Do Cruise Ships Have Armed Security

If a large insurance consortium was to maintain a armed soldiers of shore they could arm a ship in international waters and do helicopter removal of the armoury so as to never break national laws.

Do cruise ships have armed security. Any allegation of a serious crime committed aboard a Carnival ship sailing from North America is immediately reported to law enforcement in accordance with the Cruise Vessel Security and Safety Act of 2010. Security officers must also be alert to threats coming from outside the ship. Constitution the cruise ships by and large dont have armed security guards.

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Security crews on cruise ships are generally private security guards trained only to break up occasional bar fights check IDs and screen passengers at the gangways with metal detectors. Aboard each vessel was an armoury consisting primarily of sidearms. On the Elation I talked to a security officer that was a former Mexican marine and on Holland American the head of security was a former Royal Marine.

And later I noticed there were heavily armed patrol boats that accompanied us in and out of every port including LA. When travel through high crime areas of the open oceans Royal and other cruise lines bring special security teams on board for these trips. They have video security systems and security screening procedures much like airports.

My neighbour is former British forces and after leaving the Army served as a Security Officer on cruise and carnival ships in the Caribbean and Europe. Contrary to people who want to believe that the ships are armed but the cruise lines dont want to tip their hand to the terrorists there is in fact no hidden cache of weapons ready to be deployed by the cruise ships security forces. This public reporting requirement is unique to the cruise industry as there is no similar requirement for any other commercial industry including hotels and airlines.

The laws regarding armed guards on cruise ships have been relaxed in recent years but remain complex depending on the ships flag state and other international legislation. Cruise ships are commonly regarded as safe places. Vessels are equipped with pirate protection Image.