Which side do ships boarded passengers?

Question

As the airplanes usually have main doors on the left side, which side of the ships are usually used for boarding passengers?

Answer 1

i would think it would be "PORTSIDE" hence the name.

Answer 2

star"board"

Answer 3

Depends on the dock.   Boarded on the stbd. side in Honolulu always.   Hilo was port one week, stbd. the next.   Kahului was port.   Kailua Kona we discharged people on the port side onto launches.   Nawilliwilli was port side to unless a barge was at the dock so we had to moor stbd. side to; usually only did that once a month or so.      Port side seems to be used most.

Answer 4

Usualy on the side adjacent to the land.

Answer 5

Probably depends on the ship.

Answer 6

Whichever side they want.

Answer 7

There isn't really a standard side.  Since you usually enter via a ramp to the deck.  It could be starboard or port.  I've never seen a ship where the entrance was through the hull, even on very large cruise ships.

Answer 8

either side all ships have boarding points on both sides. these doorways are usually directly across from one another. the captain chooses which way he wants the ship to point towards land or out to sea depending on how easy it is to dock and undock the ship at that particular port.

Answer 9

I am thinking back to the cruises I have been on, and the starboard side seems to be the more popular boarding side. My recollection is we boarded/disembarked on that side most of the time, whether it was at dock or to tenders. I think we could have boarded on the port however. This really tests my memory.

Yes, now I remember. We did disembark/board thru the port side in Aruba.

BTW, we had several disembarkation/boarding levels depending on the port. Sometimes it was high up on the ship (San Juan) sometimes middle, when at dock (Aruba) and sometimes we would be right down on the water if we were using tenders (St. Martin/Maarten). They were all through the hull.

Answer 10

as some one whose spent 4 years at sea on tankers, i can tell you it don't matter on tankers but has everything to do with the direction of the tide when the ships are tied up, i.e. its usually more stable to point the bows into the current while manoeuvring the vessel.

Answer 11

It's normally regulated buy the port authority they have the wind direction on the piers then they direct the ship to which side will be the pier side.

Answer 12

It was originally the PORT side. The Starboard side was where the steering arm (Stearboard) was located, and to stop this getting broken, the boats always moored up port side to.

But these days, the rudder is underneath, so either side is possible. Probably depemds on the wind, harbour shape and arrangements, tugs, tides etc.