While tendering adds an extra step to disembarking a cruise ship, understanding the process in tender ports ensures a smoother experience.

Are you going on a cruise where you will be getting off at a tender port? What this means is instead of simply walking off the ship, you’ll be taking a small tender boat to get to the cruise port.

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In December 2023, a group of Monterey students fought to effectively ban the cruise ship industry from operating in a major city on the Central Coast. Two years later, as mega boats are still missing ...

even in places without cruise bans. Several of the new mega-ships are too big to fit into some ports, requiring passengers to take smaller boats called tenders to shore. On ships that carry ...

The 2025 Falmouth cruise ship season will be underway in April when two large cruise ships Nieuw Statendam and Regal Princess arrive in UK waters from Fort Lauderdale, Florida to start their ...

but realised it was "impossible" for her to use the tender vessel once aboard the ship. The BBC has contacted Cruise Kingdom for comment. Ms Rockett boarded the ship in Cape Town, but said a hotel ...

The amendments also added a definition for passenger tender vessels — smaller watercraft that large cruise ships use to ferry passengers to shore. The county planning commission considered the ...