The main features of passenger ships.

The characteristics of passenger ships

Superstructure with multiple decks: used for arranging passenger cabins.

Well-equipped restaurants and sanitary entertainment facilities: providing a comfortable travel experience.

Good anti-sinking property: Generally, it is non-sinking for two or three compartments to ensure safety.

Adequate life-saving and fire-fighting facilities: Ensuring passenger safety.

Higher speed: Generally 16 to 20 knots, and for large high-speed passenger ships, it can reach around 24 knots.

Large power reserve: ensuring navigation efficiency and the ability to deal with unexpected situations.

The requirements for passenger ships involve safety and technical specifications, such as 1:

Safety and technical specifications

Passenger capacity: Passenger ships must carry passengers in accordance with the passenger capacity determined on the ship inspection certificate and must not be overloaded.Prohibition on carrying dangerous goods: Ordinary passenger ships are not allowed to carry goods except in special emergency situations to ensure passenger safety.

Safety Instructions and Emergency Measures: Passenger ships should clearly display safety instructions to passengers in prominent positions, set up safety signs and warnings, and introduce the usage methods of life-saving equipment as well as the emergency measures to be taken in case of emergency.

Safety management of maritime ferry crossings: The local people's government where the maritime ferry crossing is located shall establish and improve the responsibility system for the safety management of the ferry crossing, formulate safety management measures, supervise and guide the operator to fulfill the main responsibility for safety, maintain the order of ferry transportation, and ensure the safety of ferry transportation.