List of ship launches in 2018
The list of ship launches in 2018 includes a chronological list of ships launched in 2018.
- Launched
Date | Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class / type | Notes |
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7 January | Philippines | Austal | Cebu | Catamaran | For /Helgoline[1][2] | |
19 January | Germany | Flensburger Schiffbau Gesellschaft | Flensburg | W.B. Yeats | ferry | For Irish Ferries[3] |
20 January | Netherlands | Ice Crystal | For [4] | |||
22 January | France | STX France | Saint Nazaire | Celebrity Edge | Edge-class cruise ship | For Celebrity Cruises[5][6] |
26 January | Japan | Japan Marine United | Kure | One Stork | Bird-class container ship | For Ocean Network Express[7] |
31 January | Croatia | Uljanik | Scenic Eclipse | cruise ship | [8][9] | |
1 February | Italy | Fincantieri | FREMM multipurpose frigate | For Marina Militare[10] | ||
1 February | France | Naval Group | Lorient | FREMM multipurpose frigate | For Marine Nationale[11] | |
2 February | Germany | Ferus Smit | Leer | Symphony Space | Ferus Smit Ecobox | For Symphony Shipping BV[12] |
2 February | China | Shanghai WaiGaoQiao Shipbuilding | Shanghai | Yuan Gua Hai | Valemax | For [13] |
2 February | Japan | Imabari Shipbuilding | Marugame | Ever Goods | Golden-class container ship | For Evergreen Marine[14] |
6 February | China | Dalian | Cosco Shipping Libra | Constellation-class container ship | For [15] | |
7 February | Turkey | Yalova | Victoria of Wight | Ferry | For Wightlink.[16] | |
9 February | South Korea | Hyundai Heavy Industries | Mærsk Hamburg | Maersk H-class container ship | For Mærsk Line[17] | |
14 February | France | Saint-Mandrier-sur-Mer | Méditerranée XIV | For [18] | ||
16 February | France | Socarenam | Boulogne | Lieutenant Commander Paul Brutus | For City of Marseille[19] | |
17 February | Germany | Meyer Werft | Papenburg | Norwegian Bliss | Breakaway-Pluy-class cruise ship | For Norwegian Cruise Line |
17 February | Norway | Kleven Verft | Ulsteinvik | MS Roald Amundsen | Expedition cruise ship | For Hurtigruten AS[20][21] |
20 February | Netherlands | Royal Bodewes | Hoogezand | Arklow Viking | Arklow V-class cargo ship | For Arklow Shipping |
24 February | Japan | Hiroshima | One Minato | Millau Bridge-class container ship | For Ocean Network Express[22] | |
2 March | South Korea | Daewoo | Geoje | Maastricht Mærsk | Maersk Triple E class | For Maersk Line[23] |
8 March | China | Cosco Shipping Sagittarus | Constellation-class container ship | For [24] | ||
20 March | United Kingdom | BAE Systems | Scotstoun | HMS Trent | River-class patrol vessel | For Royal Navy |
29 March | Italy | Cantiere Navale Visentini | Hypatia de Alejandría | ferry | For Baleària[25] | |
March | Germany | Lux-Werft | St. Nikolaus | [26][27] | ||
5 April | France | Seine | For French Navy[28] | |||
10 April | China | Shanghai Jiangnan Changxing Shipbuilding | Shanghai | Cosco Shipping Andes | Himalayas-class container ship | For China COSCO Shipping[29] |
18 April | United States | Marinette Marine | USS Indianapolis (LCS-17) | Freedom-class littoral combat ship | For United States Navy | |
21 April | Philippines | Hanjin Heavy Industries | Subic Bay Freeport Zone | CMA CGM Louis Bleriot | Antoine de Saint Exupery-class container ship | For CMA CGM[30] |
28 April | Spain | Puerto Real | Navantia | Monte Urbasa | crude oil tankler | For [31] |
30 April | China | Shanghai WaiGaoQiao Shipbuilding | Shanghai | Pacific Harvest | Valemax | For China Merchants Energy Shipping[32] |
April | China | Dalian Shipyard | aircraft carrier | For Chinese Navy[33] | ||
3 May | Germany | Flensburger Schiffbau Gesellschaft | Flensburg | Alf Pollak | car carrier | For [34] |
9 May | Japan | Imabari Shipbuilding | Marugame | Ever Given | Golden-class container ship | For Evergreen Marine[35] |
10 May | Italy | Fincantieri | Ancona | Viking Jupiter | Venice-class cruise ship[36] | For Viking Ocean Cruises |
11 May | South Korea | Hyundai Heavy Industries | Mærsk Herrera | Maersk H-class container ship | For Mærsk Line[37] | |
18 May | Netherlands | Royal Bodewes | Hoogezand | Arklow Villa | Arklow V-class cargo ship | For Arklow Shipping[38] |
19 May | Croatia | Maj shipyard | Rijeka | Siem Ashanti | vehicle carrier | For [39][40] |
19 May | Australia | ASC Pty Ltd | Adelaide | HMAS Sydney | Hobart-class destroyer | For Royal Australian Navy |
24 May | Germany | Fassmer | Berne | Branddirektor Westphal | [41] | |
May | Germany | Abeking & Rasmussen | Lemwerder | Elandess | yacht | [42] |
