Ferry Landings, Ship + Cruise Terminals

Ferry Landing, Ship + Cruise Terminal Engineering Expertise

Ferry landings, ship terminals, and cruise terminals are highly specialized waterfront facilities that must support vessel operations, passenger movement, accessibility, resiliency, and long-term performance within active marine environments. From floating landings, fixed piers, berthing structures, wharves, bulkheads, gangways, fender systems, pile-supported platforms, and shoreline improvements, these facilities require engineering solutions that account for tides, vessel freeboard, loading conditions, coastal exposure, constructability, and ongoing maintenance.

KCI, formerly McLaren Engineering Group, brings deep experience planning, designing, inspecting, and rehabilitating ferry landings, ship terminals, cruise facilities, and marine transportation infrastructure. Our multidisciplinary marine engineering teams support projects from feasibility studies, surveys, permitting, site planning, and geotechnical investigations through structural and marine design, berthing and mooring analysis, pile design, construction administration, inspection, and asset rehabilitation. With proven experience delivering high-use public ferry systems, floating terminal structures, port facilities, cruise homeports, waterfront developments, and government marine assets, we help owners create resilient, adaptable, and operationally efficient terminal infrastructure.