

Use case
Maritime and Cruise Port Security Screening
Effective security screening measures on cruise ships and within port facilities are essential for ensuring the safety and well-being of passengers, crew, and the vessels themselves.
The challenge
Aviation-style screening doesn't fit a cruise
Effective security screening measures on cruise ships and within port facilities are essential for ensuring the safety and well-being of passengers, crew, and the vessels themselves. Robust maritime security screening measures act as a crucial deterrent against terrorism, the smuggling of illegal substances and weapons, and other potential criminal activities. However, traditional aviation security screening approaches are invasive, time-consuming, and don’t provide a screening operation in keeping with a premium cruise experience.
- Where
- Cruise ships and port facilities
- Products
- Apstec Falcon and Falcon Plus
- Detects
- Metallic and non-metallic threats on the body and in bags
- Embarkation
- Faster, with no preparation needed for screening
The solution
Security fit for a premium cruise experience
Apstec’s next-generation technologies Falcon and Falcon Plus provide security fit for a premium cruise experience. They are comprehensive smart scanning solutions that deliver consistently high levels of security combined with superior passenger experience. The high-throughput walkthrough portals are designed to quickly and non-invasively screen passengers for a wide range of threats to passengers or the safety of the cruise liner, enabling faster embarkation while delivering superior passenger experience.
Both Falcon and Falcon Plus detect metallic and non-metallic threats carried on the body under clothing, in body-worn and hand-carried bags, thereby mitigating several serious risks not addressed by metal detectors. They significantly improve the passenger experience, getting people on board as quickly and efficiently as possible. Passengers do not need to prepare for screening; they simply walk through at normal walking speed and the system does the rest. No more lines, no need to inconvenience passengers by asking them to divest or submit their hand baggage for x-ray. Together, Falcon and Falcon Plus offer a better option for security screening and a brighter future for the cruise liner industry.

2,500+ people / hour
screened by Falcon and Falcon Plus
No divesting
Passengers simply walk through at normal walking speed
Indoor & outdoor
Highly mobile, rapid deployment at the terminal
The challenge
Security that fits a premium cruise
Robust maritime security screening acts as a crucial deterrent, but traditional aviation security approaches are invasive and time-consuming.
01
Terrorism
A threat to passengers, crew and the vessels themselves.
02
Smuggling
Of illegal substances and weapons.
03
Slow embarkation
Lines, divesting and hand baggage x-ray are out of keeping with a premium cruise experience.
Falcon and Falcon Plus at embarkation
High-throughput walkthrough portals that quickly and non-invasively screen passengers for a wide range of threats to passengers or the safety of the cruise liner.
Metallic and non-metallic threats
Under clothing and in bags
Both detect threats carried on the body under clothing, in body-worn and hand-carried bags, mitigating serious risks not addressed by metal detectors.
No preparation
Normal walking speed
Passengers do not need to prepare for screening; they simply walk through and the system does the rest.
Faster embarkation
No more lines
No need to inconvenience passengers by asking them to divest or submit their hand baggage for x-ray.
Discriminative metal detection
A very low rate of nuisance alerts
Falcon Plus tells smaller metallic threats from everyday items, alongside Falcon’s proven millimeter-wave detection.
For the cruise line
A brighter future for cruise security
Consistently high levels of security combined with a superior passenger experience, getting people on board as quickly and efficiently as possible.

01
Speed and agility
Highly mobile and rapidly deployed, indoors or outdoors.
02
Monitoring and reporting
Sophisticated monitoring, management and reporting.
03
Lower costs
Streamlines operations and reduces complexity and costs.
04
Award-winning
Apstec Falcon won the Detektor International Award 2025 in the category Alarm & Detection.
Products
Our products
Questions
Screening at cruise ports
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