People

Andre Grikitis is President and Chief Executive of Intermarine LLC. He began working in the maritime industry in the mid-1970s when he joined World Trade Shipping, a New York based vessel operator, as the Chartering Manager. In the early 1980s, he joined another New York based vessel operator, T.J. Stevenson, as Vice President. In 1993, Mr. Grikitis acquired the vessel operations of his then employer, D.W. Lee, Inc., which he later renamed Cargoships, Inc. He received a BS in Business from Central Connecticut College in 1969 and a Masters in Criminal Justice in 1974 from C.W. Post in New York. In addition to his oversight of company operations, Mr. Grikitis concentrates on longer term corporate strategies including vessel acquisitions, corporate structure and market positioning.