A camera person's reflections

World maritime Day

This writing here is very much a work in progress as I figure it all out on day 2. Yesterday was World Maritime Day which I found out yesterday morning. I pivoted from the video I was working on and editing to create something appropriate for my client Rukert terminals. This short video brought together a number of historic and current elements. The stated mission of World Maritime Day is to recognize the contribution of seafarers to the worlds economy. 90% of global trade spends time on a ship. Just last week 3 generations of the Rukert family and their senior management team went for a cruise on Pride II out of Fells Point, where Privateers like Pride were built and operated in the early 1800’s and where the Rukert Family business grew and evolved from the late 1920’s to the 40’s….and as part of that business they were still working sailing ships from around the world. So this was a little bit of sailing time travel for these folks, as they got to come and go from the same place, in the same way as the people who participated in the early days of their business. The name Rukert still appears on these buildings in 2 places. We sailed out by Rukert’s 200 acre terminal operation at Lazaretto Point where 2 ships were being worked. Directly across the Patapsco River was Ft. McHenry which was bombarded by the British Navy who wanted to get to Fells Point and destroy the Privateer ships, like Pride who had been legally harassing British shipping in 1814. A lot of historic elements were melding together and for a history & maritime geek like me…it was a perfect day. Thanks to Tom for this camera work and Mike S. for the chase boat. Here’s a little bit of the video, packaged for World Maritime Day.