It is a fact that due to the lack of an Active Professional Organisation for Naval Architects working in Cyprus, the only possibility to obtain the much needed overall Professional Support, is by joining a Recognized International Professional Body and actively participate in its activities, thus keeping up to date with the latest scientific, technological, and any other developments in the field.

Cyprus Bureau of Shipping, having recognized the needs and requirements set by the International Market, rushed to develop, adopt and employ methods and good practices enabling it to provide the required Professional Support to its employees and offer them the ability to achieve recognized Professional Competence and certified sufficient Practical Professional Experience as well as access to sufficient continuous development.

The highlight of Cyprus Bureau of Shipping’s efforts towards that direction was the recognition of its commitment to the employment of the highest international standards regarding the Professional Competence of its employees. 

Cyprus Bureau of Shipping’s election as Corporate Partner Member of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects –the first Cypriot company to achieve such election- is yet another proof of our solid commitment to provide High Quality Services to our Clients.
 

Chief Executive of The Royal Institution of Naval Architects, Mr. Trevor Blakeley, in the Official Election Letter stated: 

"The Institution is very pleased to welcome the Cyprus Bureau of Shipping as a Corporate Partner member, joining those companies and organisations which have demonstrated their commitment to achieving and maintaining high standards of professional competence and integrity by their employees.

Please accept my congratulations on the Cyprus Bureau of Shipping becoming a Corporate Partner member of the Institution. I look forward to a long and beneficial association between the Royal Institution of Naval Architects and your company, both of whom share the same ideals of high professional standards and integrity".

«Αn international professional institution, serving the naval architecture profession, the maritime industry and society world-wide»

Founded in the UK in 1860, today the Royal Institution of Naval Architects is a truly international organisation with over 9000 members in over 96 countries. Its members are involved at all levels in the design, construction and maintenance of ships, boats and marine structures, for commercial, naval and recreational use.

The Institution recognises its responsibility and relevance to the younger members of the profession and the Institution, in providing assistance to those who are seeking to gain the experience and professional competence required to become a Corporate member and thereby rightly claim to be ‘professionally qualified’. Today, the Institution has links with over 60 universities worldwide through the membership of staff and students, and the many student awards which it makes. It accredits academic courses which meet its membership requirements.

The Royal Institution of Naval Architects also contributes to the improvement of professional standards and maritime safety through its links with such international organisations as the International Maritime Organisation, a United Nations agency where it has Non Governmental Organisation status. The Institution has links with many other national professional societies, and with industry through its Corporate Partner membership for those companies which can demonstrate their commitment to achieving high professional standards amongst their employees.  

The Institution accredits company Graduate Training Programmes which meet the Institution’s membership requirements.

The Institution’s founding aim, or mission statement in modern parlance, was “to promote and facilitate the exchange of technical and scientific information, views and discussion”, and through this, “to influence and contribute towards furthering knowledge, understanding and standards”. This aim remains equally valid today. What has changed is the means by which it is achieved.

In the days before technical publications and conferences were as widely available as they are today, the published papers of a professional institution were generally the only means by which developments in such engineering disciplines as naval architecture and marine engineering were disseminated and discussed. Such publications and discussion additionally served to encourage and promote further advances in knowledge and practice. That purpose today is served by the Institution’s wide range of professional activities, such as the publication of international journals, and the organising of conferences and local meetings.

The Institution publishes a wide range of technical journals reporting on research, development and industry developments, and organises some 16 conferences and training courses world-wide each year, covering all aspects of the maritime industry, and available to both members and non members. Increasingly the Institution’s website at www.rina.org.uk is used to access such information through the Institution’s electronic publications and the online technical forums which provide an opportunity for the exchange and discussion of information by all members of the global maritime industry. Members also enjoy access to a world-wide network of professionals through the Institution’s 27 local Branches in 15 countries, including Cyprus.

I would like to extend an invitation to all those engineers who are involved with the design, construction and maintenance of marine vessels and structures to become members of the Royal Institution of naval architects.

The Royal Institution of Naval Architects aims to promote the highest standards of professional competence and integrity, not only by individual members of the Institution, but also by the companies and organisations which employ them. Over 100 companies and organisations have chosen to demonstrate their commitment to achieving and maintaining high professional standards in their engineers by becoming Corporate Partner members of the Institution.

The Cyprus Bureau of Shipping is the first Corporate Partner member in Cyprus.

It is an honour and a privilege for the Royal Institution of Naval Architects to be invited to contribute to the first issue of the CBS e-Magazine.  

Members of RINA are widely represented in industry, universities and colleges, and maritime organisations in over 90 countries.

Visit the Royal Institution of Naval Architects' official website:

http://www.rina.org.uk/