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<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\tJohn M. Carras. (1\/35)<\/p><\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>
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<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\tLetterhead of the London-based enterprise \u201cCarras Ltd.\u201d, dated 1941. John M. Carras is heading the list of its directors. (2\/35)<\/p><\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>
![\"1_KARRAS-2\"](\"https:\/\/greekshippingmiracle.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/1_KARRAS-2.jpg\")
<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\tJohn M. Carras and his beloved wife Athina at a reception during Posidonia Exhibition in 1996. (3\/35)<\/p><\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>
![\"3_IOANNIS_CARRAS_1906-2\"](\"https:\/\/greekshippingmiracle.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/3_IOANNIS_CARRAS_1906-2.jpg\")
<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\tThe 1906-built steamship IOANNIS CARRAS, was under the control of the Carras family from 1925 to 1929. (4\/35)<\/p><\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>
![\"4_IOANNIS_CARRAS_1917_1931_GR-2\"](\"https:\/\/greekshippingmiracle.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/4_IOANNIS_CARRAS_1917_1931_GR-2.jpg\")
<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\tThe 1917-built steamship IOANNIS CARRAS, which shortly before the War came under the control of Panagiotis Carras. After the outbreak of the War in September 1939 was scuttled by the Polish authorities at the port of Gdynia in order to prevent German ships from entering the port. Subsequently raised and repaired by the Germans. Returned after the end of the War to her owners and renamed SPYRIDON II. (5\/35)<\/p><\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>
![\"5_ALEXANDRA-2\"](\"https:\/\/greekshippingmiracle.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/5_ALEXANDRA-2.jpg\")
<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\tThe 1913-built steamship ALEXANDRA, acquired by the Carras family in 1933. (6\/35)<\/p><\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>
![\"6_ADELFOTIS-2\"](\"https:\/\/greekshippingmiracle.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/6_ADELFOTIS-2.jpg\")
<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\tThe 1917-built steamship ADELFOTIS, was torpedoed and sunk during WWII. (7\/35)<\/p><\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>
![\"7_PIONIER_1919_CARMAR_1939-2\"](\"https:\/\/greekshippingmiracle.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/7_PIONIER_1919_CARMAR_1939-2.jpg\")
<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\tThe 1919-built steamship PIONIER, acquired by John M. Carras from the Belgian enterprise CMB in 1939. She was renamed CARMAR and placed under the Panamanian flag. (8\/35)<\/p><\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>
![\"8_WAIMEA_1919_1946-2\"](\"https:\/\/greekshippingmiracle.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/8_WAIMEA_1919_1946-2.jpg\")
<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\tThe 1919-built Panamanian cargo ship WAIMEA, one of the first two ships acquired by John M. Carras after the end of the War. (9\/35)<\/p><\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>
![\"9_AMELIA_1943_ex_TRINITY-2\"](\"https:\/\/greekshippingmiracle.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/9_AMELIA_1943_ex_TRINITY-2.jpg\")
<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\tThe Liberian 1943-built T2 type tanker AMELIA, one of the early tankers of the John M. Carras fleet. She was previously trading as the US-flag TRINITY (10\/35)<\/p><\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>
![\"10_POINT_SAN_PABLO_1920_1948_PA-2\"](\"https:\/\/greekshippingmiracle.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/10_POINT_SAN_PABLO_1920_1948_PA-2.jpg\")
<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\tThe 1920-built Panamanian-flag cargo ship POINT SAN PABLO sailed under the management of the John M. Carras Group from 1948 to 1950. (11\/35)<\/p><\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>
![\"11_FOTINI_liberty-2\"](\"https:\/\/greekshippingmiracle.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/11_FOTINI_liberty-2.jpg\")
<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\tThe Greek-flag Liberty-type cargo ship FOTINI, acquired by John M. Carras in January 1947. (12\/35) <\/p><\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>
![\"12_KARRAS-2\"](\"https:\/\/greekshippingmiracle.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/12_KARRAS-2.jpg\")
<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\tJohn M. Carras, in the middle, with Dimitrios Los and Alkimos Gratsos, during a lunch hosted by the Union of Greek Shipowners in the early 1970s at the Yacht Club of Greece. (13\/35)<\/p><\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>
![\"13_KARRAS-2\"](\"https:\/\/greekshippingmiracle.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/13_KARRAS-2.jpg\")
<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\tJohn M. Carras, in the middle, with Costas M. Lemos and Stratis G. Andreadis, during an event of the Union of Greek Shipowners premises in the early 1970s. (14\/35)<\/p><\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>
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<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\tJohn M. Carras with his wife Athina and their daughter Eugenie during the launching ceremony of the steam tanker MAYFLOWER in the USA in 1961. (15\/35)<\/p><\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>
![\"15_TINI-2\"](\"https:\/\/greekshippingmiracle.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/15_TINI-2.jpg\")
<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\tThe tanker TINI, built in 1952 by Hitachi Zosen K.K. in Osaka, Japan. She was the first newly-built tanker of the John M. Carras Group. (16\/35)<\/p><\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>
![\"|\u2022\uf8ff\"](\"https:\/\/greekshippingmiracle.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/16_1952_TINI-2.jpg\")
