Registro Italiano Navale
The Registro Italiano Navale ( RINA ) is a ship classification society based in Genoa.
Organization
The company is primarily concerned with the technical supervision and classification of ships. Other business segments include technical certifications and risk management in the areas of transport and infrastructure, and technical advice and support to companies in various industries.
The company's headquarters and the administration are located in Genoa. For RINA more than 1,300 people working in 100 offices in Italy and 32 other countries.
History
RINA was founded in 1861 in Genoa under the name Registro Italiano as a private foundation of local shipping companies and ship owners to end the dependence on foreign classification societies and to reduce insurance costs. The Italian State recognized the Registro Italiano 1870 as a nonprofit organization and permitted from 1881, the takeover of government functions. In 1910 it merged with the Registro Nazionale and renamed the Registro Nazionale Italiano, after the First World War, in Registro Italiano Navale. 1919 wrote one important cooperation agreement with the British Corporation Register of Shipping and Aircraft, the American Bureau of Shipping and the Japanese Teikoku Kaiji Kyokai. 1921 was the acquisition of Veritas Adriatico and the relocation of the official corporate headquarters to Rome. The administration remained in Genoa. In addition, to develop two technical divisions, one in Genoa for the Tyrrhenian Sea and one in Trieste on the Adriatic Sea. At the same time it was also active in the field of inland navigation, 1927-1938 in the field of aviation. For the latter reason, the company received the new designation RINA - Registro Italiano Navale ed Aeronautico. The responsibilities for aviation was added in 1938 to the new Registro Italiano Aeronautico (RAI ) from which in turn was taken over by the aviation authority ENAC 1997. The abbreviation RINA is retained, however. After the difficult period of World War II and the postwar period was overcome, RINA strung back into international organizations and expanding rapidly. In 1968, RINA with six other classification societies, the International Association of Classification Societies. 1998 RINA lost due to European legal standards its monopoly position in Italy, resulting in significant restructuring and diversification of the company's activities made it necessary. To supplement its own offices abroad involved get in there also at some companies. In 1999, the operating units in a joint stock company under the name of RINA SpA combined, which consists of three divisions according to an internal reorganization essentially: Divisione Navale, Divisione Certificazione e Servizi and Divisione Industry.