ISO INTERNATIONAL STANDARD 16855 First edition 2013-12-15 Ships and marine technology Loose gear of lifting appliances on ships General requirements Navires et technologie maritime - Accessoires mobiles des appareils de levage sur les navires - Exigences générales Reference number IS0 16855:2013(E) LSO IS02013 HS under ed without license from IHS Not for Resale IS0 16855:2013(E) COPYRIGHTPROTECTEDDOCUMENT ISO2013 All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized otherwise in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, or posting on the internet or an intranet, without prior written permission. Permission can be requested from either ISO at the address below or ISO's member body in the country of the requester. ISO copyright office Case postale 56:CH-1211 Geneva 20 Tel. + 41 22 749 01 11 Fax + 41 22 749 09 47 E-mail copyright@iso.org Web www.iso.org Published in Switzerland @ IS0 2013 - All rights reserved No reproductic networking permited without license from IHS Not for Resale IS0 16855:2013(E) Contents Page Foreword ..iv 1 Scope .1 2 Terms and definitions 3 Technical requirements. 3.1 Materials 3.2 Blocks. 3.3 Other technical requirements ..2 4 Test requirements .2 5 Marking ..3 Bibliography 7 iii ded by IHS under lice ense with ISt ted withoutlicensefrom IHS Not for Resale