Baggage X-Ray Screening Sign ISPS0009

Baggage X-Ray Screening Sign ISPS0009

The ISPS0009 baggage X-ray screening sign is a maritime security instruction sign directing anyone entering a restricted area to present their bags for X-ray scanning before proceeding. It is intended for crew returning aboard, contractors, agents, stevedores, and visiting officials, and is typically posted immediately before a screening point at the head of the gangway, at a port facility access gate, or outside a designated baggage inspection room. Its core message is simple and unambiguous: bags must go through the X-ray unit before the holder is permitted further access.

Within Safety Sign Hub’s ISPA Signs range, this baggage X-ray screening sign sits alongside access control and screening notices used to reinforce a vessel’s or terminal’s declared security procedures. Common fitting locations include the gangway security checkpoint, the port facility’s main pedestrian entrance, cargo control room access corridors, and security office holding areas where personal effects are checked before onward movement. Displaying this baggage X-ray screening sign at these points gives the Ship Security Officer or Port Facility Security Officer a visible, consistent way to communicate a mandatory screening step that forms part of the approved Security Plan, rather than relying on verbal instruction alone at every changeover of security personnel.

ISPS0009 is supplied as rigid marine-grade board or self-adhesive vinyl, both finished to withstand continuous UV exposure, saltwater spray, and the general wear of a working access point. A photoluminescent option is available where the checkpoint may be staffed or approached in reduced lighting.

Why Baggage X-Ray Screening Matters

Unscreened bags moving through a gangway or terminal gate are one of the more straightforward ways prohibited items, undeclared cargo, or weapons can bypass a vessel’s or facility’s security layer. The ISPS Code exists precisely because access control cannot depend on judgement calls at the point of entry — it depends on a written, auditable procedure that every person entering understands before they reach the checkpoint. A clearly posted baggage X-ray screening sign closes the gap between the written Ship Security Plan or Port Facility Security Plan and what actually happens at the gate: it tells a visitor, contractor, or returning crew member what is expected of them without needing a guard to intervene, and it gives security staff a fixed reference point to enforce consistently across shifts and rotations.

Compliance and Certification

ISPS0009 is a maritime security instruction sign, not an ISO 7010 hazard pictogram, and should not be described or sold as one. Its wording and placement are intended to support compliance with the ISPS Code (International Ship and Port Facility Security Code, part of SOLAS Chapter XI-2) by making a required screening procedure visible at the point it applies. The exact placement of this baggage X-ray screening sign should be confirmed against the vessel’s Ship Security Plan or the facility’s Port Facility Security Plan, and agreed with the Ship Security Officer, Company Security Officer, or Port Facility Security Officer responsible for that plan. During ISPS audits, Port State Control officers and classification society surveyors routinely check that installed security signage, including baggage screening notices, matches what the approved Security Plan describes.

Installation Recommendations

Mount the ISPS0009 baggage X-ray screening sign at eye level immediately before the X-ray unit or inspection table, on the approach side so it is read before, not after, the checkpoint is reached. Where a gangway checkpoint is relocated between port calls, the vinyl version allows the sign to be repositioned without re-ordering stock.

• Rigid marine board or self-adhesive vinyl construction
• UV- and saltwater-resistant finish for exposed gangway and gate locations
• Photoluminescent option for low-light checkpoints
• Reproduces standard IMPA/ISSA baggage screening wording used across ISPA Signs
• Sized for gangway, gate, and security office mounting

Order the ISPS0009 baggage X-ray screening sign from the full ISPA Signs range, and pair it with general access-control notices from Mandatory Signs to complete signage at your vessel’s or facility’s screening point.