John Hadjipateras will be the toast of the US East Coast shipping community later this spring when he is given the iconic bicorne hat to become this year’s Connecticut Maritime Association (CMA) commodore.

Hadjipateras, who is chairman, president and chief executive of Dorian LPG, will be cheered and teased in equal measure when he is honoured at the association’s dinner in Stamford, Connecticut, on 4 April.