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Awards 2025 (Awards)
Baird Maritime Reviewed Vessels 2025
All the vessels in all categories that we reviewed in this awards period.
Awards Criteria
How we decide on the Award-winning vessels and equipment/service suppliers in each category
Best Fishing and Aquaculture Vessels 2025
AWARDS 2025 | Best Prawn Trawler – Gracious – Macduff Ship Design & Macduff Shipyards
14 Jul 2026
AWARDS 2025 | Best Medium Trawler/Seiner – Tronderbas – Westcon Yards
17 Jun 2026
AWARDS 2025 | Best Mussel Harvester – Fruitful Harvest – Macduff Ship Design
14 May 2026
AWARDS 2025 | Best Large Fish Farm Support Vessel – Whekenui – Southern Ocean Solutions
29 Apr 2026
AWARDS 2025 | Best Large Trawler – Ecofive – Westcon Yards
27 Apr 2026
AWARDS 2025 | Best Multi-Purpose Fishing Boat – Kaitiaki – Southerly Designs, Tideline Boats & Toura Boat Craft
23 Mar 2026
AWARDS 2025 | Best Fisheries Research Vessel – Thorunn Thordardottir – Armon Shipyard
27 Feb 2026
AWARDS 2025 | Best Medium Trawler – Hulda Bjornsdottir – Armon Shipyard
24 Feb 2026
AWARDS 2025 | Best Tuna Pole Vessel – Tightline – Sachal Shipyard
04 Feb 2026
Best Tugs and Salvage Vessels 2025
AWARDS 2025 | Medium Harbour Tug – Isla Barro Colorado – Armon Shipyard
21 Jul 2026
AWARDS 2025 | Best Line Boat – Saam Lucille – Macduff Ship Design
10 Jun 2026
AWARDS 2025 | Best Small Harbour Tug – Rascal – Robert Allan Ltd
09 Jun 2026
AWARDS 2025 | Best Electric Tug – Trapananda – Robert Allan Ltd & Saam Towage
30 Apr 2026
AWARDS 2025 | Best Escort Tug – Svitzer Barrington – Robert Allan Ltd & Svitzer
09 Mar 2026
AWARDS 2025 – Best Large Harbour Tug – Sultanhani – Robert Allan Ltd
20 Feb 2026
Best Work Boats 2025
AWARDS 2025 | Best Line Boat – Saam Lucille – Macduff Ship Design
10 Jun 2026
AWARDS 2025 | Best Bunkering Barge – Wolverine Spirit 1 – Robert Allan Ltd
29 May 2026
AWARDS 2025 | Best Medium Pilot Boat – Hamburg Pilot 3 – Baltic Workboats
13 Apr 2026
AWARDS 2025 | Best Large Pilot Boat – Foundation Pilot & Chebucto Pilot – Armon Shipyard
07 Apr 2026
AWARDS 2025 | Best Landing Craft – Cape Gloucester – Periscope Naval Architects & Fodico Marine Group
26 Mar 2026
AWARDS 2025 | Best Harbour Workboat – Eejeeya – ODC Marine
03 Mar 2026
AWARDS 2025 – Best Support Workboat – Mizuho – Kiso Shipbuilding
05 Feb 2026
Best Security and Emergency Services Vessels 2025
AWARDS 2025 | Best Medium Patrol Boat – RCC Cosaint – Armon Shipyard
02 Jun 2026
AWARDS 2025 | Best Small Patrol Boat – Sea Hawk – Norman R Wright and Sons
06 May 2026
AWARDS 2025 | Best Fifi Boat – Sea Osprey I & II – Dundee Marine and Industrial Services
28 Apr 2026
AWARDS 2025 | Best Inland Patrol Boat – Burgermeister Brauer – Baltic Workboats
16 Apr 2026
AWARDS 2025 | Best SAR Boat – Marine Rescue 30 – The Whiskey Project Group
31 Mar 2026
AWARDS 2025 | Best Interceptor – Rio Guadalmedina – Aister
27 Mar 2026
Best Equipment and Service Suppliers 2025
AWARDS 2025 | Best Lighting Supplier – Glamox
11 May 2026
AWARDS 2025 | Best Gearbox Supplier – ZF Group
04 May 2026
AWARDS 2025 | Best OSV Crane Supplier – SMST
14 Apr 2026
AWARDS 2025 | Best Helm Seating Supplier – Norsap
28 Feb 2026
AWARDS 2025 | Best Intercom Supplier – Zenitel
10 Feb 2026
Best Passenger Vessels 2025
AWARDS 2025 | Best Electric Ro-Pax – Hinnoy – The Norwegian Ship Design Company & Torghatten Nord
23 Apr 2026
AWARDS 2025 | Best Large Fast Ferry – Warbaby Fox – One2Three Naval Architects & Strategic Marine
22 Apr 2026
AWARDS 2025 | Best Inland Tour Boat – Silver Raven – One2Three Naval Architects
15 Apr 2026
AWARDS 2025 | Best Dive Tour Boat – 16-metre Hybrid Dive Boat – Moggaro Aluminium Yachts
09 Apr 2026
AWARDS 2025 | Best Small Inland Ferry – Le Gone & La Fenotte – OCEA
30 Mar 2026
AWARDS 2025 | Best Large Ferry – Xin Ming Zhu 39 – Guangdong Sinoway Composite Materials
19 Mar 2026
AWARDS 2025 | Best Medium Fast Ferry – 25-metre Electric Ferry – EV Maritime
06 Mar 2026
AWARDS 2025 | Best Large Tour Boat – Autrement – Nova Shipyard
17 Feb 2026
AWARDS 2025 | Best Small Ferry – 18m Catamaran Ferry – SeaCat Ships
14 Feb 2026
Best Research & Training Vessels 2025
AWARDS 2025 | Best Medium Research USV – Pioneer – Ad Hoc Marine Designs
03 Jun 2026
AWARDS 2025 | Best Large Survey USV – Challenger – Gondan Shipbuilders
21 May 2026
AWARDS 2025 | Best Medium Research Vessel – North Wind – Teknicraft Design
20 Mar 2026
AWARDS 2025 | Best Large Research Vessel – CCGS Naalak Nappaaluk – Vard Marine & Seaspan Shipyards
18 Mar 2026
AWARDS 2025 | Best Fisheries Research Vessel – Thorunn Thordardottir – Armon Shipyard
27 Feb 2026
Best Offshore Vessels 2025
AWARDS 2025 | Best Multi-Role WFSV – Tor Boreas – Macduff Ship Design
01 Jun 2026
AWARDS 2025 | Best Large Crewboat – Zamil 80 – Lita Ocean
15 May 2026
AWARDS 2025 | Best Medium Crewboat – MCS SWATH 3 – Ad Hoc Marine Designs & Tyovene
25 Mar 2026
Best Unmanned Craft 2025
AWARDS 2025 | Best Medium Research USV – Pioneer – Ad Hoc Marine Designs
03 Jun 2026
AWARDS 2025 | Best Large Survey USV – Challenger – Gondan Shipbuilders
21 May 2026
Best Dredging and Marine Projects Vessels 2025
AWARDS 2025 | Best Floating Crane – IB Pontoon Crane – Kuasar Marin Engineering
11 Feb 2026
