This standard specifies dimensions and safety requirements for manually operated coupling devices (securing devices) used for assembling inland navigation vessels as a push tow or vessels coupled alongside by means of wire rope connections.
It also gives rules for designation and testing.
ISO 6218:2005 Referenced Document
EN ISO 4014 Fasteners - Hexagon head bolts - Product grades A and B (ISO 4014:2022)*, 2022-07-20 Update
ISO 1035-3 Hot-rolled steel bars; Part 3 : Dimensions of flat bars
ISO 2768-1 General tolerances; part 1: tolerances for linear and angular dimensions without individual tolerance indications
ISO 6218:2005 history
2019ISO 6218:2019 Inland navigation vessels — Manually- and power-operated coupling devices for rope connections of pushing units and coupled vessels — Safety requirements and main dimensions
2015ISO 6218:2015 Inland navigation vessels - Manually- and power-operated coupling devices for pushing units and coupled vessels - Safety requirements and main dimensions
2005ISO 6218:2005 Inland navigation vessels - Manually operated coupling devices for push tows - Safety requirements and main dimensions
1981ISO 6218:1981 Shipbuilding; Inland navigation; Coupling winches for push tows; Main dimensions