Mandatory signs
Use handrail
- IMO code
- MSS012
- ISO 7010 number
- M012
Where you will meet it
At stairs and companionways, inside and outside the accommodation.
What it means in practice
Use the handrail. The old rule: one hand for yourself, one for the ship.
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).