If you have ever wondered how Greek tycoons time their shipping investments you should stop scratching your head and fetch a piece of paper.

At a conference in London, Robert Bugbee shared a key piece of advice he learned at the start of his career from a group of highly successful Hellenic shipping investors.

Bugbee, who is busy blazing his own  trail with tonnage hungry Scorpio Tankers, set the scene before revealing the secret scribbled on a napkin as a 25-year-old who had secured an invite to a posh black tie party.

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