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
7 January  Philippines Austal Cebu Halunder Jet Catamaran For Flensburger Seerederei/Helgoline
19 January  Germany Flensburger Schiffbau Gesellschaft Flensburg W.B. Yeats ferry For Irish Ferries
20 January  Netherlands Ferus Smit Westerbroek Ice Crystal For Erik Thun AB
22 January  France STX France Saint Nazaire Celebrity Edge Edge-class cruise ship For Celebrity Cruises
26 January  Japan Japan Marine United Kure One Stork Bird-class container ship For Ocean Network Express
31 January  Croatia Uljanik Pula Scenic Eclipse cruise ship For Scenic Group
1 February  Italy Fincantieri Antonio Marceglia FREMM multipurpose frigate For Marina Militare
1 February  France Naval Group Lorient Normandie FREMM multipurpose frigate For Marine Nationale
2 February  Germany Ferus Smit Leer Symphony Space Ferus Smit Ecobox For Symphony Shipping BV
2 February  China Shanghai WaiGaoQiao Shipbuilding Shanghai Yuan Gua Hai Valemax For China COSCO Shipping Corporation
2 February  Japan Imabari Shipbuilding Marugame Ever Goods Evergreen G-class container ship For Evergreen Marine
6 February  China Dalian Shipbuilding Dalian Cosco Shipping Libra Constellation-class container ship For China COSCO Shipping Corporation
7 February  Turkey Cemre Shipyard Yalova Victoria of Wight Ferry For Wightlink.
9 February  South Korea Hyundai Heavy Industries Mærsk Hamburg Maersk H-class container ship For Mærsk Line
14 February  France Transmetal Industrie Saint-Mandrier-sur-Mer Méditerranée XIV For TLV-TVM
16 February  France Socarenam Boulogne Lieutenant Commander Paul Brutus light pump boats For City of Marseille
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 February  Netherlands Royal Bodewes Hoogezand Arklow Viking Arklow V-class cargo ship For Arklow Shipping
24 February  Japan Imabari Zosen Hiroshima One Minato Millau Bridge-class container ship For Ocean Network Express
2 March  United Kingdom Babcock Marine Ltd. Appledore George Bernard Shaw Samuel Beckett-class offshore patrol vessel For Irish Naval Service.
2 March  Republic of Korea Daewoo Geoje Maastricht Mærsk Maersk Triple E class For Maersk Line
8 March  China Shanghai Waigaogiao Shipbuilding Cosco Shipping Sagittarus Constellation-class container ship For China COSCO Shipping Corporation
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
March  Germany Lux-Werft St. Nikolaus
5 April  France Piriou Seine BSAH For French Navy
10 April  China Shanghai Jiangnan Changxing Shipbuilding Shanghai Cosco Shipping Andes Himalayas-class container ship For China COSCO Shipping
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
28 April  Spain Puerto Real Navantia Monte Urbasa crude oil tankler For Ibaizábal
30 April  China Shanghai WaiGaoQiao Shipbuilding Shanghai Pacific Harvest Valemax For China Merchants Energy Shipping
April  China Dalian Shipyard aircraft carrier For Chinese Navy
3 May  Germany Flensburger Schiffbau Gesellschaft Flensburg Alf Pollak car carrier For Siem Car Carrier
9 May  Japan Imabari Shipbuilding Marugame Ever Given Evergreen G-class container ship For Evergreen Marine
10 May  Italy Fincantieri Ancona Viking Jupiter Venice-class cruise ship For Viking Ocean Cruises
11 May  South Korea Hyundai Heavy Industries Mærsk Herrera Maersk H-class container ship For Mærsk Line
18 May  Netherlands Royal Bodewes Hoogezand Arklow Villa Arklow V-class cargo ship For Arklow Shipping
19 May  Croatia Maj shipyard Rijeka Siem Ashanti vehicle carrier For Siem Industries
19 May  Australia ASC Pty Ltd Adelaide HMAS Sydney Hobart-class destroyer For Royal Australian Navy
24 May  Germany Fassmer Bern Branddirektor Westphal
