Cruise terminal

A cruise terminal is a passenger terminal built to embark and disembark cruise ship passengers, with a long berth, multiple gangways, baggage halls, check-in and security, and customs and immigration processing. Berth length and depth match large cruise vessels, so a berth for a 360 m, 6,000-passenger ship needs about 10 m to 11 m depth and several thousand square meters of terminal building for peak turnaround flow. Fendering and mooring suit high windage hulls. The terminal is judged on passenger throughput per hour and turnaround time, not cargo tonnage, so layout favors people flow over yard storage.