List of ship launches in 2024

This is a chronological list of some ships launched in 2024.

Date	Ship	Class / type	Builder	Location	Country	Notes
26 January	Arklow Grace		Ferus Smit	Westerbroek	Netherlands	For Arklow Shipping [1] [2]
25 February	Silver Ray	Nova-class cruise ship	Meyer Werft	Papenburg	Germany	For Silversea Cruises [3] [4]
March	Viking Hathor	River Cruise Ship			Egypt	For Viking Cruises [5]
12 April	Arklow Guard		Ferus Smit	Westerbroek	Netherlands	For Arklow Shipping [6] [7]
April	MSC World America	World-class cruise ship	Chantiers de l'Atlantique	Saint-Nazaire	France	For MSC Cruises [8] [9] [10]
April	Norwegian Aqua	Prima-Plus-class cruise ship	Fincantieri	Marghera	Italy	For Norwegian Cruise Line [11] [12] [13]
3 May	Thun Reliance		Ferus Smit	Leer	Germany	For Thun Tankers [14] [15]
May	Viking Sokeb	River Cruise Ship			Egypt	For Viking Cruises [16]
June	GNV Orion				China	[17]
28 June	Lidan	Lake-Vanern-Max-series	Ferus Smit	Westerbroek	Netherlands	For Erik Thun [18] [19] [20] [21]
July	Viking Vesta	Venice-class cruise ship	Fincantieri	Ancona	Italy	For Viking Ocean Cruises [22] [23] [24] [25]
	Hetman Iwan Wyhowskyj	Ada-class corvette			Turkey	For Ukrainian Navy [26]
3 August	Disney Treasure	Cruise Ship	Meyer Werft	Papenburg	Germany	For Disney Cruise Line [27] [28] [29] [30]
5 September	Luminara				France	[31]
September	Star Princess	Sphere-class cruise ship	Fincantieri	Monfalcone	Italy	For Princess Cruises [32] [33] [34]
3 October	Agamemnon	Astute-class submarine	BAE Systems Submarine Solutions	Barrow-in-Furness	United Kingdom	For Royal Navy. [35]
25 October	Spiken	Lake-Vanern-Max-series	Ferus Smit	Westerbroek	Netherlands	For Erik Thun [36] [37] [38] [39] [40]
Unknown date	Rachel Parsons	Electric boat	Alicat Workboats Ltd.	Great Yarmouth	United Kingdom	For North Star Renewables. [41]
	ML Freyja	ferry	Cantiere Navale Visentini	Porto Viro	Italy	For Mann Lines [42]
November	Star Seeker	Cruise ship			Portugal	For Windstar Cruises [43] [44] [45] [46] [47]

