RINA is deeply involved in the sector of Wind-Assisted Ship Propulsion (WASP) for ships and yachts worldwide. As IACS classification society supports makers, yards and owners for the technology certification of sails, rigging, wing sails, flettner rotors, kite sails according to class rules and international regulations as developed by IMO.
The approval process is based on strength and stability assessment, material testing of WASP equipment and validation of benefits for the calculation of EEDI, EEXI and CII according to MARPOL Annex VI.
RINA has quite a significant amount of sailing ships under its classification such as yachts, sail cargo vessels and sail training vessels.
Moreover RINA is particularly involved in supporting worldwide customers in onshore and offshore wind projects. Specifically, the company provides energy market, energy assessment, design, safety engineering, inspection, meteocean, geotechnical/geophysical/geohazard studies, site studies, environmental characterization for physical and biological matrices, environmental impact studies and support for permitting procedures. RINA, therefore, supports its customers from the conceptual phase up to the operational phase of plants, passing through the authorization phase
