The International Maritime Rescue Federation
IMRF’s #SaferSAR initiative, funded by Lloyd’s Register Foundation, aims to enhance global SAR collaboration by sharing lessons and best practices to improve maritime safety.
Safer maritime systems
Safety across the maritime system is a key consideration in building a sustainable ocean.
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people depend on marine and coastal biodiversity for their livelihoods.
Meeting the challenge of maritime - together.
Globally, we all rely on the ocean to provide food, energy, and the transit of goods yet working at sea remains one of most dangerous occupations in the world.
Safety of people working to provide services both at sea and on land is paramount. We work to create safer solutions to the challenges affecting those working in the maritime sector, most notably decarbonisation, digitalisation and the impacts of climate change.
Three billion people depend on marine and coastal biodiversity for their livelihoods according to the United Nations. It is important they are involved in what happens to protect that environment.
At Lloyd's Register Foundation, we want to make certain all voices are heard in discussions to drive interventions around risks in the new challenges and opportunities in maritime driven by changing climate, energy transition and technological innovation.
Explore our work in this area below.
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Safer Maritime Systems
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27
Number of live grants.
12
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Number of countries.
£21.43m
£21.43m
Total value of live grants.
Jan Przydatek Director of Technologies
Oceans are crucial for food, energy, and transport. Lloyd’s Register Foundation champions diverse voices, evidence, and collaboration for a safer, sustainable maritime future.
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Exploring the effectiveness of safety procedures in SAR
International Maritime Rescue Federation and Cranfield University are exploring how safety practices are adopted and implemented across various maritime search and rescue settings to identify the factors that influence their success or failure.
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New collaboration of expertise to benefit decarbonisation work
Lloyd’s Register Maritime Decarbonisation Hub joins the Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping as Knowledge Partner
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From protocol to progress: financing a decarbonised ocean economy
As momentum builds for a resilient, inclusive ocean economy, the Ocean Investment Protocol offers a compass for sustainable finance.
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Collective action for Ghana’s fishers
The Marine SafeNet Project, a training and equipment programme funded by The International Fund for Fishing Safety (IFFS), demonstrates the benefits of co-designing initiatives that combine international expertise and local knowledge to improve fisher safety.
