BOARD OF PROFESSORS
IIM employs a group of university professors (full and associate), who teach in the courses organized by IIM, work as consultants and represent the Istituto in conferences and seminars.

LIBRARY
Istituto Idrografico della Marina has a  library of 20,000 volumes, including sailing directions, atlases, and travel journals dating back to the 18th century. The collection of nautical charts and portolan maps includes items from the 17th century and a thousand rare charts of Russian rivers printed at the beginning of the 20th century.
The library is open to the public, by appointment only.

TRAINING DIVISION
It is in charge of the planning and management of all IIM training courses.

SAFETY DIVISION
It is in charge of the safety and protection of the staff, for a constant improvement of the work environment.

PERSONNEL DIVISION
It is in charge of all matters related to the civilian personnel.

ADMINISTRATION DIVISION
It is in charge of the accounting, copyright  matters and the management of supplies.

RESEARCH AND EXTERNAL RELATIONS DEPARTMENT
It is in charge of the public relations in Italy and abroad, promoting IIM in conferences, fairs and exhibitions. It deals with the media.

REVISION DIVISION
It is in charge of revising all charts, to make sure they are accurate and in compliance with the relevant international standards.

PLANNING DIVISION
Its task is to check that the work carried out is in line with the plans and schedules, suggesting adjustment whenever necessary.

SURVEY AND PRODUCTION DEPARTMENT
It coordinates all technical activities, IIM’s core business, from survey planning to the finished product, through a number of different Offices.

I.T. DIVISION
It is in charge of all IIM hardware and software equipment, servers, intranet and cartographic workstations.

HYDROGRAPHIC DIVISION
It is in charge of all geodetic, topographic and hydrographic surveys. It processes and validates data collected in the surveys and files them in IIM databases.

SURVEY DIVISION
It takes part in the planning of survey activities and deals with all the relevant documentation and equipment.

CARTOGRAPHIC DIVISION
It is in charge of two paper chart portfolios– for Military and Merchant Navy vessels (300 charts) and for leisure crafts (250 charts).

ENC DIVISION
It is in charge of the ENC portfolio (250 charts).
It is also in charge of the Help Desk, for Military Navy Units requiring assistance, and organizes ECDIS training courses.

GEOPHYSICS DIVISION
It deals with all matters concerning marine geophysics, including oceanography, naval magnetism, nautical astronomy and tides.
It is in charge of the Nautical Almanac and Tide Tables, published every year.
It is also in charge of the tide gauge in the port of Genoa, used as a reference for the measuring of heights in Italy.
It includes the Military Oceanography Centre, which provides METOC data to Navy units.

NAUTICAL DOCUMENTATION DIVISION
The Office collects, analyzes and processes nautical information to update charts and publications. It is in charge of the “Notices to Mariners”, issued every two weeks.

PRINTING DIVISION
It is in charge of the printing of all the documentation issued by IIM, using both offset and laser technologies.

GENERAL SERVICE DEPARTMENT
The General Service department is in charge of maintenance, logistics, vehicles and transportation.
It is in charge of all matters related to the military staff .

DISTRIBUTION, EQUIPMENT AND MARKETING DEPARTMENT
The Equipment Section is in charge of purchasing, testing and maintaining all IIM equipment.
The Distribution Section deals with IIM official distributors and provides Italian Navy units with the necessary IIM material, also through branches in Taranto and La Spezia.