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

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