Wheelmark Marine Equipment
International shipping transports more than 80 per cent of global trade to peoples and communities all over the world. Shipping is the most efficient and cost-effective method of international transportation for most goods; it provides a dependable, low-cost means of transporting goods globally, facilitating commerce and helping to create prosperity among nations and peoples.
The mandatory safety equipment that must be carried on board each ship is defined at international level by the International Maritime Organization (IMO)
Marine Equipment Directive 2014/90/EU
The Marine Equipment Directive covers any ship flying a flag of an EEA member state. Conformity assessment is through a Notified Body, such as Centexbel, and the compliance mark is the Ship's Wheel.
The MED is aimed at ensuring that equipment which has to meet the requirements of international conventions (e.g., SOLAS, MARPOL, etc.) agreed at IMO (the International Maritime Organisation), additionally meets a common standard of safety and performance.
It also ensures that certificates issued by European Union member states, or on their behalf by notified bodies, are acceptable to each member state through the harmonisation of their approval requirements.
Product
- Fire protection equipment Production quality assurance
Procedures
- Product quality assurance
- Product verification
- EC type-examination
Fire protection equipment
- Fire protection equipment: MED/3.3
- a) Fire-fighter’s outfit: protective clothing (close proximity clothing)
- Fire protection equipment: MED/3.5 Fire-fighter’s outfit: gloves
- Fire protection equipment: MED/3.18 Surface materials and floor coverings with low flame-spread characteristics:
- a) decorative veneers;
- b) paint systems;
- c) floor coverings;
- d) pipe insulation covers;
- e) adhesives used in the construction of ‘A’, ‘B’ & ‘C’ class divisions;
- f) combustible ducts membrane
- Fire protection equipment: MED/3.19 Draperies, curtains and other suspended textile materials and films
- Fire protection equipment: MED/3.20 Upholstered furniture
- a) complete piece of furniture (including cover material, filling material and non-flammable rack)
- b) cover material for any filling material
- c) cover material for flame-retardant filling material (tested in specific combination as intended for further application)
- d) flame-retardant filling material
- Fire protection equipment: MED/3.21 Bedding components
Certification rules - Marine Equipment Directive (MED)
The European Directive on Marine Equipment or MED 2014/90 makes it mandatory to affix the wheel mark on products that are used as marine equipment. By affixing the wheel mark, the manufacturer attests that the product is in conformity with the applicable legal safety and health requirements and that it is marketed in conformity with the legislation. The technical requirements with which the products have to comply are defined in the corresponding harmonized European standards or technical specifications.
General Certification Rules
Specific certification rules MED
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