RINA celebrates ties with China
International certification, verification and ship classification company RINA is celebrating its ties with China on its 150th anniversary. It also took the opportunity to celebrate the ties between Italy and China on the 150th anniversary of Italian Unification. Formed in Genoa, Italy, in 1861 as a ship classification society, RINA is today a global multi-disciplinary and multi-cultural company with growing business in China and the surrounding region. Today in Shanghai RINA CEO Ugo Salerno and Vincenzo De Luca…
RINA Continues Steady Growth
Italy-based classification-society RINA has reported continuing growth in both turnover and returns for 2008. Turnover for the 2008 year was $252.2m, up 17 per cent on 2007, and EBITDA was $41.2m, up 18 per cent on the 2007 financial year. Ugo Salerno, ceo of RINA said, "2008 was a year of careful scrutiny of our services and client base to ensure that we are doing the right things, for the world we live in, for our clients and for ourselves. It was also a year for consolidation and careful attention to detail within the group, to ensure that we are doing things right. We had to consolidate the companies acquired in 2007, control costs and work hard to get the right people with the right skills and the right management support into the right places around the world.
RINA Grows Through Diversification
both turnover and net returns for 2007. return growth of 25 per cent compared to the 2006 financial year. its international outreach in every business area. the needs of the market. expertise. administrations and businesses to develop workable standards. 21.5m gt. That was an increase of 8 per cent on 2006. came from newbuildings, which lowered the average age of the fleet. there were also significant transfers in of good modern tonnage. classification society in the world. now it has reached about 50 per cent of the present classed fleet. , , and . and the . Centre in . a local design support facility. At a meeting the Registro Italiano Navale…
