sitesALIVE Foundation - Board of Advisors

Board of Advisors - Richard du Moulin

Rich holds a Bachelor of Arts (1968) and a Bachelor of Engineering (1969) from Dartmouth College. He served three years in the Navy as a Lieutenant (j.g.) stationed at the Naval Academy in Annapolis. Rich then attended Harvard Business School and received an MBA in 1974. Following completion of his degree, Rich spent 15 years at Ogden Marine Inc. and, in 1989, purchased Marine Transport Lines (MTL), the oldest shipping company in America. In 2001, Rich sold MTL and, with his longtime business partner, opened Intrepid Shipping in Stamford, Connecticut.

Rich lives in Larchmont, New York, quite near his Larchmont Yacht Club. Rich is a member of the Cruising Club of America, Royal Ocean Racing Club and New York Yacht Club. He is also presently Vice Commodore of the Storm Trysail Club. Rich has competed at all levels of sailing, including four America's Cup campaigns, two Transatlantic Races, and 17 Newport-Bermuda Races.

Rich's community and board activites are all oriented to maritime heritage and the safety of mariners at large. From 1996 to 1999, Rich was Chairman of Intertanko, the international body representing the tanker industry. As such, he was an outspoken advocate for safety at sea and environmental protection. The US Coast Guard awarded him its Distinguished Service Medal, while the industry awarded him its highest honors, the Commodore Award and the AOTAS (Admiral of the Ocean Seas). Rich serves on the board of the American Bureau of Shipping, and is a trustee of the National Maritime Historical Society and the Seamens Church of New York and New Jersey. He is highly active with the Seamens Church, which provides chaplains to ships visiting ports, legal advocacy for mariners without access to counsel, and computer simulator training to the pilots and deck officers of merchant vessels.

Richard du Moulin | Robert N. Shapiro