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. When travel through high crime areas of the open oceans Royal and other cruise lines bring special security teams on board for these trips. 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. A lot of the larger cruise lines do carry a sort of security detachment that is armed.

All weapons are prohibited on cruises due to cruise ship security regulations. You cant see the guns at Disney World either but rest assured they are there too. If merchant ships carried guns the pirates would try and carry bigger guns.

For security reasons no firearms knives or other weapons or potentially dangerous items may be taken on shore excursions. Yes the ships do have holding cells and have armed officers on select cruises but you do not see them. 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.

Your ship will be detained once those weapons are found thats why we seafarers only can use those kind of weapons. However most shipping companies do not provide weapons to their crews due to liability issues. 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.

In most cases carrying a gun on a cruise ship is not allowed. They are not armed but there could be weapons aboard for exigent circumstances. We only use dummies razor wire and fire hoses.

Guns are not allowed with or without a concealed carry permit. FYI our shipping company only provides razor wires. The international Maritime Organization IMO has no authority to regulate the use of guns on these foreign flagged ship.