Seawork’s 2026 programme was packed with sessions, but few offered as direct a line into commercial vessel buyers’ thinking as the ‘Meet the Buyers’ session jointly organised by the Workboat Association and Society of Maritime Industries.

Moderated by Andy Page, managing director of Chartwell Marine, and Noel Tomlinson, Maritime Sector senior leader and strategist at BMT, the session brought together six operators to tell the supply chain, in their own words, what they need.