The International Maritime Prize is awarded annually by the IMO Council to the individual or organization judged to have made the most significant contribution to the work and objectives of IMO.
Winner of the 2011 International Maritime Prize
Mr. E.E. Mitropoulos (Greece), Secretary-General Emeritus, who received the award on 26 November 2012 from IMO Secretary-General Koji Sekimizu.
The International Maritime Prize consists of a sculpture in the form of a dolphin and includes a financial award. The winner of the annual prize is also invited to write a paper on a theme relating to the work of IMO. The paper is published in IMO's quarterly magazine, IMO News.
The prize was first awarded in 1980 and the winners have been:
2008 - Mr. Alberto Alemán Zubieta (Panama)
2007 - Mr. Jørgen Rasmussen (Denmark)
2006 - Mr. Igor Ponomarev (Russian Federation) (posthumously) and Mr. Alfred Popp (Canada)
2005 - Dr. Tom Allan (United Kingdom)
2004 - Mr. Luis Martínez (Mexico)
2003 - Mr. William O'Neil (Canada)
2002 - Mr. Frank Wall (United Kingdom)
2001 - Mr. Giuliano Pattofatto (Italy) (posthumously)
2000 - Mr. Heikki Juhani Valkonen (Finland)
1999 - Mr. Ian Mills Williams (Australia)
1998 - International Lifeboat Federation
1997 - Dr. Gamal El-Din Ahmed Mokhtar (Egypt)
1996 - Mr. T. Funder (Denmark)
1995 - Mr. G. Ivanov (Russia)
1994 - Mr. J. Perrakis (Greece)
1993 - Admiral J. W. Kime (USA)
1992 - Mr. Y. Sasamura (Japan)
1991 - Dr. C.P. Srivastava (India)
1990 Mr. Z. Sdougos (Greece)
1989 Prof. J.W. Doerffer (Poland)
1988 Mr. Emil Jansen (Norway)
1987 Dr. James Cowley (United Kingdom)
1986 Mr. Moustafa Fawzi (Egypt)
1985 Mr. Per Eriksson (Sweden)
1984 Mr. Shen Zhaoqi (China)
1983 Mr. H.R. Bárdarson (Iceland)
1982 Mr. George A. Maslov (USSR)
1981 RearAdmiral R.Y. Edwards (USA)
1980 Mr. Modolv Hareide (Norway)