Genoa court orders RINA to pay €60m over 2006 Al-Salam ferry sinking

The Genoa civil court has ordered ship-classification firm RINA to pay over 60 million euros to some 700 relatives and survivors of the 2006 ferry disaster.

• The Genoa court, in a ruling issued in September and announced this month, found RINA civilly liable for technical shortcomings linked to the sinking.
• The ferry sank on February 3, 2006, en route from Saudi Arabia to Egypt, killing more than 1,000 people.
• RINA denies responsibility, citing earlier investigations that attributed blame to the ferry's owner and captain.
• The court ordered RINA to pay compensation differences to women who had received less than male relatives of the same degree of kinship.