brokers. Takis Bartsiokas joined the family company in 1977 and established Trireme S.A in 1991 and by maintaining the old ties he expanded significantly the business. Continuing the family legacy Cpt. Phoevos Bartsiokas and Ion Bartsiokas, joined the business permanently in 2010.
Goal
Both Companies Trireme S.A and Apostolou & Co Ltd Insurance Brokers, as International Insurance Brokers aim to develop first class International Insurance services by establishing long lasting relationships, beneficial to all parties concerned. We are proud that most of our clients have remained loyal to us and our cooperation for more than a half of century for 3 generations already. Our strength is our passion for offering a 24/7 personal service through decades of the highest international standards to all parties involved.
Insurance surpervising authority
Trireme S.A and Apostolou & Co. Ltd are mainly concentrating in Marine Insurance, Re-insurance and special services and are regulated by Bank of Greece and Piraeus Professional Chamber.
Athenean Trireme
The history
Athenian Trireme is rightly desribed as the masterpiece of Ancient Greek ship-building. It was a long, multi-oared warship with auxiliary sails, deriving its name from the three rows of oars which gave Athenians the superiority throughout the Persian Wars and played the leading part in the Naval Battle of Salamis (480 B.C).
According to Greek philosopher Thucydides, the Trireme was introduced to Greece by the Corinthians in the late 7th century B.C by Aminocles of Corinth.
Characteristics: Lenght 40-45m, beam 5 – 5,5m, draft 1,20-1,40. From the lower part of the bow a raw was projected which was the trireme's main weapon. This ship had a total of 170 oars on three levels manned by 170 rowers (54 thalamites, 54 zygioi, 62 thranites. The rowers of the Athenian Triremes were free citizens and not slaves.
Business portfolio
Our clientele mainly consists of Greek oriented shipowning and shipmanaging companies, closely working and co-operating with our office for 3 generations.
Nowadays our book of business includes a number of large shipping companies, some of them having entered the U.S.A. and London Stock Exchange, as well as medium to small size traditional Greek family shipowners & shipmanagers. Our established network of correspondents and associates provide worldwide access to Marine Insurance Markets.
Memberships
TRIREME S.A.
Professional Chamber of Piraeus
Member of Greek Shipping – Shipbroking Companies Association (GSSCA)
Members of HELMEPA
Piraeus Marine Club
Ekali Club
APOSTOLOU & CO. LTD. INSURANCE BROKERS
Professional Chamber of Piraeus
Member of the Hellenic Committee of Lloyd's Brokers' Associates (1938)
Our Team
Panagiotis (Takis) E. Bartsiokas
Licensed Insurance BrokerB.Sc. in Maths, Athens University. He completed one year internship at Messrs. Marsh LLC in 1977. Member of the board of the Hellenic Committee of Lloyd's Brokers' Associates (1938) and Honorary Chairman of the Professional Chamber of Piraeus in insurance broking.
p.bartsiokas@trireme.biz
Phoevos Bartsiokas
Licensed Insurance BrokerB.Sc in Shipping and Transport Management, B.Sc. in Marine Studies, Chief Mate Mariner.
His work experience begins in 1999 working for a traditional Greek shipowning company as a trainee. He served at sea for three years in total starting his career as an apprentice officer on Container and Bulk Carrier vessels. Consequently as second officer on container and tanker vessels, finally obtaining Captain Class B diploma and subsequently at Lloyd's Insurance Brokers as a trainee placing and claims broker.
Ion Evangelos Bartsiokas
Licensed Insurance BrokerB.A. in consultancy and independent research and M.Sc in management science with finance.
His work experience begins in 2001 working for two traditional Greek shipowing companies as a personal assistant, he worked as a trainee placing and claims broker at a Lloyd's Insurance Broking company and had one year internship at a London Average Adjusting company as a trainee average adjuster. During the summer of 2022 Ion completed with distinction the negotiation and influence course at MIT University.
