List of ship launches in 2018

The list of ship launches in 2018 includes a chronological list of ships launched in 2018.

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

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