Captain Chen Jian, China Rescue & Salvage (CRS), Winner of the IMRF Award for Outstanding Individual Contribution to Maritime SAR Operations. Read more
Lifeboat Station Scheveningen, KNRM, Runner Up for the IMRF Award for Outstanding Team Contribution to Maritime SAR Operations. Read more
Anna Bertrandsson Littke, Swedish Sea Rescue Society (SSRS) – Joint winner of the IMRF #WomenInSAR Award. Read more
Krista Lynn Elvidge, Canadian Coast Guard, Joint winner of the IMRF #WomenInSAR Award. Read more
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Commander Maritime Dr. Suzanna Razali Chan, Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency, Runner up for the IMRF #WomenInSAR Award. Read more
NSRI JetRIB Team – winner IMRF Award for Innovation & Technology in Maritime SAR. Read more
Coastguard Nelson, New Zealand, Winner of the IMRF Award for Outstanding Team Contribution to Maritime SAR Operations. Read more
The LARUS Project, TU Dortmund University, Runner up for the IMRF Award for Innovation & Technology. Read more
Patrick van Eyssen is the 2021 IMRF Awards winner of the Vladimir Maksimov Award for Lifetime Achievement. Read more
Over the last 35 years, Arthur Allen has been advising the US Coast Guard on the impact of ocean currents and winds on the location of people, vessels or aircraft in distress. Read more
Clay Evans has dedicated over 30 years of service to maritime search and rescue. He began as a rescue boat student, joining the Coast Guard as a Navigator after graduation. Read more
The UK has many areas of difficult coastline and a range of tidal reaches, but drones and emerging technologies offer new ways of finding people missing in remote and rural areas. Read more
The National Sea Rescue Institute in South Africa conducts many rescues along difficult rocky shorelines, where any casualties have either to be carried to safety along the narrow coastal footpath, or have to be evacuated by sea. Read more
In May this year, a man, woman and child were in a small boat at the entrance to the Waikato River, when, at about 17:30, the boat stalled and flipped, tossing them into the freezing water. Read more
In April this year, Marine Rescue Port Macquarie received a mayday alert that a 10m motor cruiser with three people on board had run into something hard at sea. Read more
Daisy is the President of the Cuerpo de Voluntarios del Bote Salvavidas de Puerto Montt (CVBSPM), a volunteer search and rescue organisation in Chile. The volunteers train each week to ensure that they are ready for any maritime SAR mission. Read more
Captain Zhibin Huang is nominated for demonstrating exceptional skill and courage, during the rescue of crew from the cargo ship LINFUNE 16 during a Super Typhoon. Read more
Captain SONG Yin joined Donghai No.1 Rescue Flying Service of the Ministry of Transport after graduating from Shanghai Maritime University in 2008. Read more
Isobel joined the RNLI Shoreham crew aged just 17 years old, while studying for her A level exams. With the support of the school, she was given a parking space and approval to leave lessons and join the crew whenever her pager went off alerting her to an emergency at sea. Read more
Voting has opened for the IMRF’s People’s Choice Award 2019 and the finalist with most ‘likes’ on facebook at 1800hrs GMT on Monday 9 September will be announced as the winner. Read more
CM Hammar, who for the past 160 years have been providing better solutions for safety at sea, is sponsoring the 2019 IMRF Award for Outstanding Team Contribution to a Maritime SAR Operation. Read more
International shortlist showcases skills and commitment to saving lives at sea, across the sector and around the world Read more
We are delighted that Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence KCVO CB ADC(P) has agreed to present the IMRF Awards 2019 during London International Shipping Week. Read more