including the Press Association, Asia Pulse, Agence France Presse, Agencia EFE, the Australian Associated Press, ANSA, and other industry, press release and local newswires. A court of appeals case filed in 1987 identified through media reviews named Southern Star Shipping Company, Inc., and West Wind Africa Line, Ltd. as defendants. Southern Star was dismissed from the original case prior to trial. Southern Star was the shipping agent of Westwind Africa Line Ltd., a Liberian corporation which media reviews indicated may be related to George Coumantaros. No negative information surfaced during the media search of Southern Star Shipping Company, Inc. George S. Coumantaros Background George S. Coumantaros was born on July 23, 1922, in London, England. He was issued a social security number in New York, U.S.A., between 1936 and 1951. Media searches identified that he has been married for more than 52 years, has four children and 11 grandchildren. He is the patriarch of a well-connected Greek-US shipping family. The current ultimate holder of the family’s stake in the family’s companies is his son, John George Coumantaros. The Coumantaros family is noted to have a significant profile on the New York social scene, where they appear to be extremely well connected. The Coumantaros family is believed to be connected to U.S. former senior diplomat John Negroponte through his mother, Catherine Coumantaros. Negroponte, whose father was a Greek shipping magnate, served under the George W. Bush and Ronald Reagan administrations and his ambassadorial posts included Iraq in 2004 and 2005, following which he was the Director of National Intelligence until 2007. Negroponte’s mother has only a six-year age difference with George Coumantaros, and may be either a sister or cousin.
including the Press Association, Asia Pulse, Agence France Presse, Agencia EFE, the Australian Associated Press, ANSA, and other industry, press release and local newswires. A court of appeals case filed in 1987 identified through media reviews named Southern Star Shipping Company, Inc., and West Wind Africa Line, Ltd. as defendants. Southern Star was dismissed from the original case prior to trial. Southern Star was the shipping agent of Westwind Africa Line Ltd., a Liberian corporation which media reviews indicated may be related to George Coumantaros. No negative information surfaced during the media search of Southern Star Shipping Company, Inc. George S. Coumantaros Background George S. Coumantaros was born on July 23, 1922, in London, England. He was issued a social security number in New York, U.S.A., between 1936 and 1951. Media searches identified that he has been married for more than 52 years, has four children and 11 grandchildren. He is the patriarch of a well-connected Greek-US shipping family. The current ultimate holder of the family’s stake in the family’s companies is his son, John George Coumantaros. The Coumantaros family is noted to have a significant profile on the New York social scene, where they appear to be extremely well connected. The Coumantaros family is believed to be connected to U.S. former senior diplomat John Negroponte through his mother, Catherine Coumantaros. Negroponte, whose father was a Greek shipping magnate, served under the George W. Bush and Ronald Reagan administrations and his ambassadorial posts included Iraq in 2004 and 2005, following which he was the Director of National Intelligence until 2007. Negroponte’s mother has only a six-year age difference with George Coumantaros, and may be either a sister or cousin.
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