List of ship launches in 2020
This is a chronological list of ships launched in 2020.
| Date | Ship | Class / type | Builder | Location | Country | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 January | HMM Copenhagen | HMM Algeciras-class container ship | Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering | South Korea | For Hyundai Merchant Marine[1] | |
| 19 January | USS Cooperstown | Freedom-class littoral combat ship | Marinette Marine | United States | For United States Navy | |
| 21 January | Project Hawaii | yacht | Schacht-Audorf | Lürssen | Germany | [2][3][4] |
| 24 January | Mardi Gras | XL-class cruise ship | Meyer Turku | Turku | Finland | For Carnival Cruise Line[5] |
| 4 February | Bajamar Express | high-speed-trimaran | Austal | Henderson | Australia | For Fred. Olsen Express[6] |
| 11 February | Belgica | Freire | Vigo | Spain | [7] | |
| 14 February | Iona | Excellence-class cruise ship | Meyer Werft | Papenburg | Germany | For P&O Cruises |
| 14 February | Annika Braren | Royal Bodewes | Hoogezand | Netherlands | [8][9] | |
| February | Fjord FSTR | Austal Balamban shipyard | Philippines | For Fjord Line[10][11] | ||
| 6 March | Arklow Ace | Arklow B-series | Ferus Smit | Hoogezand | Netherlands | For Arklow Shipping[12][13] |
| 19 March | Ocean Victory | Infinity-class cruise ship | China Merchants Heavy Industry | Haimen | China | For SunStone Ships[14] |
| 25 March | CMA CGM Tenere | LNG-powered container ship[15][16] | Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries | South Korea | For CMA CGM | |
| 27 March | Kapitan Vdovichenko | trawler | Admiralty Shipyard | Saint Petersburg | Russia | For Russian Fishery Company[17][18] |
| March | ferry | Remontowa | Gdańsk | Poland | for Norled[19] | |
| March | Le Commandant Charcot | Icebreaker | VARD | Tulcea | Romania | For Compagnie du Ponant[20] |
| 3 April | Arklow Wood | Ferus Smit | Leer | Germany | For Arklow Shipping[21] | |
| 10 April | Zhong Hua Fu Qiang | Ferry | Huanghai Shipbuilding | For Bohai Ferry[22] | ||
| 25 April | Type 075 landing helicopter dock | Hudong–Zhonghua Shipbuilding | Shanghai | China | For Chinese Navy[23] | |
| 14 May | Gaarden | passenger ship | Holland Shipyards | Netherlands | For Schlepp- und Fährgesellschaft Kiel[24] | |
| 14 May | Gowind-class corvette | Alexandria | Egypt | For Egyptian Navy[25] | ||
| 15 May | Mohab Mameesh | cutter suction dredge | Royal IHC | Krimpen a/d IJssel | Netherlands | For Suez Canal Authority[26] |
| 16 May | Ultramarine | cruise ship | Brodosplit | Croatia | For Quark Expeditions[27] | |
| 20 May | Heike Lehmann | Royal Bodewes | Hoogezand | Netherlands | [28][29][30] | |
| 20 May | Valiant Lady | cruise ship | Fincantieri | Genoa | Italy | For Virgin Voyages[31] |
| 20 May | Côte d’Opale | E-Flexer-Klasse | AVIC-Weihai | China | For Stena RoRo[32] | |
| 25 May | Pontoon boat | Brest Arsenal | Brest | France | For Defence Infrastructure Service[33] | |
| 26 May | yacht | Lürssen | Rendsburg | Germany | [34] | |
| May | ECO Barcelona | Grimaldi Green 5th Generation | Nanjing Jinling Shipyard | China | For Grimaldi Group[35] | |
| 11 June | Viking Venus | Venice-class cruise ship[36] | Fincantieri | Ancona | Italy | For Viking Ocean Cruises[37] |
| 12 June | Arklow Archer | Ferus Smit | Hoogezand | Netherlands | For Arklow Shipping[38][39] | |
| June | LNG Bunkering Vessel | Keppel Nantong Shipyard | China | For FueLNG[40] | ||
| June | BraveWind | China | For United Wind Logistics[41] | |||
| June | Dresden | Fireboat | Poland | [42] | ||
| 4 July | Via Alizé | fishing trawler | Piriou Vietnam | Ho Chi Minh City | Vietnam | For Saupiquet[43] |
| 4 July | OPV 87 patrol vessel | Naval Group Piriou Kership |
Concarneau | France | For Argentine[44] | |
| 6 July | OPV 87 patrol vessel | Naval Group Piriou Kership |
Lanester | France | For Argentine[45] | |
| 9 July | Opus | yacht | Lürssen | Germany | [46] | |
