Offshore & Marine sector
Standards and laws in the Offshore & Marine sector
Ship and platform construction is generally very compact, which imposes very high demands on the safety signage. Below you will find a selection of the laws and regulations Blomsma Signs & Safety adheres to which are specific to this sector.
ISO16069
Graphical symbols — Safety signs
Safety way guidance systems (SWGS)
Scope: Onshore
Describes the principles governing the design and application of visual components used to create a safety way guidance system (SWGS).
ISO organisation » ISO16069
ISO3864:1
Graphical symbols — Safety colours and safety signs
Part 1: Design principles for safety signs and safety markings
Scope: Onshore
Establishes the safety identification colours and design principles for safety signs and safety markings.
ISO organisation » ISO3864:1
ISO3864:2
Graphical symbols — Safety colours and safety signs
Part 2: Design principles for product safety labels
Scope: Onshore
Establishes additional principles for the design of safety labels for products.
ISO organisation » ISO3864:2
ISO3864:3
Graphical symbols — Safety colours and safety signs
Part 3: Design principles for graphical symbols for use in safety signs
Scope: Onshore
Gives principles, criteria and guidance for the design of graphical symbols for use in safety signs.
ISO organisation » ISO3864:3
ISO3864:4
Graphical symbols — Safety colours and safety signs
Part 4: Colorimetric and photometric properties of safety sign materials
Scope: Onshore
Establishes the colorimetric and photometric requirements and test methods for the colours of safety signs.
ISO organisation » ISO3864:4
ISO7010
Graphical symbols — Safety colours and safety signs
Registered safety signs
Scope: Onshore
Prescribes safety signs for the purposes of accident prevention, fire protection, health hazard information and emergency evacuation.
ISO organisation » ISO7010
ISO23601
Safety identification — Escape and evacuation plan signs
Scope: Onshore
Establishes design principles for displayed escape plans.
ISO organisation » ISO23601
ISO17398
Safety colours and safety signs — Classification, performance and durability of safety signs
Scope: Onshore
Specifies requirements for a performance-related classification system for safety signs.
ISO organisation » ISO17398
ISO7001
Graphical symbols — Public information symbols
Scope: Onshore
Specifies graphical symbols for the purposes of public information.
ISO organisation » ISO7001
ISO24409-1
Ships and marine technology
Scope: Marine – Maritime and Offshore
Design, location and use of shipboard safety signs, safety-related signs, safety notices and safety markings.
ISO organisation » ISO24409-1
ISO24409-2
Ships and marine technology
Scope: Marine – Maritime and Offshore
Design, location and use of shipboard safety signs, safety-related signs, safety notices and safety markings – Part 2: Catalogue.
ISO organisation » ISO24409-2
ISO24409-3
Ships and marine technology
Scope: Marine – Maritime and Offshore
Design, location and use of shipboard safety signs, safety-related signs, safety notices and safety markings – Part 3: Code of Practice.
ISO organisation » ISO24409-3
ISO15370
Ships and marine technology.
Scope: Marine – Maritime and Offshore
Low Location Lighting (LLL) on passenger ships.
ISO organisation » ISO15370
ISO17631
Ships and marine technology.
Scope: Marine – Maritime and Offshore
Shipboard plans for fire protection, life-saving appliances and means of escape.
ISO organisation » ISO17631
EU 92/58
Safety and health signs
Scope: European Union
Defines the minimum requirements for the provision of safety and/or health signs at work.
EUR-Lex (European Union Law) » EU 92/58
EU GHS
CLP/GHS – Classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures
Scope: European Union
Defines classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures.
European Commission » EU GHS
Norsok L-004
Piping fabrication, installation, flushing and testing.
Scope: Marine – Offshore
Piping fabrication, installation, flushing and testing.
Standards Norway » Norsok L-004
IMO-A.691(17)
Safety instructions to passengers
Scope: Marine – Maritime
Regulations on providing emergency instructions to passengers.
International Maritime Organisation » IMO-A.691(17) (PDF download)
IMO-A.1116(30)
Escape route signs and equipment location markings
Scope: Marine – Maritime
Defines symbols for the marking of escape route, firefighting equipment and rescue equipment.
International Maritime Organisation » IMO-A.1116(30) (PDF download)
IMO-A.752(18)
Low location lighting systems on passenger ships.
Scope: Marine – Maritime and Offshore
Guidelines for the evaluation, testing and application of low-location lighting on passenger ships.
International Maritime Organisation » IMO-A.752(18) (PDF download)
IMO-A.952(23)
Graphical symbols for shipboard fire control plans
Scope: Marine – Maritime
Defines the design principles for fire control plans and the registered symbols to be used.
International Maritime Organisation » IMO-A.952(23) (PDF download)
