Company profile

CETENA S.p.A. - The Italian Ship Research Centre - is a company of the FINCANTIERI Group dedicated to research and consultancy in the naval and maritime field. Since its foundation in 1962, CETENA has been involved in national and international research activities and has carried out research and consultancy in close cooperation with shipbuilders, shipowners, navies and universities.

CETENA's technical activities consist in numerical studies, simulations and experimental activities on board ships and in the company's laboratory. The technical areas of activity are Hydrodynamics, Structures and Materials, Vibrations and Noise, Ship Vulnerability and Signatures, Ergonomics and Human Factors, Virtual Prototyping, Risk Analysis and Process Simulation.

CETENA is a member of ITTC (International Towing Tank Conference), ISSC (International Ship and Offshore Structures Congress), ECMAR (European Cooperation in Maritime Research) , CRS (Cooperative Research Ship), AIRI (Italian Association for Industrial Research).

CETENA is ISO 9001-2000 Quality certified by Registro Italiano Navale for ‘Research and Development in the fields of Shipbuilding and Ship Propulsion, Sea Trials and Information Technology'.