Description
Accommodation ladder is equipped at ship’s port side or starboard side to enable crews or passengers to board on ship. It can be stowed parallel (horizontal stowing) or perpendicular (vertical stowing) to the ship’s board when ship is on voyage. Ladder usually made of aluminum or steel.
Approval Standard:
1. ISO5488-2015<ships and marine technology-Accommodation Ladders>
2. Regulation 3-9, Chapter II-1 of the SOLAS 1974 and MSC.256(84) for it’s Amendment.
3. MSC.1/Circ.1331, Guidelines for the construction, installation, maintenance and inspection/survey of means of embarkation and disembarkation.
Main Components:
Accommodation Ladder Itself, Upper Rotary Platform, Lower Platform, Stanchion, Handrail, Roller, Safety Net, Ladder Davit, Pillar(rest), Stowing and Turning Equipment, Winch.