What is ISO 799-1 - Pilot ladders about ?
ISO 799-1 specifies requirements for pilot ladders of a ship, which are provided to enable a maritime pilot to embark and disembark from a ship safely against a vertical portion of the ship’s hull. It is applicable to merchant ships that embark and disembark maritime pilots with the ship underway.
ISO 799-1 is intended to supplement existing IMO requirements for pilot ladders. Since IMO instruments do not include specific requirements for prototype testing of pilot ladders for approval, the tests included in this document are in excess of the existing IMO requirements.
ISO 799-1 can be used for independent acceptance of a pilot ladder complying with SOLAS, in which case certification must be issued from a signatory state of SOLAS.
Note: ISO 799 is incorporated by reference and footnoted in the International Con...