2024 – Robert G. “Rob” Allan is recognized for his outstanding leadership, both nationally and internationally, in the design of commercial working vessels of all types but with a particular focus on the specialized tugboat market.
Three generations of “Robert Allans” have developed the business to the point where the company can credibly claim to have designed a significant portion of the world market of this unique and important sector of naval architecture and maritime engineering.
The oldest privately-owned consulting naval architectural firm in Canada, Robert Allan Limited recently contributed directly to enhancing the Royal Canadian Navy’s capabilities by designing the four large new tugboats that were built in Quebec under the National Shipbuilding Strategy and recently delivered to the Dockyards on both coasts.
Rob has captured the evolution and successes of the company since its establishment nearly a century ago in a handsomely produced and critically acclaimed book entitled Workboats for the World: The Robert Allan Story (Harbour Publishing, 2022) that itself is model of business and technology historical publishing.
