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(Main)Inland navigation vessels - Railings for decks and side decks - Requirements, designs and types
Inland navigation vessels - Railings for decks and side decks - Requirements, designs and types
This document is applicable to railings for decks and in gangways on inland navigation vessels. It lays down design, dimensions, strength and test conditions which have to be observed for safety reasons. The railings provide protection for persons against falling overboard and from one deck to another.
Fahrzeuge der Binnenschifffahrt - Geländer für Decks und Gangborde - Anforderungen, Bauarten und Typen
Dieses Dokument ist anwendbar für Geländer auf Decks und in Gangborden von Fahrzeugen der Binnenschifffahrt. Es legt Bauarten, Maße, Festigkeitsanforderungen und Prüfbedingungen fest, die aus sicherheitstechnischen Gründen eingehalten werden müssen. Die Geländer dienen dem Schutz von Personen gegen Überbordfallen und Abstürzen von einem Deck auf ein anderes.
Bateaux de navigation intérieure - Garde-corps pour ponts et plats-bords - Exigences, types et modèles
Le présent document s’applique aux garde-corps des ponts et dans les passerelles des bateaux de navigation intérieure. Il définit les types, les dimensions, les exigences de résistance et les conditions d’essai qui, pour des raisons de sécurité, doivent être respectés. Les garde-corps assurent la sécurité des personnes contre les chutes et les passages par-dessus bord.
Plovila za celinske vode - Ograje na palubah - Zahteve, načrti in vrste
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SLOVENSKI STANDARD
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01-december-2023
Plovila za celinske vode - Ograje na palubah - Zahteve, načrti in vrste
Inland navigation vessels - Railings for decks and side decks - Requirements, designs
and types
Fahrzeuge der Binnenschifffahrt - Geländer für Decks und Gangborde - Anforderungen,
Bauarten und Typen
Bateaux de navigation intérieure - Garde-corps pour ponts et plats-bords - Exigences,
types et modèles
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: prEN 711
ICS:
47.020.10 Ladijski trupi in njihovi Hulls and their structure
konstrukcijski elementi elements
47.060 Jezerska in rečna plovila Inland navigation vessels
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2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.
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EUROPEAN STANDARD
prEN 711
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
October 2023
ICS 47.020.10 Will supersede EN 711:2016
English Version
Inland navigation vessels - Railings for decks and side
decks - Requirements, designs and types
Bateaux de navigation intérieure - Garde-corps pour Fahrzeuge der Binnenschifffahrt - Geländer für Decks
ponts et plats-bords - Exigences, types et modèles und Gangborde - Anforderungen, Bauarten und Typen
This draft European Standard is submitted to CEN members for enquiry. It has been drawn up by the Technical Committee
CEN/TC 15.
If this draft becomes a European Standard, CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations
which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration.
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Contents Page
European foreword . 3
1 Scope . 4
2 Normative references . 4
3 Terms and definitions . 4
4 Safety requirements . 5
4.1 Design . 5
4.1.1 General. 5
4.1.2 Railings in work areas . 7
4.1.3 Railings in passenger areas . 7
4.2 Safety dimensions . 7
4.3 Sturdiness requirements . 11
4.4 Workmanship . 12
5 Materials . 12
5.1 Choice of materials . 12
5.2 Example of railing made of steel . 13
5.3 Surface protection . 13
6 Testing . 13
7 Designation . 13
Annex A (normative) Examples of materials and dimensions . 14
Annex B (informative) Sample designs for railings in the area of mooring equipment and
bulwarks . 15
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European foreword
This document (prEN 711:2023) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 15 “Inland
navigation vessels”, the secretariat of which is held by DIN.
This document is currently submitted to the CEN Enquiry.
This document will supersede EN 711:2016.
prEN 711:2023 includes the following significant technical changes with respect to EN 711:1995:
a) tiltable railing for passenger vessels have been added;
b) requirements on railings in elevated working areas added, (Table 1);
c) reference to EN 17360 added in 4.4.5.
This document specifies safety requirements for railings for decks and side decks within the meaning of
European Parliament and Council Directive (EU) 2016/1629 of 14 September 2016 laying down
technical requirements for inland waterway vessels.
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1 Scope
This document is applicable to railings for decks and in gangways on inland navigation vessels. It lays
down design, dimensions, strength and test conditions which have to be observed for safety reasons.
The railings provide protection for persons against falling overboard and from one deck to another.
2 Normative references
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content
constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For
undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
EN 10220, Seamless and welded steel tubes - Dimensions and masses per unit length
EN 10025-2, Hot rolled products of structural steels - Part 2: Technical delivery conditions for non-alloy
structural steels
EN 17360, Inland navigation vessels - Stanchions and holders for tiltable and detachable railings
EN ISO 1461, Hot dip galvanized coatings on fabricated iron and steel articles - Specifications and test
methods (ISO 1461)
ISO 1835, Round steel short link chains for lifting purposes — Medium tolerance sling chains — Grade 4,
stainless steel
ISO 2232, Round non-alloy steel wires for general purpose wire ropes, large diameter wire ropes and mine
hoisting wire ropes —Specifications
ISO 2408, Steel wire ropes — Requirements
ISO 2768 (all parts), General tolerances
3 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the following terms and definitions apply.
