Basil Papachristidis - On changing values and exposing an abuse of power

摘要

Traditionally, says Basil Papachristidis, Chairman of Papachristidis Holdings and Hellespont Shipping Corporation, the tanker owner was romanticised as a 'swashbuckling entrepreneur with a penchant for yachts, beautiful women and the high life.' But what was once a colourful part of the folklore of countries like Norway and Greece, now only provides fodder for the media, environmentalists and politicians; Exxon Valdez saw the tanker owner acquire an entirely different public image — the arch polluter of the world's oceans.