TechnicalNoticeonShipboardEscapeRouteSignsandEmergencyEquipmentLocationMarkings(MSC.1-Circ.1553)IssuedbyIMO

CCSTechnical Information(2017)Technical Information No.49 Total No.297Jul.31,2017(Total 2 pages)To:relevant departments of CCS Headquarters,CCS surveyors,plan approval centers,relevantship owners,shipyards,product manufacturers and designersTechnical Notice on Shipboard Escape Route Signs and EmergencyEquipment Location Markings (MSC.1-Circ.1553)Issued by IMOI Foreword1 The Maritime Safety Committee of International Maritime Organization,at itsninety-seventh session,adopted Shipboard Escape Route Signs and EmergencyEquipment Location Markings (MSC.1/Circ.1553)on 21 November 2016.The circularapplies to all passenger ships and cargo ships of 500 gross tonnage and over from itsissuance date of 25 November 2016.II Technical points2.1 Main contents of MSC.1/Circ.1553IMO has the intention of preparing a revision of resolution A.760(18)on Symbolsrelated to life-saving appliances and arrangements,which will incorporate shipboardsafety signs and safety markings contained in the ISO standard 24409-2:2014,foradoption by MSC at its ninety-ninth session.But prior to revision of resolutionA.760(18),the industry may use ISO standard 24409 on a voluntary basis,andexisting ships may still use resolution A.760(18).AnnexShipboard Escape Route Signs and Emergency Equipment LocationMarkings(MSC.1/Circ.1553)(both in the original English version and Chinese