Cruises
This section explains what we will require from cruise carriers under the e-Borders programme and when we will start to introduce these requirements.
Cruise companies will be required to provide crew and passenger information to the e-Borders system.
We will start to make formal approaches to cruise companies late in 2008, to discuss the data they will need to provide to the e-Borders programme. We will publish more information about how we plan to introduce the programme to cruise carriers at that time.
Terms explained
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Carrier
A person or organisation that transports passengers or goods in and out of the United Kingdom.
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Cruise ships
This is a passenger-only vessel that travels to one or more destinations.
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e-Borders
e-Borders is the name of a programme we have set up to introduce electronic border control to the United Kingdom by 2014. It will collect and analyse passenger and crew information provided electronically by carriers (airlines, rail and shipping companies) before travel starts on all journeys to and from the United Kingdom.