Full Description

Specifies requirements (dimensions, materials, design and construction, quality of manufacture, test methods, marking, inspection, designation) for gangways suitable for use horizontally or inclined up to an angle of 30 from the horizontal and designed to be carried on board ships, to provide a lightweight, convenient and safe means of access from ship to shore, for use primarily by the ship's crew which may also be used for access from ship to ship but are not intended to carry wheeled traffic.