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...
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...
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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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...
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...
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...
Best RIB Pilot Boat – Aldebaran – Naiad Design (Whiskey Project Group) New Zealand-based Naiad Design (part of the Whiskey Project Group) is renowned globally for its, usually, aluminium-hulled rigid inflatable boats that are used for patrol, rescue, assault, tourist and pilotage, among other...
Best River Ferry – Earth Clipper – One2Three Naval Architects & Wight Shipyard This brilliant boat owes its existence to a unique combination of owner, designer and builder whose vision, talents and capabilities are outstanding. The Thames Clipper service on London’s mighty river has been refined...
Best Small Trawler – Copious – Macduff Ship Design This fine little ship will work for its experienced owners in the bleak, windy and cold waters to the north of Scotland. Macduff Ship Design knows those waters well and this very imaginative new trawler will work very safely, efficiently and...
Best Small Training Vessel – Master Class – Dongara Marine This was a very interesting project that illustrates the great potential for re-cycling of well designed and built aluminium vessels even when they are twenty or more years old. Given a sound vessel, a refit or rebuild, even as extensive as...