IS 16234 : 2015 : Ships and Marine Technology Embarkation Ladders - Specification

Reaffirmed 2020

1. Scope

This standard specifies requirements for a ship’s embarkation ladder which is provided to enable safe embarkation of waterborne survival craft along a vertical portion of the ship’s hull. It is applicable to merchant ships required to carry embarkation ladders under Part 6 of The First Schedule of the merchant Shipping (Life Saving Appliances) Rules, 1989.

2. References

The following standards contain provisions, which, through references in this text, constitute provisions of this standard. At the time of publication the editions indicated were valid. All standards are subjected to revision and parties to agreements based on this standard are encouraged to investigate the possibility of applying the most recent editions of the standards indicated below:

6911 : 1992 Stainless steel plate, sheet and strip (first revision)

ISO 209 : 2007 Aluminium and aluminium alloys - Chemical composition

ISO 877 : 1994 Plastics - Methods of exposure to direct weathering to weathering using glass-filtered daylight and to intensified weathering by daylight using Fresnel mirrors

ISO 1461 : 1999 Hot dip galvanized coatings on fabricated iron and steel articles - Specifications and test methods