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Maritime passenger terminal
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<p>A passenger terminal is a structure in a <a href="/facts/Port/4Uuw6Fec">port</a> which services passengers boarding and leaving water vessels such as <a href="/facts/Ferry/5ysqHULA">ferries</a>, <a href="/facts/Cruise_ship/PzQCcICA">cruise ships</a> and <a href="/facts/Ocean_liner/U8tD4ow7">ocean liners</a>. Depending on the types of vessels serviced by the terminal, it may be named (for example) ferry terminal, cruise terminal, marine terminal or maritime passenger terminal. As well as passengers, a passenger terminal sometimes has facilities for <a href="/facts/Automobile/I1IsH8IK">automobiles</a> and other land vehicles to be picked up and dropped off by the water vessel. </p>