On the way to Pendennis Worldclass Superyachts in Falmouth, to complete filming for our Maritime Foundation Maritime Media Awards keynote film, ‘Boat Nation’. The awards come every year, celebrating those in the media who’ve done the most to drive home the importance of the sea and sea trade to Britain. With 95% of everything we use – reckoned by volume – coming to us by sea, it’s a vital message, especially with a shrunken British merchant fleet and Royal Navy. For sure, the Silent Service is re-tooling with some spectacular kit like the new aircraft carriers, the Type 45 destroyers and the Astute class submarines, so though small it’s still a force to be reckoned with. The awards aim to encourage journalists, writers, film-makers and internet operators to do more on the maritime. We reckon they’re having a real impact.
Boat Nation
20 October 2014
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About Rob
Rob is a TV producer, reporter and camera operator with 30 years of experience at the BBC, Channel 4 and ITN, in news, factual and documentary production. He is a four-time award winner, whose awards include a coveted Royal Television Society award for his work on Channel 4 News. His association with the Maritime Foundation goes back to 1995 when he won the first Desmond Wettern Maritime Media Award for a series of reports that led to a major documentary on the loss of the bulk carrier Derbyshire.