May | South Korea | Hanjin Heavy Industries | Busan | aircraft carrier | For South Korea Navy[43] | |
1 June | Finland | Meyer Turku | Turku | cruise ship | For TUI Cruises[44] | |
9 June | Croatia | Brodosplit | Split | Hondius | For Oceanwide Expeditions[45][46] | |
14 June | France | STX France | Saint Nazaire | MSC Bellissima | project vista | For MSC Cruises[47] |
22 June | Italy | Fincantieri | Monfalcone | Costa Venezia | Vista-class cruise ship | For Costa Crociere[48][49] |
28 June | China | Shanghai | Yuan Yi Hai | Valemax | For [50] | |
30 June | China | Shanghai | Yuan Bao Hai | Valemax | For [51] | |
14 July | United Kingdom | Cammell Laird | Birkenhead | Sir David Attenborough | Research ship | For Natural Environment Research Council |
16 July | China | Jinling shipyard | Ro-Ro ferry | For DFDS[52] | ||
22 July | Romania | VARD Tulcea SA | Tulcea | Expedition-class cruise ship | For Hapag-Lloyd Kreuzfahrten[53] | |
July | China | Diogo Cao | dredger | For Jan De Nul[54] | ||
2 August | Germany | Flensburger Schiffbau Gesellschaft | Flensburg | Maria Grazia Onorato | car carrier | [55] |
17 August | South Korea | Hyundai Heavy Industries | Mærsk Havana | Maersk H-class container ship | For Mærsk Line[56] | |
21 August | Germany | Meyer Werft | Papenburg | AIDAnova | Excellence-class cruise ship | For AIDA Cruises |
31 August | Germany | Leer | Arklow Wave | For Arklow Shipping[57] | ||
6 September | Egypt | Alexandria | Port Said | Gowind-class corvette | For Egyptian Navy[58] | |
6 September | China | Shanghai WaiGaoQiao Shipbuilding | Shanghai | Pacific Vision | Valemax | For China Merchants Energy Shipping[59] |
14 September | Netherlands | Hoogezand | Scot Carrier | [60] | ||
27 September | China | China Merchants Heavy Industry | Jiangsu | Pacific Prosperity | Valemax | For China Merchants Energy Shipping[61] |
September | Nichols Brothers Boat Builders | passenger ship | For [62] | |||
September | Italy | Rom-Moskau | tugboat | [63] | ||
10 October | United Kingdom | BAE Systems | Scotstoun | Tamar | River-class patrol vessel | For Royal Navy |
15 October | China | Shanghai WaiGaoQiao Shipbuilding | Shanghai | Cosco Shipping Solar | Universe-class container ship | For China COSCO Shipping[64] |
28 October | Portugal | World Explorer | cruise ship | For [65][66] | ||
October | Spain | Vigo | cruise ship | For [67] | ||
October | Australia | Austal | Henderson | Express 4 | High-speed catamaran | For Molslinjen[68] |
10 November | Netherlands | Royal IHC | Krimpen aan den IJssel | Spartacus | Cutter suction dredger | For DEME[69] |
14 November | Japan | Imabari Shipbuilding | Marugame | Ever Gentle | Golden-class container ship | For Evergreen Marine[70] |
23 November | Mexico | ASTIMAR[71] | Salina Cruz | ARM Reformador[72] | Reformador-Class Frigate Ship | For Mexican Navy[73] |
November | Spain | Navantia | Ferrol | HMAS Supply | For Royal Australian Navy[74] | |
6 December | Italy | Fincantieri | Marghera | Carnival Panorama | Vista-class cruise ship | For Carnival Cruise Line[75] |
8 December | Germany | Berne | Potsdam | Potsdam-class patrol boat | For Federal Police[76] | |
9 December | Norway | Kleven Verft | Fridtjof Nansen | For Hurtigruten AS[77] | ||
9 December | United States | Bath Iron Works | Bath, Maine | Lyndon B. Johnson | Zumwalt-class destroyer | For United States Navy[78] |
14 December | Germany | Flensburger Schiffbau Gesellschaft | Flensburg | Honfleur | ferry | For Brittany Ferries[79] |
15 December | United States | Marinette Marine | USS St. Louis (LCS-19) | Freedom-class littoral combat ship | For United States Navy[80] | |
15 December[81] | Netherlands | Ferus Smit | Westerbroek | Thun Evolve | ||
15 December | South Korea | Hyundai Heavy Industries | Mærsk Huacho | Maersk H-class container ship | For Mærsk Line[82] | |
22 December | Australia | Incat | Hobart, Tasmania | Saint John Paul II | High-speed catamaran | For Virtu Ferries[83] |
29 December | China | Shanghai WaiGaoQiao Shipbuilding | Shanghai | Cosco Shipping Star | Universe-class container ship | For China COSCO Shipping[84] |
December | Germany | Lürssen | Berne | Project Redwood | yacht | [85] |
December | Vietnam | Coral Adventurer | cruise ship | For [86] |
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Ship events in 2018 | |||||||||||
Ship launches: | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | ||
Ship commissionings: | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | ||
Ship decommissionings: | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | |||
Shipwrecks: | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
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