Stroll down the promenade deck of cruiseships under construction today, and something may appear to be missing. When something is not there in the first place, it is often hard to put a value on its absence, and passengers onboard the new P&O Cruises ship Ventura will doubtless overlook the fact that their stroll along the promenade deck will not see them having to negotiate intrusive davits. The davit installation onboard this ship provides a latest reference for Navalimpianti, in the shape of its stored 'power telescopic davit system for life- and tender boats, and rescue boats' system. Ventura, delivered by Fincantieri's Monfalcone yard, arrived in the UK for her maiden voyage in April. She carries 18 stored power davits for lifeboats, six stored power davits for tenders, and two stored power davits for rescue-boats. Marine equipment specialist Navalimpianti said that it had paid particular attention to the design of the davits, in order 'to have the promenade deck completely free as well as the emergency inboard areas; this solution is particularly useful when the deck is used as passenger walking area and also during the embarkation operations.'
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