List of ship launches in 2023

This is a chronological list of some ships launched in 2023 worldwide.

Date	Country	Builder	Location	Ship	Class / type	Notes
4 January	China	Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding	Shanghai	HTMS Chang	Type 071E LSD	For Royal Thai Navy [1]
21 January	France	Chantiers de l’Atlantique	Saint-Nazaire	Celebrity Ascent	Edge-class cruise ship	For Celebrity Cruises [2]
23 January	Finland	Helsinki Shipyard	Helsinki	SH Diana	Vega-class cruise ship	For Swan Hellenic [3]
24 January	Italy	Fincantieri	Palermo	QENS Al Fulk	San Giorgio-class LPD	For Qatari Emiri Navy [4]
25 January	Thailand	Asian Marine Engineering	Samut Prakan	HMS Tachai	Tugboat	For Royal Thai Navy [5]
26 January	Italy	Fincantieri	Ancona	Seven Seas Grandeur	Cruise ship	For Regent Seven Seas Cruises [6]
28 January	China	Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding	Shanghai	Ubuntu Empathy	Bulk carrier	For Anglo American [7]
28 January	China	Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding	Shanghai	Ubuntu Humanity	Bulk carrier	For Anglo American [7]
2 February	Spain	Astilleros Armon Gijon	Barcelona	Haugesund Knutsen	LNG bunker	For Knutsen [8]
7 February	Australia	Austal Australia	Henderson	ADV Cape Woolamai	Cape-class patrol boat	For Royal Australian Navy [9]
12 February	Tanzania	GAS Entec, KangNam Corporation	Mwanza	Mwanza Hapa Kazi Tu	Passenger/cargo ship	For Marine Services Company [10]
15 February	China	Chinese Shipbuilding Cooperation	Shanghai	Mulan Spirit	LNG Carrier	For Jovo [11]
15 February	China	Chinese Shipbuilding Cooperation	Shanghai	Gas Jupiter	Gas carrier	For Tianjin Southwest Maritime [11]
24 February	Netherlands	Royal Bodewes		Hagland Progress	Bulk carrier	For Hagland Shipping [12]
1 March	China	New Times Shipbuilding		Mount Blanc	Bulk carrier	For Himalaya Shipping [13]
7 March	China	Wuhu Shipbuilding	Wuhu	Baltic Narval	Product tanker	For Continental Bitumen [14]
8 March	Italy	Fincantieri	Monfalcone	Sun Princess	Sphere-class cruise ship	For Princes Cruises [15]
17 March	China	Jianglong Shipbuilding	Guangdong	Three Gorges Hydrogen Boat No. 1	Passenger catamaran	For Yangtze Power Company [16] [17]
20 March	United States	Austal USA	Mobile	USNS Cody	Spearhead-class EPF	For US Navy [18]
20 March	United States	Austal USA	Mobile	USS Kingsville	Independence-class LCS	For US Navy [18] [19]
21 March	India	Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers	Kolkata	INS Androth	Corvette	For Indian Navy [20]
24 March	China	Sinopacific Offshore & Engineering		Alice Cosulich	LNG tanker	For Fratelli Cosulich [21]
29 March	France	Naval Group	Concarneau	Oostende (M940)	City-class minehunter	For Belgian Navy [22]
April				Viking Aton [23]	River Cruise Ship	For Viking River Cruises
6 April	China	China Merchants	Nanjing	Liselotte Essberger	Chemical tanker	For John T. Essberger Group [24]
10 April	South Korea	Hyundai Heavy Industries	Ulsan	ROKS Chungnam	Chungnam-class frigate	For South Korean Navy [25]
4 April	South Korea	Hyundai Heavy Industries	Ulsan	TBA	Container ship	For Maersk Line [26] [27]
6 April	Netherlands	Royal Bodewes	Martenshoek	Arklow Rally	Cargo ship	For Arklow Shipping [28]
15 April	United States	Fincantieri Marinette Marine	Marinette	USS Cleveland	Freedom-class LCS	For US Navy [29]
19 April	Indonesia	PT Karimun Anugrah Sejati	Batam	KRI Bung Karno	Corvette/presidential yacht	For Indonesian Navy [30]