ISO and IEC maintain terminology databases for use in standardization at the following addresses:
— ISO Online browsing platform: available at https://www.iso.org/obp/
— IEC Electropedia: available at https://www.electropedia.org/
3.1
railing
construction of stanchions and hand rails as well as
— intermediate rail and toe rail or
— panel
3.2
stanchion
vertical part of the railing, onto which the hand rails and intermediate rails or the network are mounted
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3.3
hand rail
uppermost continuous part of the railing, which serves as a handhold against falling overboard and/or
for holding on
3.4
intermediate rail
continuous part fixed between the hand rail and deck which is intended to reduce the risk of persons
sliding out under the hand rail
3.5
panelling
component which fills in – entirely or to a large extent – the space between the hand rail and deck, and
which is intended to reduce the risk of persons sliding out under the hand rail
EXAMPLE plates, canvas sheet, bars or the like
3.6
toe rail
profile fitted to the deck to prevent persons from slipping under the railing
3.7
spring balanced unit
steel spring that forms the lower part of the stanchion
4 Safety requirements
4.1 Design
4.1.1 General
The railing design depends on the location as shown in Table 1.
Railings may also be built in order to increase the height of a low bulwark (see Figure B.3).
Designation for each type of design:
— CF (stands for Commercial Fixed) fixed railing in the working area;
— CT (stands for Commercial Tiltable) tiltable railing in the working area;
— CD (stands for Commercial Detachable) removable railing in the working area;
— PF (stands for Passenger Filling) railing in passenger area with a closed network;
— PG (stands for Passenger Grid) railing in the passenger area with vertical bars;
— PZ (stands for Passenger Zonal) railing in the passenger area with horizontal bars and a closed
network;
— PFT (stands for PF Tiltable) tiltable railing in the passenger area with a closed network;
— PGT (stands for PG Tiltable) tiltable railing in the passenger area with horizontal bars;
— PZT (stands for PZ Tiltable) tiltable railing in the passenger area with horizontal bars and a closed
network.
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An overview of usual railing types is shown in Table 1.
Table 1 — Overview of the usual railing types
Semi-finished material
Construction
Intermediate
Use in Suitable for Symbol Figure
notes
Hand rail rail or
network
Stanchions
solidly
a
General CF Metal section Metal section 1
connected to
the deck
On gangway
where a solid
rail is an
Stanchions are
obstacle to Wire rope Wire rope
attached to the
cargo handling CT chain/round chain/round 2
deck with a
and on the roof, steel chain steel chain
Work joint.
when fixed
area
points shall be
respected.
Depending on
position,
connectors
Fall protections Wire rope Wire rope
fixed to the
outside of the CD chain/round chain/round 3
coaming or to
gangway steel chain steel chain
the deck with
soft toe
brackets
Metal
c
PF Netting, plates 4
b
section Stanchions
solidly
General PG Metal section 5
connected to
c
the deck
Netting, plates ,
PZ
Passeng
metal section
er area
c
PFT Netting, plates 4
Stanchions are
PGT Metal Metal section attached to the 5
Upper deck
b
deck with a
section
c
Netting, plates ,
joint.
PZT 6
metal section
a
The railing is considered to be fixed even if segments thereof can be tilted or removed for special working
conditions.
b
If necessary, with mounted wood or plastic profile.
c
e.g. glass, wood or plastic.
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4.1.2 Railings in work areas
4.1.2.1 Type A
Railings in working areas should comprise stanchions, a hand rail, an intermediate rail and a toe rail
(see Figure 1 to Figure 3). The toe rail should be fitted level with the railing or directly onto the
stanchion or at a maximum outward distance g of 100 mm (see Figure 7).
4.1.2.2 Type B
This differs from Type A in that the toe rail is replaced by an additional intermediate rail at a height of
a/2. Type B is only permitted in working areas on construction vessels.
4.1.2.3 Type C
This differs from Type A in that the toe rail is replaced by a coaming at an appropriate distance (see
Figure 3).
4.1.3 Railings in passenger areas
4.1.3.1 General
Railings
— should comprise stanchions, a hand rail and networks (see Figure 4 to Figure 6);
— should be designed in such a way that they cannot be used as climbing aids.
If the panelling consists of
— horizontal bars (type PZ), the lower half of the railing shall be secured by means of closed panelling
on the inside to prevent children from falling overboard through the railing;
— canvas or netting, the canvas shall be sufficiently taught and the netting made of a sufficiently fine
mesh so that it cannot be used for climbing.
4.1.3.2 Additional requirements for tiltable railings
The folding mechanism shall be protected against unauthorised access. Foldable guardrails shall be
designed in such a way as to ensure safe erection and folding. There shall be a way of communication
between wheelhouse and deck personnel who handles the railing, either there shall be visual contact, or
there shall be a signalling system showing the current position of railing
The folding direction of manually foldable railings shall be inward.
For power-operated folding mechanisms, the setting up and folding of the railings shall be fully visibl
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