6217 (ISO International Standard INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR STANDARDIZATION MEXAYHAPOAHAH OPTAHW3AUMA IO CTAHAAPTM3AUWM+ORGANISATION INTERNATIONALE DE NORMALISATION Shipbuilding - Inland navigation - Pilot craft - Identification painting and inscriptions Construction navale -- Navigation interieure -- Engins flottants pilotes -- Peintures et inscriptions distinctives First edition -- 1982-08-01 UDC 629.12 - 476 : 003.62 Ref. No. ISO 6217-1982 (E) 1982 (E) Descriptors : shipbuilding, inland navigation, pilot craft, ships, boats, painting, identification methods. Copyright International Organization for Standardization vithout license from IHS Not for Resale Foreword ISO (the International Organization for Standardization) is a worldwide federation of national standards institutes (ISO member bodies). The work of developing Inter- national Standards is carried out through ISO technical committees. Every member body interested in a subject for which a technical committee has been set up has the and non-governmental, in liaison with ISO, also take part in the work Draft International Standards adopted by the technical committees are circulated to the member bodies for approval before their acceptance as Internationai Standards by the ISO Council. International Standard iSO 6217was developed by Technical Committee ISO/TC 8 Shipbuilding and marine structures, and was circulated to the member bodies in October 1981. It has been approved by the member bodies of the following countries : India Austria Poland Belgium Italy Portugal Bulgaria Japan Romania Czechoslovakia Korea, Rep. of Spain Mexico Egypt, Arab Rep. of USSR Norway France Yugoslavia The member body of the following country expressed disapproval of the document on technical grounds : United Kingdom international Organization for Standardization, 1982 ed without license from IHS Not for Resale ISO 6217-1982 (E) INTERNATIONAL STANDARD Shipbuilding -- Inland navigation - Pilot craft Identification painting and inscriptions 1 Scope 5.2 Requirements for colour This International Standard provides unified colour diagrams of To paint the surfaces yellow-orange, paints of a light, the outside painting and the identification marking of pilot craft saturated, pure yellow-orange tint shall be used. Red-orange to permit identification thereof in heavy weather, in order to tints are not permitted. improve the efficiency of pilot service and the safety of navi- gation. Colour standards are determined by national standards 2 Field of application 6Identification inscriptions 2.1 This International Standard is applicable to pilot craft used in closed waters, estuaries and open roadsteads to bring 6.1 Pilot craft shall carry an identification inscription and take off pilots to merchant ships. "PILOT" in black. 2.2 The applicability of the requirements of this International NOTE -- The necessity of providing pilot boats with identification in- Standard to pilot craft navigating under a navy flag is deter- scriptions is determined in each specific case by the competent mined by the competent authorities of the relevant country. authorities, depending on the possibility of its realization. 6.2The inscription "PILOT" on pilot craft with a freeboard of Reference 1 m or more shall be made on both sides of the hull (see figures 1 and 2). The height of the letters shall be not less than Iso 6216, Shipbuilding - Inland navigation - Pilot craft - Classification and basic requirements. half of the freeboard amidships. It is recommended that on pilot ships, this inscription also be made on the front bulkhead of the superstructure in letters not fess than 250 mm high. The loca- Definitions 4 tion of the inscription shall be determined in each case by the competent authorities. For the purpose of this International Standard, the definitions given in iSO 6216 apply. 6.3The inscription "PILOT" on pilot craft with a freeboard of less than 1 m shall be made on the house walls or on special Painting boa