On 29th June 1990 Fincantieri Monfalcone delivered to British P&O the unit “Crown Princess”, followed only a year later by the sistership “Regal Princess”. And Navalimpianti Tecnimpianti was proudly present with side doors, which the group managed to win after a great battle with foreign competitors, the tender platforms, the Proteus valves remote control system and the lifeboats davit.
From that moment on, cruise ships would become a major area of production of the group; only a few years later for three units of Holland America Line, the “Statendaam”, the “Ryndam” and the “Maasdam”, built in Fincantieri Monfalcone, the group produced, for the first time, the telescopic davits for life and tenderboats, a cutting-edge system designed by the company.