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Jun 20
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RINA Acquires Finland-Based Foreship

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RINA, the multinational engineering consultancy, inspection, and certification group based in Genoa (Italy), has announced the acquisition of the entire share capital of Foreship from Vaaka Partners and the company’s management team. Foreship is a Finnish company specialising in naval architecture and marine engineering.

The acquisition marks a further expansion of RINA’s global marine engineering consultancy offering and strengthens its presence in Northern Europe.

Foreship, which reported revenues of EUR 15.2 million in 2024, is headquartered in Helsinki and employs over 90 professionals across eight offices worldwide, including in the USA, UK, and Estonia. The company is best known for its high-profile work in cruise ship design, energy-efficient vessel innovations, and sustainable marine technologies. Its distinctive expertise in naval architecture offers strong synergies with RINA Consulting and creates opportunities to grow market share, particularly in complex retrofits, new fuel integrations, and digital transformation.

Photo: From left to right: Petrus Blomqvist, Partner at Vaaka; Lauri Haavisto, CEO of Foreship; Markus Aarnio, Chief Naval Architect at Foreship; Carlo Luzzatto, CEO of RINA.

Mar 21
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DIGITAL

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GNV Tests RINA’s Smart System to Cut Fuel Use on New Ship

GNV is using RINA’s SERTICA Performance on its newest ship, GNV POLARIS, starting with tests during the vessel’s first journey from China to Italy. This smart system helps monitor fuel use, improve efficiency, and optimise operations.

How It Works:

Real-time Monitoring

  • Sensors on board track key data like fuel consumption and engine power.
  • The system gives a clear picture of energy use for the crew and onshore teams.

Better Fuel Efficiency

  • Tests identified two best ways to run the ship for minimum fuel use.
  • Simulations at different speeds helped find the most efficient setup.
  • The system was tested on the Genoa-Palermo route, confirming accurate fuel-saving predictions.

Smart Learning for the Future

  • A machine learning model of the ship predicts performance over time.
  • It helps plan maintenance, like cleaning the hull or adjusting engines, to keep fuel use low.
  • The system can also simulate different routes to find the best settings for new journeys.
Jun 02
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Eni and RINA join forces to accelerate the energy transition and decarbonisation of maritime transport

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Italy’s oil major Eni Group has signed up with class society RINA to work together on green-fuel initiatives, particularly in the maritime bunkering market.

The agreement focuses on the use of hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) biofuel produced by Eni in its Venice and Gela bio-refineries. Eni’s HVO is made from feedstocks that do not compete directly with food and feed crops, such as waste and agricultural residues.

The firm currently supplies HVO-based diesel for heavy transport and bio-jet fuel (sustainable aviation fuel) for aircraft. It aims to have about 4 million tonnes of production capacity online by the middle of the decade, enough to supply 1% of maritime bunkering demand if all of the output were reserved for maritime users.

Production of these sustainable oils is expected to scale up rapidly to 20,000 tons by 2023, and Eni hopes to have a vertically integrated supply chain of waste oil and non-edible oil of 700,000 tonnes per year by 2026. It is replicating its results in Kenya across other African countries and further abroad.

The partnership also extends to future marine fuels like blue and green hydrogen and ammonia, as well as the logistics and distribution of new energy carriers and the adoption of methods for calculating the emissions benefits.

Eni and RINA might also pursue experiments and pilot projects in on-board carbon capture.

Apr 28
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RINA releases new advanced Carbon Intensity Indicator Calculator and Simulator

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In response to the IMO’s implementation of the Carbon Intensity Indicator (CII), RINA has launched a Vessel Reporting System (VRS) aimed at boosting decarbonisation efforts through simple reporting.

The new flexible reporting tool from RINA will collect data and allow the creation of dashboards to handle not only CII requirements but all reporting. The CII report provides an accurate and comprehensive picture of a ship’s carbon emissions and energy efficiency based on input data such as time at sea, time at port, average sailing speed, fuel consumption per fuel type and sailed distance.

Michela Schenone, Marine Digital Solutions Manager at RINA, said, “With the Vessel Reporting System, ship owners and managers may avoid potential reimbursements for negative CII ratings. They can easily track fuel consumption and emissions and, as the crew enters new data, the Vessel Reporting System automatically performs real-time quality checks to prevent input errors.”

The new Vessel Reporting System is a standalone solution requiring minimal system setup. For organisations already using SERTICA, the tool can be added as a module.

Apr 07
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RINA and Fincantieri join forces in research and development for alternative fuels

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Italy’s classification society Rina and shipbuilder Fincantieri have signed a memorandum of understanding to develop synergies in the field of decarbonisation, with a focus on alternative fuels, carbon capture and renewable energies in the shipping sector.

The agreement sees the involvement of the two companies in initiatives related to technology scouting, the analysis, study and simulation of new fuels and energy vectors – in particular hydrogen and ammonia – and carbon capture.

RINA and Fincantieri will also co-participate in EU-financed R&D projects and engage in the development of “green finance”.

May 14
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Caronte & Tourist’s Fleet Of Ferries Will Be Covid-Free With The Help Of Rina

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Following the announcement from Baleària last week, the Italian ferry company Caronte & Tourist is working with Rina Consulting towards being the first operator ‘Covid-free’ in Italy, to obtain the correct instructions for transporting passengers safely next summer.

Before the end of June, Caronte & Tourist will have to implement specific procedures, cleaning plans, organisational and personal protective measures to prevent Covid-19., under the supervision of Rina.

Vincenzo Franza, CEO of the Messina-based ferry company, said that “to be compliant with the new rules, passenger capacity will be reduced 50%, in order to guarantee the necessary social distance. There will also be new procedures and one-way corridors”.

For the very short routes the company will also ask the possibility for the passengers to stay in their cars during the crossing.