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Means of escape

Push door on the right-hand side to open

MES010 sign: Push door on the right-hand side to open
green square
IMO code
MES010
ISO 7010 number
E023

Where you will meet it

On doors along an escape route.

What it means in practice

The door opens by pushing on its right-hand side.

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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