TO: All Contractors, Service Companies and Operators in the Trinidad & Tobago Energy Sector

FROM: The Energy Chamber of Trinidad & Tobago

DATE: 1st July 2026

RE: RAL Recommended Colour Codes for Portable Lifting Appliances and Accessories, Including Slings in the T&T Energy Industry (Advisory #36/2026).

The Energy Chamber of Trinidad & Tobago wishes to remind all contractors and operators that effective June 1st 2020, the colour coding for the certification of portable lifting appliances and accessories, including slings, was realigned to conform with the RAL colour codes https://www.ralcolorchart.com/ral-colors as indicated below. This colour pattern will repeat for subsequent two-year periods.