Venezelos SA was a shipping company established in
Athens
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in the 1960s. The company was managed by
Nikitas Venizelos
Nikitas Venizelos (; July 1930 – 12 February 2020) was a Greek shipping magnate and politician who ran Venezelos SA.
He was involved also in politics. In the 1980s, he attempted a revival of the original liberal party, under the same name, wh ...
who became a prominent Greek politician.
By 1965, the company had a mixed fleet of 11 cargo ships and oil tankers.
In 1966, they were owners of
MV ''Joanna V'', an oil tanker which attempted to break the blockade established to enforce UN sanctions against
Rhodesia
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. On 7 February, they chartered the ship, then called MV ''Arietta Venizelos'', to
Yiorgos Vardinogiannis.
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Shipping companies of Greece