References

1. "Nb. 457 'Arklow Grace' successfully launched". January 26, 2024.
2. "Launching of Nb. 457 'Arklow Grace'". January 17, 2024.
3. "Silver Ray Set for Float Out - Cruise Industry News | Cruise News". cruiseindustrynews.com.
4. "Silver Ray Floats Out - Cruise Industry News | Cruise News". cruiseindustrynews.com.
5. Viking Marks Float Out of Newest Egypt Ship. 21 March 2024. Retrrieved 3 December 2024.
6. "Nb. 458 'Arklow Guard' successfully launched". April 12, 2024.
7. "Launching of Nb. 458 'Arklow Guard'". March 27, 2024.
8. "Le MSC World America mis à l'eau et transféré au bassin de Penhoët | Mer et Marine". www.meretmarine.com (in French). 2024-04-08. Retrieved 2024-04-08.
9. "Saint-Nazaire : l'Ilma change de quai en attendant de passer en cale sèche | Mer et Marine". www.meretmarine.com (in French). 2024-04-08. Retrieved 2024-04-08.
10. Blenkey, Nick (2024-04-10). "With CLIA reporting passenger volume climbing, cruising marks new milestones". Marine Log. Retrieved 2024-05-09.
11. Norwegian Cruise Line and Fincantieri celebrate float out of all-new Norwegian Aqua, Retrieved on 4 April 2024.
12. NORWEGIAN CRUISE LINE AND FINCANTIERI CELEBRATE FLOAT OUT OF ALL-NEW NORWEGIAN AQUA, Retrieved on 24 April 2024.
13. New Norwegian Aqua Floats Out At Fincantieri, Retrieved on 24 April 2024.
14. "Nb. 468 'Thun Reliance' successfully launched". May 3, 2024.
15. "Launching of Nb. 468 'Thun Reliance' for Erik Thun AB / Thun Tankers". April 24, 2024.
16. Viking Marks Float Out of Newest Egypt Ship. 14 May 2024. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
17. "Varato in Cina Gnv Orion nuovo traghetto supergreen del Gruppo Msc". www.msn.com. Retrieved 2024-12-05.
18. "Nb. 463 'Lidan' successfully launched". June 28, 2024.
19. "Launching of Nb. 463 'Lidan' for Erik Thun AB". June 17, 2024.
20. "Welcome MV Lidan – our first plug-in hybrid Lake Vanern Max-vessel! « Thunbolagen". thun.se.
21. "Launching Lidan AVE Solutions". thun.se.
22. "Fincantieri | Fincantieri: "Viking Vesta" floated out in Ancona".
23. "New Viking Vesta Floats Out in Ancona - Cruise Industry News | Cruise News".
24. "Viking Vesta".
25. "Viking Cruises' 2025 Newbuild to be Named Viking Vesta - Cruise Industry News | Cruise News".
26. "In Istanbul Korvette für die Ukraine vom Stapel gelassen". 2 August 2024.
27. "Meyer Werft: Disney Treasure hat Baudock verlassen".
28. "Meyer Werft: Disney Treasure hat Baudock verlassen". YouTube . 3 August 2024.
29. "Disney Treasure Floats Out at Meyer Werft - Cruise Industry News | Cruise News".
30. "Meyer Werft dockt die »Disney Treasure« aus". 5 August 2024.
31. "Le second navire de luxe de Ritz-Carlton transféré au bassin de Penhoët | Mer et Marine". 6 September 2024.
32. "Fincantieri | Fincantieri: "Star Princess" launched in Monfalcone". www.fincantieri.com. Retrieved 2024-12-05.
33. Tunney, Donna (2024-09-26). "Star Princess Reaches Major Construction Milestone at Shipyard". Cruise Hive. Retrieved 2024-12-05.
34. "Fincantieri's Monfalcone yard floats out Star Princess". www.seatrade-cruise.com. Retrieved 2024-12-05.
35. "Agamemnon". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 26 September 2024.
36. "ERIK THUN LAUNCHES THE NEXT-GENERATION LAKE VANERN MAX VESSEL" (PDF). thun.se.
37. "Welcome MV Spiken! « Thunbolagen". thun.se.
38. "Launching of Nb. 464 'Spiken' for Erik Thun AB". September 29, 2024.
39. "Nb. 464 'Spiken' successfully launched". October 25, 2024.
40. Meyer, Michael (October 29, 2024). "Zweiter Hybrid-Neubau für Erik Thun läuft bei Ferus Smit vom Stapel". hansa-online.de.
41. "Rachel Parsons". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
42. "Visentini launched the new methanol-ready ro-ro ship for Mann Lines". Shippax.
43. "Star Seeker". scontent-ham3-1.xx.fbcdn.net. Archived from the original on 2024-11-27.
44. "Star Seeker front view". scontent-ham3-1.xx.fbcdn.net. Archived from the original on 2024-11-27.
45. "Star Seeker side view". scontent-ham3-1.xx.fbcdn.net. Archived from the original on 2024-11-27.
46. "Star Seeker propeller". scontent-ham3-1.xx.fbcdn.net. Archived from the original on 2024-11-27.
47. "Star Seeker side view 2". scontent-ham3-1.xx.fbcdn.net. Archived from the original on 2024-11-27.