Global Maritime SAR Forum

The IMRF's Global Maritime SAR Forum (GMSF) is the world's leading global SAR community platform to share, present and discuss current, new, or proposed technologies, processes, procedures, skills, techniques, training, lessons, and experiences with a view to sharing information to improve SAR.

The virtual meetings will be held monthly and are open to IMRF members only. The meetings will consist of a presentation followed by an open discussion. The presentation part of the meeting will be recorded and put on the members-only area of the IMRF website.

The next meeting will take place on 7 May at 18:00 UTC on the subject: Autonomous and Remotely Operated vessels and craft, impacts on SAR. Presenter/facilitator: Roly McKie, IMRF IMO Representative and SAR adviser with York University Centre for Assuring Autonomy.

This GMSF meeting will discuss the development of remotely operated and autonomous vessels and their possible impacts and benefits for SAR. The meeting will discuss the use of Unmanned/Remotely Operated Surface Vessels (USV) for SAR operations by rescue boat organisations and the future of commercial shipping SAR response.

To join the next GMSF Forum, contact Roly McKie, the IMRF's SAR Advisor and lead of the GMSF committee.