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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