Maritime and Naval
Specialist aerial and ground filming for ports, maritime operations, shipping lines, naval and marine engineering clients - planned around tides, vessel movements and port permissions.
We specialise in filming and photographing maritime operations. Vessels move, tides set the timetable, and every flight needs the right permissions from the port or harbour authority. We've worked in that environment for years, from Royal Navy documentaries to maiden calls, crane moves and heavy-lift cargo at ports in the UK and abroad.
We're based in Portsmouth, on the Solent, and work at ports and harbours across the UK and overseas.
Cruise, container, ro-ro and bulk operations
From first calls at new terminals to ceremonies on the Thames
Reactors, cranes, fender units and other loads, filmed from start to finish
Documentaries, ship movements and exercises at sea. Experience with sensitive naval installations
Terminal expansions, jetties, heritage lifts and coastal works
Multi-episode series, company films and recruitment
Yachts underway, launches and marketing footage
Races, commemorations and live feeds
Filming at sea and on offshore projects, beyond the harbour wall
Working with ABP for seven years, across Southampton, Marchwood, Immingham and Newport
Footage that underpinned ABP's ICE South East Award-winning Falklands Jetty submission
Five consecutive years of Royal Navy documentary work
Maritime Solent Launchpad Partner
Got a vessel movement, lift or launch coming up?
We work with port and harbour authorities on every job, and have filmed five cruise ships from 1,000ft using enhanced permissions.
We film from quaysides, RIBs, pilot boats and the vessels themselves, including launching and catching drones by hand aboard yachts.
Smooth tracking of moving vessels, from tugs to a 369-metre container ship.
Dual-drone operations and ground crews mean one movement can be covered from several positions at once.
From pre-dawn starts to night-time lifts and low-light stills of cruise ships leaving port.
We regularly work on naval bases and MOD sites, with DBS-checked crew.
"Solent Stevedores has been working with Solent Sky Services for more than 4 years and in that time Mike and the team has created extremely high-quality video content showcasing our services that we use across our website, social media and high-profile industry events."
Fiona Robinson
Managing Director - Solent Stevedores
Maritime
"Mike and the team are quite frankly the best in the business. For highly creative, inspiring and innovative video capture, Solent Sky Services are your go-to team."
Hayley Griffith MCIPR
Strategic communications expert for Maritime - And So The Story Goes Ltd
Maritime
"Sara and the team at Solent Sky Services delivered an excellent service for us aboard the Britannia Beaver ahead of our internal roadshows. Working to a tight and changeable turnaround, dependent on the ship’s schedule, they were professional, organised and adaptable throughout. The team spent 24 hours on board capturing high-quality drone footage of the vessel sailing, along with additional interviews with crew members that have given us valuable content we can continue to use across our website and communications. The finished content was exactly what we needed for our annual event and played an important role in helping us communicate key messages for employees. Sarah and the team were easy to work with from start to finish, and their experience and attention to detail really showed in the final result. We would definitely work with them again."
Sam Alexander
Brand and Communications Manager - Brett Group
MaritimeStills that work as hard as the film. We photograph vessel arrivals and departures, port and terminal operations, heavy lifts, infrastructure progress and naval movements, from the air and on the ground. Images are edited and delivered ready for websites, press, reports, tenders and social media, and can be captured on the same day as filming.
Need a port, vessel or naval project filmed?
CAA authorised
Specific category, PDRA01, GVC and A2
£10m insured
Public liability
RAMS every job
Risk assessed
DBS checked
All crew
Royal Navy
Five years of documentaries
Award-winning
Family-run, Portsmouth
Whether you need an aerial unit for your own shoot, a team to deliver the whole film, or a production partner working under your name, we fit around you.
Pilot, camera operator and kit for your shoot. We work alongside your production company, agency or broadcaster, handle the flight planning and permissions, and deliver footage in the format you need - including live feeds, as we did for the Clipper Race's global broadcast.
From planning, permissions, storyboarding and direction to filming in the air and on the ground with RED cinema cameras and professional lighting, then editing, colour grading, motion graphics and delivery. One team from start to finish.
We work under your brand for agencies and production companies. Your client sees your team, while we plan, fly, film and edit behind the scenes, with confidentiality agreed upfront.
Filming maritime engineering progress? See Property and Construction
Need port buildings, roofs or structures inspected? See Roof and Facade Inspections
Whether you need aerial footage, drone surveys, or creative consultation, let's talk.
