BEIRUT / UNIFIL SHIP INDEPENDENCIA

Independência, the flagship of the UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon (UNIFIL) docked in Beirut for the first time since the two devastating blasts leveled the port on August 4. UNIFIL

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:52
• Production Date: 21 August 2020
• Asset Language: English
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS INTERIM FORCE IN LEBANON - UNIFIL
• Subject Topical: PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS
• Geographic Subject: LEBANON
• MAMS Id: 2554452
• Parent Id: 2554452
• Alternate Title: unifeed200821e

Description

STORY: BEIRUT / UNIFIL SHIP INDEPENDENCIA
TRT: 1:52
SOURCE: UNIFIL
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH /NATS

DATELINE: 20 AUGUST 2020, BEIRUT, LEBANON

Shotlist

1. Wide shot, MTF Ship Independencia at Beirut Port
2. Med shot, sailors onboard the ship
3. Zoom out, ship name on its stern
4. Tilt down, Brazilian flag to ship’s stern
5. Tilt down, ship flags on main mast
6. Med shot, sailors putting up a board with ship name
7. Med shot, sailors working with line0073
8. Tilt up, sailors on land to sailors onboard fixing mooring lines
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Rear Admiral Sérgio Salgueirinho, MTF Commander, UNIFIL:
“MTF has full responsibility for providing maritime surveillance and media operation when requested from LAF Navy. And we will not discontinue this. We will provide all of this with all our ships with our efforts as soon as the other tasks of the mandate. Lebanese authorities can count on MTF to do this.”
10. Pan right, ship’s gun turret to destroyed port
11. Med shot, damaged buildings
12. Zoom out, ship’s bridge

Storyline

Independência, the flagship of the UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon (UNIFIL) docked in Beirut for the first time since the two devastating blasts leveled the port on August 4.

With about 200 peacekeepers onboard, the ship safely navigated what became a field of debris in and around the Beirut port and docked in the Lebanon’s capital on Thursday (20 Aug).

Hailing from Brazil, the Independência and her crew are tasked with patrolling some 5,000 nautical square miles or 17,171 square kilometres of Lebanese waters to prevent any unauthorized vessels from reaching shore.

When not patrolling within the maritime area of operation, they usually dock in Beirut port and train with the Lebanese Navy. Since its deployment in 2006, UNIFIL's Maritime Task Force (MTF) has been tasked with raising the capabilities of the Lebanese Navy.