Boat of the Year

Los Angeles patrol boat takes Boat of the Year honors

WorkBoat’s Boat of the Year for 2020 is Boat 42, a 42’6″x13’4″x3’9″ patrol boat for the Los Angeles Port Police. The boat patrols Los Angeles harbor. Boat 42 was built and tested at MetalCraft Marine’s two shipyards — Kingston, Ontario, Canada and Watertown, N.Y.

Each year the editors of WorkBoat compile a list of the 10 most significant boats of the past 12 months. From that top 10 list, the readers of WorkBoat vote on workboat.com for the Boat of the Year.

The Los Angeles Port Police have been...

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WorkBoat names its 10 Significant Boats of 2020

WorkBoat has announced its 10 Significant Boats for 2020. Once again, the readers of WorkBoat and WorkBoat.com will choose the Boat of the Year from the top 10 list. You can place your VOTE HERE. Voting ends on Thursday, Nov. 12, 2020.

Last year’s Boat of the Year was Crowley Maritime‘s Taino and El Coqui, built at VT Halter Marine.

The Boat of the Year will be announced on Dec. 17 exclusively on WorkBoat.com. Prior to that be sure to join us for a free webinar on Dec. 10 with WorkBoat Editor Ken...

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VT Halter-built ships named WorkBoat’s 2019 Boat of the Year

VT Halter Marine Inc., part of ST Engineering North America, received top honors during the International WorkBoat Show when the Taino and El Coqui were named the 2019 Boat of the Year by WorkBoat magazine. The ships, built for Crowley Maritime Corp, were selected based on criteria set by WorkBoat and by popular vote.

The Taino and El Coquí are the first Commitment-class, liquefied natural gas-powered ConRo ships built for Crowley’s shipping and logistics services between Jacksonville, Fla., and...

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Crowley’s Con/Ro ships named Significant Boat of the Year

Crowley Maritime Corp., Jacksonville, Fla., and subsidiary Jensen Maritime, the company’s Seattle-based naval architecture and marine engineering firm, were honored with the 2019 Significant Boat of the Year Award during the International Workboat Show in New Orleans last week. The award recognizes the company’s industry-leading combination container/roll on-roll off (ConRo) ships, MV El Coquí and MV Taíno, the first of their kind powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG). Workboat’s recognition...

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WorkBoat announces its 10 Significant Boats of 2019

WorkBoat has announced its 10 Significant Boats for 2019. Now it’s time for you to choose the Boat of the Year from that list. You can place your VOTE HERE.

Choosing the Significant Boats each year is subjective, with many boats deserving of making the Top 10 list each year. However, there are certain parameters that the editorial staff does follow in its efforts to give all boats that qualify a chance. For example, we try to select at least one boat from each sector of the industry that WorkBoat...

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WorkBoat names its 2018 Boat of the Year

The Enhydra is the first aluminum hulled, lithium-ion battery plug-in hybrid vessel built in the U.S. Red and White Fleet photo

WorkBoat recognized the 10 Significant Boats of 2018 and named its Boat of the Year at an awards ceremony at the International WorkBoat Show Thursday morning. The 2018 Boat of the year was the Enhydra, a 600-passenger hybrid tour vessel built by All American Marine for Red and White Fleet.

Designed by Teknicraft Design, the Enhydra is BAE System’s third and largest boat to be powered with its hybrid system, called HybriDrive.

“The system is fully automated, it assesses the power loads, both hotel...

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