Do Cruise Ship Security Carry Guns

Still some feel safer to have protection especially if you are a long-distance sailor traveling through international waters where an attack from pirates is probable.

Do cruise ship security carry guns. All weapons are prohibited on cruises due to cruise ship security regulations. Or alternatively hire a pirate guard. However in the course of their day.

It was decided that the ships would get further upgrades including the Phalanx CIWS Mk38 25mm chain guns and the RGM-84 Harpoon anti-ship missiles to drastically enhance their lethality. When travel through high crime areas of the open oceans Royal and other cruise lines bring special security teams on board for these trips. Aboard each vessel was an armoury consisting primarily of sidearms.

The international Maritime Organization IMO has no authority to regulate the use of guns on these foreign flagged ship. The IMO does not even recommend that cruise ships have guns. Yes the ships do have holding cells and have armed officers on select cruises but you do not see them.

This smaller ship will now wait 12 miles out in international waters until the next ship with a security contract is pulling out to sea and then transfer the guns back to contractors on board. Cruise ships are flagged in foreign countries like the Bahamas or Panama. Short answer is yes.

This prohibition is a safety measure. For the moment the plan is not to make merchant ships into a shooting war. 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.

Guns are not allowed with or without a concealed carry permit. Ofcourse weapons such as guns and explosive grenades are prohibited onboard. There are security officers on the cruise ship with a Director of Security who liaises with international and domestic law enforcement on issues impacting the security of the passengers and vessels.