24 April	South Korea	Hyundai Heavy Industries	Ulsan	Great Lagos	Ro-Ro	For Grimaldi Group [31]
25 April	Vietnam	Halong Shipbuilding Company		Emerald Sakara		For Emerald Cruises [32]
27 April	China	New Times Shipbuilding		Mount Matterhorn	Bulk carrier	For Himalaya Shipping [13]
27 April	Russia	United Shipbuilding Corporation		Mozhaisk	Kilo-II-class submarine	For Russian Navy [33]
28 April	Germany	Meyer Werft	Papenburg	Silver Nova	Cruise ship	For Silversea Cruises [34]
2 May	France	Piriou	Concarneau	Cayor	OPV 58 S Patrol boat	For Senegalese Navy [35]
4 May	China	Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding		TBA	Changxing series LNG carrier	For CSSC Shipping [36]
8 May	China	Wuhu Shipbuilding	Wuhu	Lovisa	Cargo ship	For Langh Ship [37]
May	United States	Bollinger Shipyard	Houma, Louisiana	USNS Navajo	Navajo-class rescue and salvage ship	For the Military Sealift Command [38]
16 May	China	Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding		MA CGM Bahia	Cargo ship	For CMA CGM [39]
22 May	South Korea	Hyundai Heavy Industries	Ulsan	Axios II	LNG tanker	For Capital Gas [40]
23 May	China	Guangzhou Shipyard International	Guangzhou	Hafnia Larvik.	Oil tanker	For Vista Shipping [41]
24 May	China	Yangzijiang Shipbuilding	Jiangsu	Zim Amber	Container ship	For Zim Shipping [42]
30 May	China	Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding	Shanghai	TBA	LNG tanker	For Cosco Shipping and PetroChina [43]
9 June	China	New Times Shipbuilding		Mount Cook	LNG bulk carrier	For Eastern Pacific Shipping [44]
9 June	China	New Times Shipbuilding		Mount Neblina	LNG bulk carrier	For Himalaya Shipping [44]
26 June	China	CIMC Sinopacific Offshore & Engineering	Nantong	Paolina Cosulich	LNG bunker	For Fratelli Cosulich [45]
4 July	South Korea	Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries	Samho-eup, Yeongam	Energy Endurance	LNG tanker	For Alpha Gas [46]
21 July	Germany	Meyer Werft	Papenburg	Carnival Jubilee	XL-class cruise ship	For Carnival Cruise Line [47]
August	China	CSSC Jiangnan Shipbuilding			Car carrier	For SAIC Anji Logistics [48]
17 August	China	Dayang Shipbuilding Company		ECO Maestro	Container ship	[49] [50] [51] [52]
28 September	France	Naval Group	Lorient		FDI-frigate	For Greek Navy [53]
September	France		Saint-Nazaire	Utopia of the Seas	Oasis-class cruise ship	For Royal Caribbean International [54]
September	Zhi Cheng & Zhi Zhen
September	France		Saint-Nazaire	Ilma	Yacht	For Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection [55] [56]
6 October	Netherlands	Royal Bodewes	Martenshoek	Arklow Ranger		For Arklow Shipping [57] [58]
7 Oktober	China	Jinling shipyard	Weihai	Saint-Malo	E-Flexer-class ferry	For Stena RoRo [59]
October	Italy	Fincantieri	Muggiano	Ruggiero di Lauria	Multipurpose Offshore Patrol ship (PPA)	For the Italian Navy [60]
27 October	Finland	Rauma Marine Constructions	Rauma	Spirit of Tasmania IV	ferry	[61]
14 November	Japan	Tamano Works, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries		Yubetsu	Mogami-class frigate	For Japanese Navy [62]
30 November	Italy	Fincantieri	Ancona	Viking Vela	Venice-class cruise ship	For Viking Ocean Cruises [63] [64] [65]
November	Italy	Fincantieri	Monfalcone	Mein Schiff Relax	inTUItion-class cruise ship	For TUI Cruises [66] [67]
1 December	Finland	Meyer Turku	Turku	Mein Schiff 7		For TUI Cruises [68]

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