RINA Strengthens Foreship Brand and Global Marine Consulting Offering Ahead of Seatrade Cruise Global
As part of this evolution, professionals currently operating within RINA Marine Consulting and Foreship will come together in a unified team, consolidating expertise under a single, globally recognised brand, supported by robust governance and compliance frameworks that preserve technical independence and impartiality.
The integrated workforce, now exceeding 150 people globally, will enhance Foreship’s capacity to support clients in complex engineering projects across the cruise, passenger, and wider maritime sectors. During this transition, more than 20 new professionals have already been hired, and, reflecting a strong commitment to growth, Foreship expects to further expand its team by year-end, potentially increasing its workforce by up to 45%.
This strategic consolidation strengthens RINA’s presence in high‑value consulting activities, while preserving and further developing Foreship’s identity as a trusted, independent technical advisor. Clients will continue to work with the same experts they know, now supported by expanded multidisciplinary capabilities across vessel design, conversions, energy efficiency, decarbonisation pathways, alternative fuels, digital engineering and lifecycle services.
The launch of a new Foreship logo and visual identity reflects this strengthened positioning and the brand’s ambition to play an even more active role in supporting the maritime industry during a period of rapid transformation.
“With this step, we are reinforcing the strategic value of our marine consulting expertise within the Group,” said Massimo Volta, Executive Vice President at Foreship. “This evolution strengthens the Foreship brand and brings together highly specialised cruise and maritime consultancy expertise under one coordinated structure. By aligning our capabilities more closely with the needs of the industry, we are enhancing our ability to support clients and partners with innovative, high quality services for the future of cruise and maritime industry.”
Ahead of Seatrade Cruise Global 2026 (Miami 13-16 April 2026, booth 1456 - Exhibit Hall), these developments underscore RINA’s commitment to the cruise industry and its longterm investment in innovative, highquality engineering services supporting greener, safer and more efficient passenger ships.
Foreship is the RINA Group company specialized in ship design and marine engineering consultancy. Since 2002, Foreship delivers a broad range of services to the global shipping industry and its expertise covers the full project lifecycle, from newbuild outline specifications and conversion studies to complete design packages, on-site support and supervision. Following the acquisition and integration with RINA Consulting in 2025, Foreship broadened its services to include energy efficiency, decarbonisation pathways, alternative fuels and digital engineering, backed by the global scale, multidisciplinary expertise, and technology capabilities of the Group.
RINA, leading certification and engineering company, provides a wide range of services across the Energy, Marine, Infrastructure & Mobility, Certification, Industry and Real Estate sectors. In December 2023, alongside the majority shareholder Registro Italiano Navale, Fondo Italiano d'Investimento SGR entered the shareholding structure guiding a pool of co-investors. With revenues in 2024 of 915 million euros, over 6,600 employees and 200 offices in 70 countries worldwide, RINA is a member of key international organizations and an important contributor to the development of new legislative standards. www.rina.org
Contacts
Giulia Faravelli
Global Communication Executive Director
+39 348 6805876
giulia.faravelli@rina.org
Paolo Ghiggini
Global Media Relations, Social Media & Content Director
+39 340 3322618
paolo.ghiggini@rina.org
Victoria Silvestri
International Media Relations Manager
+39 334 6539600
+44 7825 842731
victoria.silvestri@rina.org
Michelle Cottet
Marine Design & Engineering Marketing and Communication Manager
+358 503403332
michelle.cottet@foreship.com
Shreyasi Bhaumik
BCM Public Relations Ltd.
+44 20 3965 7410
s.bhaumik@bcmpublicrelations.com
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