HİDROTEKNİK

Nautical Design Technologies

Türkiye'de Yolcu Teknelerinde Erişilebilirlik Değerlendirmesi, ve
Mevzuat Önerileri

Evaluation of Accessibility for Passenger Vessels and Legislation

in Turkey

Prof.Dr.Mustafa İnsel, Dr. Serhan Gökçay, Yard.Doç.Dr.Ziya Saydam

(Hidroteknik yat, gemi ve deniz yapıları tasarım teknolojileri)
Kemal Battal
(Armada eğitim, danışmanlık, mühendislik)
Regulative Motivation

DIRECTIVE 2003/24/EC – SAFETY

REQUIREMENTS FOR PERSONS OF REDUCED
MOBILITY ON DOMESTIC PASSENGER SHIPS

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Regulative Motivation

Member States shall ensure that appropriate measures are taken, based, where
practicable, on the guidelines in Annex III to enable persons with reduced mobility to
have safe access to all passenger ships of Classes A, B, C and D and to all high-speed
passenger craft, used for public transport, the keel of which is laid or which are at
a similar stage of construction on or after 1 October 2004.

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Regulative Motivation

Member States shall draw up a national action plan on how the guidelines shall be
applied to such ships and craft. They shall forward that plan to the Commission not
later than 17 May 2005.

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Annex III Guideline

1. Access to the ship

The ships should be constructed and equipped in such a way that a person with
reduced mobility can embark and disembark easily and safely, and can be ensured
access between decks, either unassisted or by means of ramps, elevators or lifts.
Directions to such access should be posted at the other accesses to the ship and at
other appropriate locations throughout the ship.

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Annex III Guideline

2. Signs
Signs provided on a ship to aid passengers should be accessible and easy to read for
persons with reduced mobility, (including persons with sensory disabilities), and be
positioned at key points.

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Annex III Guideline

3. Means to communicate messages

The operator should have the means onboard the vessel visually and verbally to
provide announcements, such as those regarding delays, schedule changes and on-
board services, to persons with various forms of reduced mobility.

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Annex III Guideline

4. Alarm
The alarm system and alarm buttons must be designed so as to be accessible by and to
alert all passengers with reduced mobility, including persons with sensory disabilities
and persons with learning disabilities

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Annex III Guideline

5. Additional requirements ensuring mobility inside the ship

Handrails, corridors and passageways, doorways and doors shall accommodate the
movement of a person in a wheelchair. Elevators, vehicle decks, passenger lounges,
accommodation and washrooms shall be designed in order to be accessible in a
reasonable and proportionate manner to persons with reduced mobility.’

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State of the Art in Turkey : Good example in Passenger Ferries

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State of the Art in Turkey : Bad example in Pasenger Ferries

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State of the Art in Turkey : Bad example in Pasenger Ferries
Traditional Problem : We like wood

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State of the Art in Turkey : Bad example in Pasenger Ferries
Traditional Problem : We like wood

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State of the Art in Turkey : Bad example in Pasenger Ferries
Turkish Invention to overcome sill height

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Turkish Solution

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State of the Art in Turkey : Good example in Passenger Ferries

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State of the Art in Turkey : Bad example in Passenger boats

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State of the Art in Turkey : Bad example in Passenger boats

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State of the Art in Turkey : Bad example in Passenger boats

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State of the Art in Turkey : Bad example in Passenger boats

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State of the Art in Turkey : Bad example in Passenger boats

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Examples from abroad
State of the Art in Turkey : Bad example in Pasenger-Car Ferries

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State of the Art in Turkey : Bad example in Pasenger-Car Ferries

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State of the Art in Turkey : Bad example in Pasenger-Car Ferries

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State of the Art in Turkey : Bad example in Pasenger-Car Ferries

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State of the Art in Turkey : Good example in Pasenger-Car Ferries

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State of the Art in Turkey : Bad example in Ports

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State of the Art in Turkey : Good example in Ports

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 category Line Total passen./year
1 Very high number of passengers 1.000.000 üstü
2 High number of passengers 250.000-1.000.000
Calender for compliance 3 Medium number of passengers 50.000-250.000
4 Low number of passenger 50.000 altı

Ship type Category 1 2 3 4

c Passenger ships operating in national voyages Oct 2012 Oct2015 Oct 2018 Non
included
d Passenger/Car ferries , Passenger Ro/Ros Oct 2012 Oct 2015 Oct 2018 Non
operating in national voyages included
e High speed passenger ferries Oct 2012 Oct 2015 Oct 2018 Non
included
f High speed passenger/car ferries Oct 2012 Oct 2015 Oct 2018 Non
included
g Local passenger ferries Above 42 m Oct 2012 Oct 2015 Oct 2018 Non
included
h Local passenger/car ferries Oct 2012 Oct 2015 Oct 2018 Non
included
i Local large passenger boats Between Oct 2015 Oct 2018 Non Non
24-42 m included included
j Local small passenger boats smaller Oct 2018 Non Non Non
than 24 m’ included included included
Category 1

İzmir Büyükşehir Belediyesi (Konak-

Karşıyaka-Bostanlı-Pasaport-
Üçkuyular)

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Conclusion

• EC 2003/24 directive is being applied in most new designs

• Existing ship compliance is not going ahead
• Most ports/piers comply with the requirements
• Most loading platforms do not comply with the requirements

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