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Giuliano Pattofatto News

23 Apr 2002

RINA creates Giuliano Pattofatto scholarship

chairman of IMO's Maritime Safety Committee, who died last year. The scholarship will be awarded annually to a final year student in Naval Architecture at the University of Genoa. It will fund an internship at the International Maritime Organisation, to allow the student to understand the processes of international ship safety regulation. IMO's secretary general, William O'Neil, says, "I whole-heartedly welcome this scholarship. Gaspare Ciliberti, president of RINA, says, "Giuliano devoted his life to enhancing international co-operation to improve safety at sea. in 1966. In the same year, he joined RINA where he rose to be deputy director general and technical director. ship safety. from 1994 until 1999.

14 Mar 2001

Maritime Industry Mourns Loss Of RINA's Technical Director

Giuliano Pattofatto, technical director of Registro Italiano Navale (RINA) passed away on March 8 from heart failure. After graduating with a degree in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering in 1966, he joined RINA and eventually rose to the position of deputy director general and technical director. He started participating in the work of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) in the early 1970s within the Italian delegation and chaired various groups dealing in particular with fire safety and passenger ship safety. He was chairman of the Subcommittee on Ship Design and Equipment from 1990 to 1993, and chaired the Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) from 1994 until 1999.

03 Dec 2002

Pattofatto Honored With Award

The International Maritime Prize for 2001 will be awarded posthumously to Dr. Italian classification society Registro Italiano Navale. William A. O'Neil, Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization, will present the prize to Dr. their two sons Leone and Riccardo during a special ceremony today on December 4 at IMO's London Headquarters. died at his home in March 2001 after suffering a heart attack. He was 60. delegation. after as a chairman both of sub-committees and other groups. Committee in 1994. of the International Safety Management Code. element aspects. major operation soon after he took over the chairmanship of the MSC. himself fit for duty even before he had completely recovered. contribution to the work and objectives of IMO. safety.