SUNY Maritime College will certainly acknowledge among one of the most popular ladies in the maritime market with an honorary doctorate throughout its May 2017 beginning event inThe Bronx

Angeliki Frangou, chairman as well as chief executive officer of the Navios Group, will certainly get an honorary Doctor of Science level as well as provide the beginning address to the university’s about 300 grads on May 5 inSt Mary’s Pentagon in the university’s historical Fort Schuyler.

“Ms. Frangou is a successful businesswoman and leader who has taken Navios to the heights of the shipping industry,” claimedRear Adm Michael Alfultis, head of state of SUNYMaritime “She is an outstanding model for our graduates. The Maritime College community is proud to award her with an honorary doctorate.”

The honorary doctorate is the highest possible type of acknowledgment provided by the State University of New York system. It is granted just to individuals regarded to be of “exceptional distinction.”

Navios Group is a worldwide maritime consortium that regulates 170 vessels along with a ports as well as terminals inSouth America Frangou is a fifth-generation ship proprietor with an online reputation as one of one of the most cutting-edge businessmen in the market. She ran an openly traded business as well as elevated greater than $200 million to combine it with Navios in 2004. In that merging, she came to be the Navios Group’s chairman as well as chief executive officer.

Under her management, Navios’ fleet ability has actually boosted greater than 870 percent as well as the business regulates 170 vessels, consisting of vessels, completely dry bulkers as well as container ships. It has actually constructed a gold-standard name as well as track record within the funding markets given that she took control of management of the company.

Frangou holds a bachelor’s level in Mechanical Engineering from Fairleigh Dickinson University as well as a master’s, likewise in Mechanical Engineering, from Columbia University.