That’s not true, Paul. Most of the piers as they exist in the New York environment are too short or lack the depth for large vessels. The Westside Cruise Terminal on Manhattan Island is north of the limit for that environment.
The best thing is to just go into the Mission Editor and try placing Vermaas or Ocean Star in places like Bayonne (New Jersey) or Brooklyn. There are Cruise Ship Terminals in both of those locations in the real NY.
Marty
The Bayonne cruise ship terminal is on the long pier closest to Robbins Reef.
The Brooklyn cruise ship terminal is in Red Hook, east of Governors Island. Pier 12 is south of the container terminal on the west side of Atlantic Basin. Pier 11 is on the east side of the basin.