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Thames Brand Activation Filming in Greenwich - UAS London
Thames & River Marine Services

Thames Brand Activation Filming in Greenwich

Specialist over-water thames brand activation filming at Greenwich for marine engineering, logistics, and creative media.

If your project sits in Greenwich, we can plan and fly it with the river permissions already in place. The work ranges from single vessel shoots to multi-day coverage of marine civil projects. The river rewards crews who know it; a stranger to this water loses the shot to the tide.

Operations in Greenwich are timed to the tide and to gaps in commercial river traffic. Where the shot demands it, we launch and recover from an MCA-coded support vessel. Where the subject is a moving vessel, the shot is planned around its passage, not ours.

Notices to mariners are checked before any Greenwich flight, and radio watch is kept during it. We can supply method statements for the principal contractor's file where the site requires it. Privacy on the bank is considered in the flight plan, not left to the edit.

Turnaround is same-day for raw and 24 to 48 hours for finished output. Send us the dates and the shot list and we will tell you which tides are viable. Most enquiries get a same-day response.

Marine Specifications in Greenwich

Georeferenced river and foreshore mapping
Comprehensive risk planning and NATS filing
MCA-coded vessel launch capability
Full Port of London Authority (PLA) coordination
Over-water flight safety fail-safes
Live-feed video broadcast capability

Book River Filming

Drone operations at Greenwich require Port of London Authority clearance and skipper-coordinated flight paths.

Request River Booking

Thames Operational Specs

  • PLA Coordination Managed
  • VHF Radio Pilot Logs
  • MCA-Coded Support Vessels
  • £10M Maritime Insurance
  • GPS Tracked Over-Water Flights
  • Wind-shear resistant platforms
RegulatoryCAA approved operator
Insurance£10M public liability
Experience1,000+ flight hours in London airspace
AirspaceNATS permissions for central London operations
RegisteredUAS London Limited · 16148461

Frequently Asked Questions

Can you film moving vessels in Greenwich?

Yes. Vessel tracking is a large part of our river work, from towage and workboat operations to passenger craft. Dual-operator crews let the pilot manage proximity and line of sight while the camera operator holds the shot.

Do you work with the vessel operator directly?

Yes, and it makes a noticeable difference to the result. Given the skipper's contact we coordinate the passage and the shot list directly, so the vessel is where the camera needs it rather than the other way round.

Who owns the footage from the Greenwich shoot?

Licensing is agreed before the flight and written into the quote. Tell us whether the material is for broadcast, marketing, an operational record or a planning submission and we scope the licence accordingly.