boarding ladder
Vessel entry steps
A boarding ladder is a portable ladder used to climb onto or off of boats, ships, aircraft, or other vehicles.
On watercraft, boarding ladders typically hang over the side or stern, allowing swimmers or passengers in smaller craft to climb aboard: He pulled himself up the boarding ladder after his dive.
Aircraft boarding ladders are wheeled stairs rolled up to plane doors.
- rampSloped connecting surface
- embarkationBeginning a voyage
- deckShip's flat surface
- shipSeagoing transport vessel
- airplanePowered flying machine
ship deck · air travel · private jet · steps · climb · ascend · flight of stairs · handrail · dock · pier · jetty · vessel · yacht · marina · crew · first mate · passenger · sea legs
equipment type for vessel access
boarding laddergangplank
Portable ship-boarding ramp
gangway · boarding ramp · jet bridge · brow
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