May  Germany Abeking & Rasmussen Lemwerder Elandess yacht
May  South Korea Hanjin Heavy Industries Busan aircraft carrier For South Korea Navy
1 June  Finland Meyer Turku Turku Mein Schiff 2 cruise ship For TUI Cruises
9 June  Croatia Brodosplit Split Hondius For Oceanwide Expeditions
14 June  France STX France Saint Nazaire MSC Bellissima project vista For MSC Cruises
22 June  Italy Fincantieri Monfalcone Costa Venezia Vista-class cruise ship For Costa Crociere
28 June  China Shanghai WaiGaoQiao Shipbuilding Shanghai Yuan Yi Hai Valemax For China COSCO Shipping Corporation
30 June  China Shanghai WaiGaoQiao Shipbuilding Shanghai Yuan Bao Hai Valemax For China COSCO Shipping Corporation
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
22 July  Romania VARD Tulcea SA Tulcea Hanseatic nature Expedition-class cruise ship For Hapag-Lloyd Kreuzfahrten
July  China Keppel Nantong Diogo Cao dredger For Jan De Nul
2 August  Germany Flensburger Schiffbau Gesellschaft Flensburg Maria Grazia Onorato car carrier
17 August  South Korea Hyundai Heavy Industries Mærsk Havana Maersk H-class container ship For Mærsk Line
21 August  Germany Meyer Werft Papenburg AIDAnova Excellence-class cruise ship For AIDA Cruises
31 August  Germany Ferus Smit Leer Arklow Wave For Arklow Shipping
6 September  Egypt Alexandria Port Said Gowind-class corvette For Egyptian Navy
6 September  China Shanghai WaiGaoQiao Shipbuilding Shanghai Pacific Vision Valemax For China Merchants Energy Shipping
14 September  Netherlands Royal Bodewes Hoogezand Scot Carrier
27 September  China China Merchants Heavy Industry Jiangsu Pacific Prosperity Valemax For China Merchants Energy Shipping
September Nichols Brothers Boat Builders National Geographic Venture passenger ship For Lindblad Expeditions
September  Italy Cantiere Navale Vittoria Rom-Moskau tugboat
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
28 October  Portugal WestSea Shipyard World Explorer cruise ship For Mystic Cruises
October  Spain Barreras Vigo cruise ship For Ritz Carlton Cruises
October  Australia Austal Henderson Express 4 High-speed catamaran For Molslinjen
10 November  Netherlands Royal IHC Krimpen aan den IJssel Spartacus Cutter suction dredger For DEME
14 November  Japan Imabari Shipbuilding Marugame Ever Gentle Evergreen G-class container ship For Evergreen Marine
23 November  Mexico ASTIMAR Salina Cruz ARM Reformador Reformador-class frigate For Mexican Navy
November  Spain Navantia Ferrol HMAS Supply For Royal Australian Navy
6 December  Italy Fincantieri Marghera Carnival Panorama Vista-class cruise ship For Carnival Cruise Line
8 December  Germany Fassmer Bern Potsdam Potsdam-class patrol boat For Federal Police
9 December  Norway Kleven Verft Fridtjof Nansen For Hurtigruten AS
9 December  United States Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine Lyndon B. Johnson Zumwalt-class destroyer For United States Navy
14 December  Germany Flensburger Schiffbau Gesellschaft Flensburg Honfleur ferry For Brittany Ferries
15 December  United States Marinette Marine USS St. Louis (LCS-19) Freedom-class littoral combat ship For United States Navy
15 December  Netherlands Ferus Smit Westerbroek Thun Evolve
15 December  South Korea Hyundai Heavy Industries Mærsk Huacho Maersk H-class container ship For Mærsk Line
22 December  Australia Incat Hobart, Tasmania Saint John Paul II High-speed catamaran For Virtu Ferries
29 December  China Shanghai WaiGaoQiao Shipbuilding Shanghai Cosco Shipping Star Universe-class container ship For China COSCO Shipping
December  Germany Lürssen Bern Project Redwood yacht
December  Vietnam Coral Adventurer cruise ship For Coral Expeditions

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