Passenger vessels with complex hotel & marine systems. Use this menu to jump into cruise-specific
topics for engineers, bridge teams, hotel engineering and AV/IT.
Cruise Ship Hub
From mega-ships to expedition and river vessels – hotel engineering, passenger safety, AV/IT,
public health and port operations in one structured space. Use the left-hand
Cruise ships menu to move between topics without leaving the section.
What are you working on this cruise?
🧭 New to cruise ships
How cruise vessels are laid out, who does what, and how passenger safety really works.
⚓ Turnarounds & port days
Embarkation, baggage, provisioning and berth constraints – without losing control of safety.
📺 Hotel, AV & IT issues
Cabin power, Wi-Fi, IPTV, PA/GA, HVAC or medical/public-health modes misbehaving mid-sailing?
Everything on board, mapped by system and department
A) Cruise ships overview & safety
Vessel types, passenger capacities, mustering concepts, and how SOLAS passenger rules shape
the whole layout – from stateroom corridors to mustering points and tender platforms.
Turnaround planners, capacity sheets and tech calculators
📅 Turnaround & port-day planners
Embark/disembark timelines, baggage flows, gangway control and provisioning checklists.
📡 Wi-Fi, IPTV & bandwidth calculators
Rough AP counts, bandwidth per passenger and IPTV / streaming impact on VSAT or LEO links.
Fresh articles, case studies and incident learnings
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Guest Wi-Fi slow or collapsing during sea day
AV/IT
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HVAC struggling with cabin complaints across one deck
HVAC
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Pool water failing public-health test limits
Public health
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Turnaround schedule slipping – baggage / gangways overloaded
Port ops
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VSAT / LEO bandwidth maxed out by streaming & IPTV
Connectivity
Moving into cruise, or changing departments
🎓 First cruise ship posting
What changes from cargo and ferries – safety culture, public-health and passenger expectations.
🧭 Cross-department routes
Engineering to hotel tech, bridge to shorex, AV/IT to hotel officer – key skills and tickets.
Most saved by cruise ship crew this week
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Turnaround checklist – 8 hour port stay with full embark
A combined deck, hotel, AV/IT and security checklist for busy turnaround ports.
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Pool & spa public-health log templates
Daily/weekly recording sheets aligned with common USPH and flag-state expectations.
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Starter VLAN and Wi-Fi design for a mid-size cruise ship
Simple diagrams showing guest, crew, hotel and OT separation with practical QoS notes.
Cruise ship departing at sunset – typical scene for turnarounds and sail-away operations.
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AISMSC ORBITA departed Southampton – pilot disembarked, outbound Channel.
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LighthouseStart Point reporting visibility < 2 NM – fog advisory active.
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Top member@ChiefHotelEng shared a new USPH turnaround checklist for 3,500 pax ships.
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Thank youThanks to @BridgeWatch and @AVITTech for detailed incident write-ups.