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Means of escape

Door slides left to open

MES005 sign: Door slides left to open
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IMO code
MES005
ISO 7010 number
E034

Where you will meet it

On sliding doors along an escape route.

What it means in practice

This door opens by sliding to the left.

Legal basis

Annex to IMO resolution A.1116(30) „Escape route signs and equipment location markings” (adopted 05.12.2017), table of means-of-escape signs. Mandatory on ships built from 01.01.2019; older ships may carry signs per the earlier resolution A.760(18). The requirement to mark escape routes: SOLAS II-2, regulation 13. Graphic pattern of the symbol: ISO 7010, the standard referenced by the annex.

This is not a legal text: in any doubt the current wording of the resolution and regulations decides.

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Sign colours are normative. The file is public domain or CC0 (a Commons recreation of the symbol named by the IMO annex).

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