List of ship launches in 2020

This is a chronological list of ships launched in 2020.

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

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