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Updates from Maritime Film UK’s Rob White, TV producer, reporter and camera operator with 30 years’ experience at the BBC, Channel 4 and ITN

Always there

That could be the motto of ISWANthe International Seafarers’ Welfare and Assistance Network, heroes and heroines of our latest film ‘Lifeline’. They do just what it says on the tin – they’re always there for seafarers, of all nationalities, 24 / 7 / 365. With seafaring more and more of an isolated job, with ships only in port sometimes for a matter of hours, even occasionally not touching shore at all (like when loading oil or gas from offshore terminals) the work of ISWAN is more important than ever. Pick up a phone, send an e-mail, whatever, and they’ll help with vital advice and put you in touch immediately with the nearest people who can assist you. Like the Mission to Seafarers and Seafarers UK, they’re a force for good. That’s the story our film sets out to tell.

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