Joseph J. Angelo
IMO’s distinguished International Maritime Prize for 2018 is to be granted toMr Joseph J. Angelo, a previous united state Coast Guard (USCG) and also International Association of Independent Tanker Owners (INTERTANKO) elderly exec that took part in International Maritime Organization (IMO) conferences for several years, supplying management on a variety of crucial governing advancements.
The IMO Council, conference for its 122nd session in London (15-19 July) made a decision to honor the Prize toMr Angelo, in acknowledgment of his indispensable payment to the job and also purposes of IMO and also to the global maritime area overall.
In their elections, the Government of the United States and also INTERTANKO highlightedMr Angelo’s useful and also joint collaborate with all stakeholders to attain results.Mr Angelo was energetic in a variety of IMO bodies, most significantly the Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) and also the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC). He initially participated in the MEPC’s 13th session in 1980 and also participated in every session considering that, approximately and also consisting of MEPC 73 in 2018.
The United States Government claimedMr Angelo was referred to as “IMO Joe”, in acknowledgment of the regard held by all for the understanding, ability and also teamwork he openly supplied. He valued the Organization and also counted on its long-lasting objective, acknowledging that the success of IMO relaxed out the success of a couple of, however on the success of every person.
Mr Angelo finished from the United States Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point in 1971. After a brief job in the united state Navy, he signed up with the united state Coast Guard as a noncombatant in 1977, increasing to come to be a participant of the Senior Executive Service in 1992. He relinquished the USCG in 2005 and also signed up with INTERTANKO to handle its Americas procedure, coming to be Acting and also later on Deputy Managing Director, while being in charge of INTERTANKO’s involvement at IMO.
He was head of the united state delegation to MEPC from 1993 to 2004. From 2005 to 2019, he participated in MEPC as head of the INTERTANKO delegation. He chaired various vital working teams.
Mr Angelo was additionally energetic in the Maritime Safety Committee (MSC), initial going to in 1982 (MSC 49), leading the united state delegation in the Working Group on Harmonized System for Survey and alsoCertification In 2003,Mr Angelo chaired MSC 77– which accepted establish goal-based ship brand-new building criteria, an essential security effort.
A variety of various other IMO panels sawMr Angelo lead the united state delegation, consisting of the Bulk Cargoes (BC) Sub-Committee, which he chaired for a variety of sessions. He was Alternate or Head of the united state delegation for a variety of IMO meetings, consisting of those embracing the 1988 SOLAS and also Load Lines procedures; the 1993 Torremolinos Convention for the Safety of Fishing Vessels; the 1995 changes to the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and also Watchkeeping for Seafarers (STCW); the 1997 Protocol to the MARPOL Convention, the enhancement of Annex VI on avoidance of air contamination from ships; the 2001 International Convention on the Control of Harmful Anti- fouling Systems on Ships; the 2002 SOLAS maritime protection changes, the enhancement of brand-new SOLAS phase XI-2 and also the necessary International Ship and also Port Facility Security (ISPS) Code; and also the 2004 International Convention for the Control and also Management of Ships’ Ballast Water and also Sediments.
As a united state delegate,Mr Angelo additionally offered management on various other vital concerns, consisting of the fostering of the necessary coverage system to shield the threatened North Atlantic best whale; the Approved Continuous Examination Program (ACEP) for containers under the International Convention for Safe Containers; the requirements for the layout, procedure and also control of petroleum cleaning systems; and also the Code of great method and also crucial elements of Y2K backup prepare for ships.
The Prize will certainly exist toMr Angelo throughout the yearly IMO Awards event, which this year will certainly be hung on 25 November 2019, on the night of the initial day of the IMO Assembly’s 31st session.
