SIST EN 711:2016

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-september-2016
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SIST EN 711:2000
Plovila za celinske vode - Ograje na palubah - Zahteve, vrste
Inland navigation vessels - Railings for decks and side decks - Requirements, types
Fahrzeuge der Binnenschifffahrt - Geländer für Decks und Gangborde - Anforderungen,
Bauarten
Bateaux de navigation intérieure - Garde-corps pour ponts et plats-bords - Exigences,
types
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 711:2016
ICS:
47.020.10 Ladijski trupi in njihovi Hulls and their structure
konstrukcijski elementi elements
47.060 -H]HUVNDLQUHþQDSORYLOD Inland navigation vessels
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EN 711
EUROPEAN STANDARD
NORME EUROPÉENNE
June 2016
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
ICS 47.020.10 Supersedes EN 711:1995
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 European Standard was approved by CEN on 25 March 2016.

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. Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references
concerning such national standards may be obtained on application to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre or to any CEN
member.
This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language made by
translation under the responsibility of a CEN member into its own language and notified to the CEN-CENELEC Management
Centre has the same status as the official versions.

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United Kingdom.
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Contents Page
European Foreword . 4
1 Scope . 5
2 Normative references . 5
3 Definitions . 5
4 Safety requirements . 6
4.1 Design . 6
4.1.1 General . 6
4.1.2 Railings in work areas . 7
4.1.3 Railings in passenger areas . 7
4.2 Safety dimensions . 8
4.3 Sturdiness requirements . 12
4.4 Workmanship . 12
5 Materials . 13
5.1 Choice of materials . 13
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
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Figures
Figure 1 — CF type fixed railing . 8
Figure 2 — CT type tiltable railing . 8
Figure 3 — CD type detachable railing . 9
Figure 4 — PF type fixed railing . 9
Figure 5 — PG type fixed railing . 9
Figure 6 — PZ-Type Fixed Railing . 10
Figure 7 — Examples for Type A, Baseboard, and Type C, Coaming . 11
Figure B.1 — Sample design of a railing in area of the mooring equipment . 15
Figure B.2 — Sample design of a railing in the transition to the bulwark — working areas . 15
Figure B.3 — Sample design of a railing in the transition to the bulwark – passenger areas . 16
Figure B.4 — Sample design of a railing for increasing the height of a bulwark . 16

Tables
Table 1 — Overview of the usual railing types. 7
Table 2 — Safety dimensions. 11
Table 3 — Sturdiness requirements . 12
Table A.1 — Example of materials and dimensions for stanchions, hand rails and intermediate
rails made of steel . 14

European Foreword
This document (EN 711:2016) was prepared by the Technical Committee CEN/TC 15, “Inland navigation
vessels”, the secretariat of which is held by DIN.
This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an identical
text or by endorsement, at the latest by December 2016, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn
at the latest by December 2016.
Attention is drawn to the possibility that that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of
patent rights. CEN [and/or CENELEC] shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
This document supersedes EN 711:1995.
The following changes have been made in comparison with EN 711:1995:
a) Title was modified;
b) A new definition of "spring balanced unit" was added (3.7);
c) The position of the toe rail was defined (4.1);
d) Prohibition on climbing aids for railings on passenger ships (4.1);
e) The Figures were improved and removed from the table (4.2);
f) Railing height in working areas was redefined (4.2);
g) Additional railing heights in passenger areas were added (4.2);
h) Cables are required, i.e. no plastic ropes are permitted (4.1);
i) The requirement relating to the tensioning of hand rails and intermediate rails were added (4.4);
j) Spring balanced units were added (4.4.6);
k) The minimum diameter for hand rails was added (4.4.7);
l) The design of the mooring equipment was described (4.4.7);
m) Function in the event of breakage in the material was added (5.1);
n) Table 4 added in Annex A (5.2);
o) Test requirements were defined (Clause 6);
p) Designation updated (Clause 7);
q) Sample designs for mooring equipment for transitioning to the bulwark and for increased bulwark height
added as Annex B;
r) Editorial changes made.
According to the CEN-CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations of the following
countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech
Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, France, Germany, Greece,
Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal,
Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom.
1 Scope
This European Standard 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 which are cited at the appropriate places in this document are required for the
application of this document. For dated references, only the editions referred to apply. For undated references
the latest edition of the document (including all modifications) referred to applies.
EN 10025-2, Hot rolled products of structural steels — Part 2: Technical terms of delivery for non-alloyed
structural steels
EN 10220, Plain end steel tubes, welded and seamless — General tables for dimensions and masses per unit length
EN ISO 1461, Metallic coatings — Hot dipped galvanised coatings on fabricated ferrous products — Requirements
and tests (ISO 1461)
ISO 1835, Short link chain for lifting purposes — Grade M (4), non-calibrated, for chain slings etc.
ISO 2232, Round drawn wire for general purpose non-alloy steel wire ropes and for large diameter steel wire
ropes — Specifications
ISO 2408, Steel wire ropes for general purposes — Minimum requirements
ISO 2768 (all parts), General tolerances
3 Definitions
For the purposes of this standard, the following definitions apply.
3.1
railing
A construction of stanchions and hand rails as well as
— An intermediate rail and toe rail or
— A panel
3.2
stanchion
The vertical part of the railing, onto which the hand rails and intermediate rails or the network are mounted
3.3
hand rail
The uppermost continuous part of the railing, which serves as a handhold against falling overboard and/or for
holding on
3.4
intermediate rail
A 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
The 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
A 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.
An overview of usual railing types is shown in Table 1.

Table 1 — Overview of the usual railing types
Semi-finished material
Construction Figu
Use in Application Symbol
Intermediate
notes re
Hand rail
rail or network
Stanchions solidly
General in
a
Metal section Metal section
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