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A figure descending a rope ladder over a ship's side.
Also known as: Embarkation ladder sign, Boarding ladder symbol
Sometimes confused with: Pilot ladder symbol
The embarkation ladder symbol shows a figure climbing down a ladder over a ship's side, and marks the point where survival craft are boarded from the water side rather than from a deck. It is a route marker rather than a piece of equipment: the ladder itself is stowed and rigged when needed. Passengers rarely meet it, because passenger evacuation is normally by davit-launched craft from a deck; it is a crew and small-vessel marking.
Marks a boarding route rather than an object in place: the ladder is stowed and rigged when needed, so the sign points at where it will be rather than at what is hanging there now.
Contexts: Public information, Navigation
Is largely a crew and small-vessel marking, because passenger evacuation on large ships is normally by davit-launched craft boarded from a deck.
Contexts: Public information, Navigation
A figure seen from the side gripping the rungs of a ladder drawn as two vertical lines crossed by short horizontal bars, descending past the edge of a hull.
Both are IMO life-saving appliance signs.