Best Small WFSV – JLD Virginie – Piriou This is a smart functional little aluminium catamaran that boasts a number of interesting features, especially the aft location of its wheelhouse. Built in Piriou’s busy Vietnam yard, the vessel is very adaptably multi-role. It is safe, fast, comfortable,...
Best of 2023 Awards
AWARDS 2023 | Best Security Landing Craft – Island Guardian – Norman R. Wright and Sons
Best Security Landing Craft – Island Guardian – Norman R. Wright and Sons This fast, truly multi-purpose craft from Queensland’s renowned Norman R. Wright and Sons has a multitude of roles. It combines those of patrol boat, landing craft, Ro-Pax ferry, research vessel, general work boat and more...
AWARDS 2023 | Best Feed Barge – 485-tonne feed barge – GroAqua
Best Feed Barge – 485-tonne feed barge – GroAqua Fish farm support vessels are, of necessity, becoming larger as they have to operate ever further offshore. Faroe Islands based designer/builder GroAqua has considerable experience with such vessels. This 485-tonne feed barge illustrates its talents...
AWARDS 2023 | Best Police Boat – 12-metre police patrol boat – Norman R. Wright and Sons
Best Police Boat – 12-metre police patrol boat – Norman R. Wright and Sons Although Australian shipbuilder Norman R. Wright and Sons has been in business for well over a century, it has not survived for so long by ignoring modern designs, materials, construction methods and equipment. These very...
AWARDS 2023 | Best Small Ro-Pax – Frey – Oma Baatbyggeri
Best Small Ro-Pax – Frey – Oma Baatbyggeri This is a fascinating little ship, a comparatively fast aluminium catamaran Ro-Pax ferry of only 30 metres in LOA. Serving the sparsely populated coastal communities of western Norway, this first of two new vessels illustrates the long-developed capability...
AWARDS 2023 | Innovative Patrol Boat – Matawha – One2three Naval Architects & Sentinel Boats
Innovative Patrol Boat – Matawha – One2three Naval Architects & Sentinel Boats These impressively versatile and innovative patrol/workboats were recently delivered to the Royal New Zealand Navy by their Tasmanian builder Sentinel Boats. Classed by the navy, in typically clumsy naval parlance, as littoral manoeuvre craft (LMC), they are, given their intended roles, revolutionary. Constructed […]
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AWARDS 2023 | Best Small Ferry – Talwurrapin – Norman R. Wright and Sons
Best Small Ferry – Talwurrapin – Norman R. Wright and Sons One of the best known names in the Australian ferry business delivered this impressively practical small ferry in 2023. Norman R. Wright and Sons has been designing and building first-rate vessels for well over a century and joins the fleet...
AWARDS 2023 | Best Multi-Purpose Fishing Vessel – Stødig – Karstensens Skibsværft
Best Multi-Purpose Fishing Vessel – Stødig – Karstensens Skibsværft Another magnificent, multi-purpose fishing vessel built by leading Danish shipyard Karstensens for a very experienced Norwegian ship owner. She is a very versatile ship that will be used to catch crabs as well as for seine netting...
AWARDS 2023 | Best Large Trawler – Gollenes – Karstensens Skibsværft
Best Large Trawler – Gollenes – Karstensens Skibsværft Looking rather like a cruise ship, this very impressive and powerful trawler is a trans-Scandinavian project. She was built by a top class Danish yard, Karstensens Skipsvaerft, for the very experienced Norwegian ship owner, Gollenes. The steel...
AWARDS 2023 | Best Prawn Trawler – Zenith – Macduff Ship Design
Best Prawn Trawler – Zenith – Macduff Ship Design Macduff Ship Design fishing boats have charms and attractions all of their own. They are rugged, safe and very economical and long-lasting (as they have to be in Scotland). Built to highly refined designs, they operate in often-terrible weather. In...