<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\tThe launching of the tanker TINI on 10 February 1952. She was the first turbine steam tanker built in Japan for export after the War. (17\/35)<\/p><\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>
![\"17_CHRISTINA-2\"](\"https:\/\/greekshippingmiracle.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/17_CHRISTINA-2.jpg\")
<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\tThe steam tanker CHRISTINA, built in 1953 by Hitachi Zosen K.K. in Osaka, Japan. (18\/35)<\/p><\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>
![\"18_ALEXANDRA_1956-2](\"https:\/\/greekshippingmiracle.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/18_ALEXANDRA_1956-2-\u03b1\u03bd\u03c4\u03af\u03b3\u03c1\u03b1\u03c6\u03bf.jpg\")
<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\tThe cargo ship ALEXANDRA, built in 1956 by Nippon Kokan K.K. in Shimizu, Japan. She was one of the three cargo ships constructed for companies under the management of the John M. Carras Group. (19\/35)<\/p><\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>
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<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\tThe steam tanker AQUAJOY, built in 1958 by Nippon Kokan K.K. in Shimizu, Japan. (20\/35)<\/p><\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>
![\"20_MICHAEL_CARRAS_1958-2\"](\"https:\/\/greekshippingmiracle.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/20_MICHAEL_CARRAS_1958-2.jpg\")
<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\tThe steam tanker MICHAEL CARRAS, built in 1958 by Nippon Kokan K.K. in Yokohama, Japan. (21\/35)<\/p><\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>
![\"21_CARRAS_1958-2\"](\"https:\/\/greekshippingmiracle.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/21_CARRAS_1958-2.jpg\")
<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\tJohn M. Carras\u2019 daughter Fotini, sponsor of the tanker MICHAEL CARRAS and her husband George P. Livanos, holding an oil painting of the ship. (22\/35)<\/p><\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>
![\"22_ADORATION-2\"](\"https:\/\/greekshippingmiracle.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/22_ADORATION-2.jpg\")
<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\tThe steam tanker ADORATION, built in 1957 by Bethlehem-Sparrows Point Shipyard Inc. in the USA. (23\/35)<\/p><\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>
![\"23_ADORATION_KARRAS-2\"](\"https:\/\/greekshippingmiracle.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/23_ADORATION_KARRAS-2.jpg\")
<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\tJohn M. Carras and his wife Athina, with the president of Bethlehem-Sparrows Point Shipyard Inc., USA, and his wife during the launching ceremony of the tanker ADORATION on 8 February 1957. (24\/35)<\/p><\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>
![\"25_ATHINA_CARRAS-2\"](\"https:\/\/greekshippingmiracle.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/25_ATHINA_CARRAS-2.jpg\")
<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\tThe motor tanker ATHINA CARRAS, built in 1967 by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. in Yokohama, Japan. (25\/35)<\/p><\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>
![\"24_CALLIOPI_CARRAS_1967-2\"](\"https:\/\/greekshippingmiracle.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/24_CALLIOPI_CARRAS_1967-2.jpg\")
<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\tThe motor tanker CALLIOPI CARRAS, built in 1967 by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. in Yokohama, Japan. (26\/35)<\/p><\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>
![\"26_FOTINI_CARRAS_1968-2\"](\"https:\/\/greekshippingmiracle.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/26_FOTINI_CARRAS_1968-2.jpg\")
<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\tThe motor tanker FOTINI CARRAS, built in 1968 by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. in Yokohama, Japan. (27\/35)<\/p><\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>
![\"27_AQUAFAITH_1968-2\"](\"https:\/\/greekshippingmiracle.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/27_AQUAFAITH_1968-2.jpg\")
<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\tThe bulk carrier AQUAFAITH, built in 1968 by Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co. Ltd. in Aioi, Japan. (28\/35)<\/p><\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>
![\"29_AQUAFAITH_1997-2\"](\"https:\/\/greekshippingmiracle.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/29_AQUAFAITH_1997-2.jpg\")
<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\tThe bulk carrier AQUAFAITH, built in 1997 by Halla Engineering & Heavy Industries Ltd. in Samho, South Korea. (29\/35)<\/p><\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>
![\"28_AQUAGEM_1968-2\"](\"https:\/\/greekshippingmiracle.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/28_AQUAGEM_1968-2.jpg\")
<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\tThe bulk carrier AQUAGEM, built in 1968 by Kawasaki Dockyard Co. Ltd. in Kobe, Japan. (30\/35)<\/p><\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>
![\"30_AQUAGRACE_1997-2\"](\"https:\/\/greekshippingmiracle.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/30_AQUAGRACE_1997-2.jpg\")
<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\tThe bulk carrier AQUAGRACE, built in 1997 by Halla Engineering & Heavy Industries Ltd. in Samho, South Korea. (31\/35)<\/p><\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>
![\"31_AQUAJOY_2003-2\"](\"https:\/\/greekshippingmiracle.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/31_AQUAJOY_2003-2.jpg\")
<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\tThe bulk carrier AQUAJOY, built in 2003 by Sasebo Heavy Industries Co. Ltd. in Sasebo, Japan. (32\/35)<\/p><\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>
![\"32_AQUAJOY_2003-2\"](\"https:\/\/greekshippingmiracle.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/32_AQUAJOY_2003-2.jpg\")
<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\tPicture from the delivery ceremony of the bulk carrier AQUAJOY in March 2003. (33\/35)<\/p><\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>