Italian classification society Rina has said marine performance has been strong so far in 2019 as it built its fleet.
The classed fleet has reached 44m gt, up 10% since 2017. It has more than 6,500 ships on its books.
Revenue for 2018 was in line with the previous year at EUR 440m ($492m), while EBITDA was EUR 51m.
Rina has a strong position in the cruise, passenger and ro-ro segments, while "Greek shipowners in particular have shown great confidence in Rina as a classification society, with a growth of 28%," it said.
CEO Ugo Salerno added: "2018 was a year in which we laid the foundations to resume growth once again. While revenue remained level with the previous year, we were able to protect our personnel and continue to invest.
"We have also worked to put ourselves in the best possible position to seize all the opportunities that the significant changes at national and international level are opening up, especially in the infrastructure and marine sectors.”
