Sling here (chain)

Put the lifting slings (ropes, chains or straps of a crane) where this mark is.

Who puts it on the box

The shipper of heavy crates lifted by crane; ISO 780 says heavy packages shall carry it.

How to read it

Pass the slings under the crate at the marks, on both sides, so it hangs level. ISO 780:2015 puts the marks on two opposite faces, placed so the package stays horizontal when lifted.

What it does not promise

It does not promise the crate can be lifted safely with any sling, or at all: it gives no weight and no sling angle, and it does not replace the lifting plan of the person operating the crane.

A mark on a parcel is the sender’s statement about what is inside and how it should be handled. It is not a certificate that the parcel is packed safely, that anyone handled it as marked, or that your carrier accepts it: for what you may send, read the carrier’s own terms.

What it looks like: A short vertical chain of links, printed low on two opposite sides of a crate.
Standard: ISO 780:2015, symbol No. 2 — Sling here (ISO 7000-0625)
ISO 7000 registration: ISO 7000-0625
Kind of mark: A handling symbol from ISO 780, the international standard for handling marks on distribution packages. ISO 780 marks are always black; they say how to handle the package, never that its contents are dangerous.
Also called: Lift here; Chain symbol; Slinging point

Other marks with the same shape

Use no hand hooks (crossed hook)Do not use hooks to handle this package.Do not use hand truck here (crossed trolley)Do not put the blade of a hand truck under this side of the package.Use no forks (crossed forklift)Do not lift or move this package with a forklift truck.Clamp as indicated (arrows pressing a box)A clamp truck may handle this package, gripping it on the sides…Do not clamp as indicated (crossed clamp)Do not grip the package with a clamp truck on the sides indicated.

Sources

Each document was fetched and read on the date shown. Written in our own words; quotations are the documents’ wording.

Standard (preview pages) — ISO (preview pages published by iTeh Standards): ISO 780:2015 Packaging — Distribution packaging — Graphical symbols for handling and storage of packages, 5th edition 2015-12-01 (preview: foreword to Table 1) — Table 1 No. 2 SLING HERE, ISO 7000 No. 0625: slings shall be placed where indicated; heavy packages shall carry it, on two opposite faces, placed so the package is kept horizontal; the note warns wrongly placed slings can collapse the crate. Checked 2026-09-27.
Symbol list — IBJ / bravecroc (graphical-symbol file vendor): ISO 780 EN Symbols (2015-12): the 17 ISO 780:2015 symbols with their numbers and titles — Lists ISO 780 symbol No. 2, “SLING HERE”, with a reference drawing, in the 2015 numbering. Checked 2026-09-27.