Steve Whitby, Group IT Director & Managing Director, Wallem Vessel IT Services (VITS), collects the Maritime Diversity Award, sponsored by BP, from Professor Catriona Savage, President, The Royal Institution of Naval Architects. (Image credit: Wallem)

Wallem Group, a leading global maritime partner, has won the Royal Institution of Naval Architects (RINA) Maritime Diversity Award 2026, in recognition of its Women of Wallem (WoW) initiative and its commitment to the International Maritime Organization’s Adopt a Ship program.