Five Oceans Salvage (FOS)

Five Oceans Salvage ("FOS") is a company established in 2006 specialising in salvage, towage, wreck removal and offshore installations support operations (anchor handling / supply) for the shipping industry as well as the oil and gas industries worldwide.

FOS is operating out of 54 Amalias Avenue in the heart of Athens overlooking the Acropolis and Temple of Zeus.

With nearly half a century of combined experience of the FOS' personnel in salvage, towage and wreck removal and with the substantial investment in anchor handling and salvage tugs and equipment, FOS is ideally placed to operate worldwide to assist the shipping, oil and gas industry and in particular all types of casualties, whether with its own tugs and equipment or subcontracted from resources local to the casualty through its worldwide network of contacts.

The company is fully committed to providing a worldwide salvage presence and continuously invests in salvage, towage and anchor handling vessels and equipment.

FOS is a full member of the International Salvage Union and certified with ISO9001:2008.

The company's personnel have a wealth of experience in the salvage & towage industry.

X.P. Constantinides | President
He has been active in the salvage industry for over 30 years, and has handled more than 1,500 salvage, towage and wreck removal operations worldwide.

Nikolaos Pappas | Managing Director
He is a Naval Architect and Marine Engineer. For more than 15 years he has acted as a Senior Salvage Master on numerous salvage and wreck removal operations and is very well known within the salvage industry.

Kyriakos Mitsotakis | Commercial Director
He is a university graduate in shipping and salvage. He has 10 years experience in the business and has been involved in numerous salvage, towage and wreck removal operations, particularly specialising in the contracting, logistics and claims handling.

In total, FOS currently has 15 office-based personnel including Senior Management, Salvage Officers, Naval Architects / Marine Engineers and the operations department.