Captain Nikos Kounoupakis from a village in Kilkis, decided from a young age to follow the sea and work on the boats. So in 1973 he found himself at the Merchant Marine Academy of Aspropyrgos and the following year he became the sophomores leader and the Academy’s top student thanks to his good grades.
Immediately after his graduation and while he was offered to leave as a Lieutenant, he wanted to leave as a cadet with a small truck of the Kolokotronis company; there begins his journey with the ships in the seas all over the globe.