| 14 July | Hanseatic Spirit | Expedition-class cruise ship | VARD Tulcea SA | Tulcea | Romania | For Hapag-Lloyd Kreuzfahrten[47] |
| 24 July | Spirit of Adventure | cruise ship | Meyer Werft | Papenburg | Germany | For Saga Cruises[48] |
| 12 August | Ocean Explorer | Infinity-class cruise ship | China Merchants Heavy Industry | Haimen | China | For SunStone Ships[49] |
| 20 August | MSC Seashore | Seaside-EVO-class cruise ship | Fincantieri | Monfalcone | Italy | For MSC Cruises[50][51] |
| 25 August | Elke K. | Royal Bodewes | Hoogezand | Netherlands | [52][53] | |
| 28 August | Thun Blyth | Ferus Smit | Leer | Germany | [54] | |
| 31 August | RoPax-ferry | Guangzhou Shipbuilding International | China | For DFDS Seaways[55][56] | ||
| 5 September | Wonder of the Seas | Oasis-class cruise ship | Chantiers de l’Atlantique | Saint Nazaire | France | For Royal Caribbean International[57][58] |
| 6 September | Havila Castor | Tersan shipyard | Turkey | For Havila Shipping/Hurtigruten[59][60] | ||
| 6 September | Havila Capella | Tersan shipyard | Turkey | For Havila Shipping/Hurtigruten[61][62] | ||
| 11 September | Aurora Botnia | ferry | Rauma Marine Constructions | Rauma | Finland | For Wasaline[63] |
| 18 September | Eleanor Roosevelt | LNG-fueled fast ferry | Armon | Gijón | Spain | For Baleària[64] |
| 21 September | Wind of Hope | offshore supply vessel | Cemre Shipyard | Turkey | For Louis Dreyfus Armateurs[65] | |
| 24 September | Lana | type OSV 190 SC-WB | Ocea | Les Sables-d'Olonne | France | For Nigerian Navy[66] |
| September | Musherib | patrol vessel | Fincantieri | Muggiano | Italy | For Qatar Armed Forces[67] |
| September | Coral Geographer | expedition cruise ship | VARD | Vietnam | For Coral Expeditions[68] | |
| 1 October | Rotterdam | Pinnacle-class cruise ship | Fincantieri | Marghera | Italy | For Holland America Line[69] |
| 14 October | JS Taigei | Taigei-class submarine | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | Kobe | Japan | For Japanese Navy |
| 31 October | USS Marinette | Freedom-class littoral combat ship | Marinette Marine | United States | For United States Navy[70] | |
| October | Global Mercy | Hospital ship | Tianjin Xingang | China | For Mercy Ships[71] | |
| October | World Navigator | cruise ship | WestSea Viana Shipyard | Portugal | For Atlas Voyages[72] | |
| October | patrol vessel | Wuchang Shipbuilding | Wuhan | China | For Malaysian Navy[73] | |
| 10 November | (Peter Pan) | Green Ship-class ferry | Jinling Shipyard | China | For TT-Line[74][75] | |
| 13 November | Lorraine | Aquitane-class frigate | Naval Group | Morbihan | France | [76] |
| 13 November | Düsternbrook | passenger ferry | Netherlands | For Schlepp- und Fährgesellschaft Kiel[77] | ||
| 13 November | RoPax-ferry | Guangzhou Shipbuilding International | China | For DFDS Seaways[78][79][80][81] | ||
| 19 November | JS Kumano | Mogami-class frigate | Mitsui E&S | Tamano | Japan | For Japanese Navy[82] |
| 28 November | Odyssey of the Seas | Quantum-class cruise ship | Meyer Werft | Papenburg | Germany | For Royal Caribbean International[83] |
| November | American Melody | Cruise ship | Chesapeake Shipbuilding | Salisbury, Maryland | United States | For American Cruise Lines[84] |
| 11 December | Humaitá | Scorpène-class submarine | Itaguaí Construções Navais | Brazil | For Brazilian Navy[85] | |
| 16 December | patrol vessel | Wuchang Shipbuilding | Wuhan | China | For Malaysian Navy[86] | |
| 18 December | Severny Polyus | Chantiers de l'Amirauté | Saint Petersburg | Russia | [87][88] | |
| 22 December | Viking Octantis | Expedition vessel | VARD | Tulcea | Romania | For Viking Cruises[89][90] |
| 30 December | JDS 6000 | Ulstein SOC 5000-type | ZPMC | China | [91] | |
| December | Emerald Azzura | Cruise ship | Halong Shipbuilding | Vietnam | For Emerald Cruises[92] | |
| December | Salish class-ferry | Remontowa Shipbuilding | Gdańsk | Poland | For BC Ferries[93][94][95][96] |
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