UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM
6-K
REPORT
OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO
RULE
13A-16 OR 15D-16 UNDER THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE
ACT OF 1934
For
the month of March 2009
Commission
File Number: 001-33179
AEGEAN
MARINE PETROLEUM NETWORK INC.
(Translation
of registrant’s name into English)
42
Hatzikyriakou Avenue
Piraeus,
Athens 185 38
Greece
(Address
of principal executive offices)
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under
cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
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20-F [ X ] Form 40-F
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by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1): ________.
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furnish a report or other document that the registrant foreign private issuer
must furnish and make public under the laws of the jurisdiction in which the
registrant is incorporated, domiciled or legally organized (the registrant’s
“home country”), or under the rules of the home country exchange on which the
registrant’s securities are traded, as long as the report or other document is
not a press release, is not required to be and has not been distributed to the
registrant’s security holders, and, if discussing a material event, has already
been the subject of a Form 6-K submission or other Commission filing on
EDGAR.
INFORMATION
CONTAINED IN THIS FORM 6-K REPORT
Attached
as Exhibit 1 is a copy of the press release of Aegean Marine Petroleum Network
Inc. (the “Company”) dated March 16, 2009, announcing that the Company has
established operations in Patras, Greece.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has
duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized.
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AEGEAN MARINE PETROLEUM NETWORK
INC.
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(registrant)
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Dated: March
17, 2009
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By:
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/s/
E. Nikolas Tavlarios
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Name:
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E.
Nikolas Tavlarios
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Title:
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President
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SK
23250 0002 977911
Exhibit
1
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CONTACTS:
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Aegean Marine Petroleum Network
Inc.
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Investor
Relations:
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(212)
763-5665
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Leon
Berman, Principal
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investor@ampni.com
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The
IGB Group
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(212)
477-8438
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Aegean
Marine Petroleum Network Inc. Expands to New Greek Market
Establishes Presence in
Patras
PIRAEUS,
Greece, March 16, 2009 - Aegean Marine Petroleum Network Inc. (NYSE: ANW) today
announced it has established operations in Patras, Greece, expanding the
Company’s presence in the Mediterranean.
Patras,
located on the western coast of Greece, serves as a strategic commercial hub
connecting Greece and the Balkans with Italy and the rest of Western
Europe. The port, ranking second in Greece in terms of size, caters
to all segments of shipping and has a particular emphasis on the international
ferry business.
Aegean
has been serving the Patras market on a limited basis since the second quarter
of 2008 from its base in Piraeus. The Company plans to assign four of
its Piraeus’ stationed double-hull bunkering tankers to this
market.
E.
Nikolas Tavlarios, President, commented, “We are very pleased to establish a
permanent presence in Patras, building on the Company’s existing strong
footprint in Greece and the Mediterranean. Including Patras, Aegean
now boasts a presence in 14 markets around the world, further enhancing its
unmatched global reach in the marketing and physical supply of marine
fuel.”
About
Aegean Marine Petroleum Network Inc.
Aegean
Marine Petroleum Network Inc. is an international marine fuel logistics company
that markets and physically supplies refined marine fuel to ships in port and at
sea. The Company procures product from various sources (such as
refineries, oil producers, and traders) and resells it to a diverse group of
customers across all major commercial shipping sectors and leading cruise lines.
Currently, Aegean has a global presence in 14 markets, including Vancouver,
Montreal, Mexico, Jamaica, West Africa, Gibraltar, U.K., Northern Europe,
Piraeus and Patras (Greece), the United Arab Emirates as well as Singapore, and
plans to commence operations in Tangiers, Morocco and Trinidad and
Tobago.
Cautionary
Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
Matters
discussed in this press release may constitute forward-looking
statements. The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995
provides safe harbor protections for forward-looking statements in order to
encourage companies to provide prospective information about their
business. Forward-looking statements include statements concerning
plans, objectives, goals, strategies, future events or performance, and
underlying assumptions and other statements, which are other than statements of
historical facts.
The
Company desires to take advantage of the safe harbor provisions of the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and is including this cautionary
statement in connection with this safe harbor legislation. The words “believe,”
“intend,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “project,” “forecast,” “plan,” “potential,”
“may,” “should,” “expect” and similar expressions identify forward-looking
statements. The forward-looking statements in this press release are based upon
various assumptions, many of which are based, in turn, upon further assumptions,
including without limitation, our management’s examination of historical
operating trends, data contained in our records and other data available from
third parties. Although we believe that these assumptions were reasonable when
made, because these assumptions are inherently subject to significant
uncertainties and contingencies which are difficult or impossible to predict and
are beyond our control, we cannot assure you that we will achieve or accomplish
these expectations, beliefs or projections.
In
addition to these important factors, other important factors that, in our view,
could cause actual results to differ materially from those discussed in the
forward-looking statements include our ability to manage growth, our ability to
maintain our business in light of our proposed business and location expansion,
our ability to obtain double hull secondhand bunkering tankers, the outcome of
legal, tax or regulatory proceedings to which we may become a party, adverse
conditions in the shipping or the marine fuel supply industries, our ability to
retain our key suppliers and key customers, material disruptions in the
availability or supply of crude oil or refined petroleum products, changes in
the market price of petroleum, including the volatility of spot pricing,
increased levels of competition, compliance or lack of compliance with various
environmental and other applicable laws and regulations, our ability to collect
accounts receivable, changes in the political, economic or regulatory conditions
in the markets in which we operate, and the world in general, our failure to
hedge certain financial risks associated with our business, our ability to
maintain our current tax treatments and our failure to comply with restrictions
in our credit agreements and other factors. Please see our filings with the
Securities and Exchange Commission for a more complete discussion of these and
other risks and uncertainties.