Christina A. Bouga
Licensed Insurance BrokerB.Sc. in Shipping Business. Her work experience begins in 2012 as a freight and disbursements assistant for a ship owning company. Christina joined the company in 2013.
c.bouga@trireme.biz
Dimitris E. Portokaloglou
Licensed AccountantB.Sc. Accounting and Finance. Tax Consultant A' Class – License of the Economic Chamber of Greece. His working experience started in 1985 as accountant and chief accountant in shipping companies.
d.portokaloglou.trireme.biz
Marilia Kouki
Executive Secretary - Licensed Insurance BrokerMarilia studied in Panteion University, Athens. She is a licensed insurance broker, but also the Executive Assistant to the Director, bringing over six years of similar experience to our company.
m.kouki@trireme.biz
Tassos Anastasopoulos
Electrical EngineerHe studied in ETH in Zurich. His working experience started in 1975 in the fastener industry.
a.anastassopoulos@trireme.bizServices
Both companies are active / service the local Piraeus shipping community on seeking and providing first class marine insurance related solutions for companies in the shipping industry - tailormade according to the individual needs of every establishment. The classes of business we furnish as insurance intermediaries are outlined as follows:
| 01 | Hull & Machinery Risks Cover (H&M) |
| 02 | Increased Value Risks Cover (I.V.) |
| 03 | War Risks Cover |
| 04 | Port Risks Cover |
| 05 | Loss of Hire / Earnings / Anticipated Freight |
| 06 | Loss of Commissions Cover |
| 07 | Errors & Ommissions Professional Liability Cover |
| 08 | Mortgagees Interest Insurance (M.I.I.) |
| 09 | Mortgagees Additional Perils Insurance (MAPI) |
| 10 | Protection & Indemnity (P&I) |
| 11 | Freight, Demurrage & Defence (FD&D) |
| 12 | Protection & Indemnity Charterers Liability Cover |
| 13 | Certificate of Financial Responsility (COFR) |
| 14 | International Carrier Bond (ICB) |
| 15 | Refund Guarantee Insurance Cover |
| 16 | Directors & Officers Cover (D&O) |
| 17 | ISM DP / ISPS CSO - Professional Indemnity & Legal Expenses Insurance Cover |
| 18 | Maritime Trade Revenue - Protection Insurance |
| 19 | Ship repairers Liability Cover |
| 20 | Marine Excess of Loss / Quota Share / Reinsurance Treatie |
| 21 | Kidnap & Ransom and Loss of Hire |
| 22 | Builders risks cover |
| 23 | Yard risks cover |
| 24 | Shipyard's liability |
| 25 | Delayed delivery and non delivery |
| 26 | Subsidies |
| 27 | Cruise cancellation |
| 28 | Bonded stores |
| 29 | Charterer's bunkers |
| 30 | Marina installations, terrorism and third party liability |
Claim services
| 01 | In House Claims Handling |
| 02 | Consultancy |
| 03 | Commutation Agreements |
Corporate responsibility
Proud sponsors of:
- Volunteer Firefighters, a non profit organization.
- Ark of the World, a non profit organization that takes care of children that have experienced abandonment, racism and social exclusion.
- Hellenic Maritime Museum in Piraeus, Greece.
- Members of Hellenic Marine Environment Protection Association.
- Trireme S.A., Atlas Marine SA and Helmepa organised a sea bed cleaning at Avlemonas, Kythera Island, Greece in August 2014 and August 2015.
Contact us
Marine Enterprises Building,
53-55 Akti Miaouli Str.
185 36 Piraeus,
Greece
Fax: +30 210 42 93 396
ΓΕΜΗ - General Electronic Commercial Registry
- ΑΠΟΣΤΟΛΟΥ ΚΑΙ ΣΙΑ - Apostolou and Co. Ltd: 054732309000
- TRIREME S.A: 130941909000