Safe, Secure and Efficient Shipping on Clean Oceans: A Primer on the International Maritime Organization

CAPT Rich Delpizzo, USNR (Ret.) has over 30 years’ experience working in ship design, construction and operations, technical review, regulatory requirements application, Navy project management and defense acquisition. He has worked for the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) at its New York, New Jersey and Washington, DC offices. Since 2004, he led the Washington DC Naval Engineering office as its Senior Managing Principal Engineer; in January 2010, he was promoted to Manager of Government Operations. In August 2013, he took on the additional role of Manager for US LNG Development and Regulation. In addition to chairing ASNE’s Professional Development Committee, Rich serves as Chair for both SNAME Ship’s Machinery Committee and Panel M-45 on Fuel Cells. Furthermore, he Chairs the Naval Ship Classification Association, and serves as ABS representative to NATO’s International Naval Safety Association (INSA). He has served in the U.S. Navy Reserve for 28 years, retiring in 2012 as Captain.