FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *   Towle Joseph Ellwood 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 12/20/2017 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol AEGEAN MARINE PETROLEUM NETWORK INC. [ANW] (Last) (First) (Middle) 1610 PERES ROAD SUITE 250 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director __X__ 10% Owner _____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) 5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) (Street) ST. LOUIS, MO 63131 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 4) 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4) 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5) Common Stock, par value $.01 per share (1) 313,000 I By: Towle Capital Partners LP (2) Common Stock, par value $.01 per share (1) 310,700 I By: Towle Deep Value Fund (3) Common Stock, par value $.01 per share (1) 1,366,939 I By: Towle & Co. (4) Common Stock, par value $.01 per share (1) 10,100 I By: Ellwood House Association (5) Common Stock, par value $.01 per share (1) 58,900 D (6) Â

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Towle Joseph Ellwood 1610 PERES ROAD SUITE 250 ST. LOUIS, MO 63131	Â	  X	Â	Â

Signatures

By: /s/ Joseph E. Towle		01/03/2018
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	The Reporting Person is a member of a reporting group that owns in the aggregate more than 10% of the Issuer's outstanding shares of Common Stock. As such, the Reporting Person may be deemed to beneficially own more than 10% of the Issuer's outstanding shares of Common Stock. The Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares of Common Stock except to the extent of his/her pecuniary interest therein, and this report shall not be deemed to be an admission that the Reporting Person is the beneficial owner of such shares of Common Stock for any purpose, including for the purpose of Section 16.
(2)	Shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by Towle Capital Partners LP ("Towle Capital"). As the general partner of Towle Capital, Towle & Co. ("Towle") may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of the securities beneficially owned by Towle Capital. As a partner of Towle, Mr. J. Towle may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of the securities beneficially owned by Towle Capital.
(3)	Shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by Towle Deep Value Fund ("Towle Value"). As the investment manager of Towle Value, Towle may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of the securities beneficially owned by Towle Value. As a partner of Towle, Mr. J. Towle may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of the securities beneficially owned by Towle Value.
(4)	Shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by Towle & Co. ("Towle"). As a partner of Towle, Mr. J. Towle may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of the securities beneficially owned by Towle.
(5)	Shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by Ellwood House Association ("Ellwood"). As the investment manager of Ellwood, Mr. J. Towle may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of the securities beneficially owned by Ellwood.
(6)	Shares of Common Stock owned directly by Joseph Ellwood Towle.

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