RINA expands marine offering in Germany

Led by Massimo Volta, general manager of Europe at RINA Services, the new office will continue to service foreign clients and use the expansion to support its growing portfolio of German and North European clients.
 “RINA has grown its German classed fleet to 75 ships, accounting for nearly 2,000,000gt and has an order book of ten ships accounting for a further 1,500,000gt. Among them are the first-ever LNG-powered cruise ships for Carnival built by Meyer Werft. We plan to increase our German-classed fleet by a further 25% in 2016 and expand our manufacturer portfolio well beyond the 500 clients served so far in Germany. We have a simple ambition: to make RINA a reference partner for the German market,” said Volta on the occasion of the recent official opening of the office.
In Germany, RINA has recently strengthened its plan approval centre and launched a new business assurance office that has hired four local team members in the last two months. This has allowed RINA to support its German clients with new specialist expertise, including asset integrity management and technology qualification.
The office will cover two floors of the Coffee Plaza Tower and will accommodate a team that has tripled in the last five years to 30 people. Over the next year, RINA plans to launch a brand new centre of competence for software and digital supporting tools, strengthen its passenger ship centre of excellence and container ship centre of expertise, add specific competence on mega-yachts and further develop its business assurance network.