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July 7, 2011
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- RINA has the delegation of the U.S. Coast Guard certified vessels flying the American flag
- Agreement signed yesterday in Washington
 The Italian classification society RINA by the U.S. Coast Guard has received authorization to conduct the activities of plan approval and prior and subsequent testing of both freight and passengers ships flying the U.S. flag.
- Under the agreement, which was signed yesterday at the headquarters of the U.S. Coast Guard in Washington by Ugo Salerno, CEO of RINA, and Rear Admiral Paul F. Zukunft, assistant commander of the naval and security services aboard the U.S. Coast Guard, the Italian company has the delegation to carry out inspections and issue certificates according to the following conventions: the "freeboard" (Load Line), SOLAS The MARPOL, ISM and the International Tonnage Convention.
- "We appreciate - said Ugo Salerno - the confidence that the U.S. Coast Guard has shown us and that comes from more than 20 years of good relations and mutual respect.We focused on quality, courageous choice that has proved successful, so much so that today the RINA is at the top of the list of Port State Control. "
- "The signing of this agreement - said Paul Zukunft - shows the value and confidence that the U.S. Coast Guard Reserve to partnerships like this that are designed to ensure the safe navigation of ships passengers."
- RINA recalled that it was the first international classification societies to sign a cooperation agreement with the U.S. Coast Guard for passenger ships flying the flag in foreign ports that sail from the U.S. and since then has worked extensively with the Coast Guard to ensure American passengers to surf safely.
- Emphasizing that the new agreement provides for the success of the quality policy of the RINA can thus offer its services on behalf of the U.S. Coast Guard to a wider audience within the U.S. maritime industry, the general manager of America RINA, Massimo Volta , noted that "the shipping of the United States can now directly test the level of our services that are based on very high quality stardard.It's so - he added - that we are able to provide all of the certification services to the U.S. market, making available our expertise which we are working every day according to the logic of specialization. Our added value is in fact the ability to offer personalized service. "
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