WorkBoat has named its 10 Significant Boats of 2016. This year’s list includes two fireboats, a wind farm vessel, patrol boat, towboat, tug, passenger vessel, pilot boat, articulated tug-barge, and an offshore service vessel.
Four of the vessels were built at West Coast shipyards, three at East Coast yards, and three at Gulf of Mexico yards. The 10 boats will be recognized at an awards breakfast at the International WorkBoat Show on Thursday, Dec. 1. The breakfast will culminate with the selection of the Boat of the Year.
Here are the 10 winners, in alphabetical order:
Atlantic Pioneer (Wind Farm Vessel — pictured above )
Owner: Atlantic Wind Transfers
Builder: Blount Boats
Designer: South Boats IOW
Coastal Interceptor
Coastal Interceptor Vessel (Patrol Boat)
Owner: U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Builder: Safe Boats International
Designer: Safe Boats International
Dan Reeves
Dan Reeves (Towboat)
Owner: Corps of Engineers
Builder: Horizon Shipbuilding
Designer: Army Corps of Engineers Marine Design Center
Donna J Bouchard and B. No. 272
Donna J. Bouchard/B. No. 272 and Kim M. Bouchard/B No. 270 (Articulated Tug-Barge)
Owner: Bouchard Transportation Co. Inc.
Builder: VT Halter Marine
Designer: Guarino & Cox
Elizabeth Anne
Elizabeth Anne (Tug)
Owner: Vane Brothers Co.
Builder: St. Johns Ship Building
Designer: Entech Designs LLC
San Francisco Fireboat 3
Fireboat 3 (Fireboat)
Owner: San Francisco Fire Department
Builder: Vigor Industrial
Designer: Jensen Maritime
La Espada
La Espada (Passenger Vessel)
Owner: Harbor Breeze Cruises
Builder: All American Marine
Designer: Teknicraft Design
Manatee
Manatee (Pilot Boat)
Owner: Tampa Bay Pilots Association
Builder: Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding
Designer: C. Raymond Hunt Associates
Protector
Protector (Fireboat)
Owner: Port of Long Beach
Builder: Foss Seattle Shipyard
Designer: Robert Allan Ltd.
Seacor Olmeca
Seacor Olmeca (Offshore Service Vessel)
Owner: Seacor Offshore LLC
Builder: Master Boat Builders
Designer: Master Boat Builders
