Mandatory signs
Start engine in launch sequence
- IMO code
- MSS024
- ISO 7010 number
- M038
Where you will meet it
In the lifeboat, at the coxswain’s station.
What it means in practice
A launch sequence step: start the engine before launching, so the boat can clear the ship’s side as soon as it is waterborne.
Legal basis
Annex to IMO resolution A.1116(30) (adopted 05.12.2017), table of mandatory signs. Graphic pattern of the symbol: ISO 7010.
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).