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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