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Means of escape

Emergency exit (right hand)

MES003 sign: Emergency exit (right hand)
green square
IMO code
MES003
ISO 7010 number
E002

Where you will meet it

In alleyways and stairways, at eye level and low above the deck.

What it means in practice

The escape route leads to the right. Follow the arrows all the way to the open deck.

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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