List of ship launches in 2018

The list of ship launches in 2018 includes a chronological list of ships launched in 2018.

Launched
Date Country Builder Location Ship Class / type Notes
7 January  Philippines Austal Cebu Halunder Jet Catamaran For Flensburger Seerederei/Helgoline[1][2]
19 January  Germany Flensburger Schiffbau Gesellschaft Flensburg W.B. Yeats ferry For Irish Ferries[3]
20 January  Netherlands Ferus Smit Westerbroek Ice Crystal For Erik Thun AB[4]
22 January  France STX France Saint Nazaire Celebrity Edge Edge-class cruise ship For Celebrity Cruises[5][6]
26 January  Japan Japan Marine United Kure One Stork Bird-class container ship For Ocean Network Express[7]
31 January  Croatia Uljanik Scenic Eclipse cruise ship [8][9]
1 February  Italy Fincantieri Antonio Marceglia FREMM multipurpose frigate For Marina Militare[10]
1 February  France Naval Group Lorient Normandie FREMM multipurpose frigate For Marine Nationale[11]
2 February  Germany Ferus Smit Leer Symphony Space Ferus Smit Ecobox For Symphony Shipping BV[12]
2 February  China Shanghai WaiGaoQiao Shipbuilding Shanghai Yuan Gua Hai Valemax For China COSCO Shipping Corporation[13]
2 February  Japan Imabari Shipbuilding Marugame Ever Goods Golden-class container ship For Evergreen Marine[14]
6 February  China Dalian Shipbuilding Dalian Cosco Shipping Libra Constellation-class container ship For China COSCO Shipping Corporation[15]
7 February  Turkey Cemre Shipyard Yalova Victoria of Wight Ferry For Wightlink.[16]
9 February  South Korea Hyundai Heavy Industries Mærsk Hamburg Maersk H-class container ship For Mærsk Line[17]
14 February  France Transmetal Industrie Saint-Mandrier-sur-Mer Méditerranée XIV For TLV-TVM[18]
16 February  France Socarenam Boulogne Lieutenant Commander Paul Brutus light pump boats For City of Marseille[19]
17 February  Germany Meyer Werft Papenburg Norwegian Bliss Breakaway-Pluy-class cruise ship For Norwegian Cruise Line
17 February  Norway Kleven Verft Ulsteinvik MS Roald Amundsen Expedition cruise ship For Hurtigruten AS[20][21]
20 February  Netherlands Royal Bodewes Hoogezand Arklow Viking Arklow V-class cargo ship For Arklow Shipping
24 February  Japan Imabari Zosen Hiroshima One Minato Millau Bridge-class container ship For Ocean Network Express[22]
2 March  South Korea Daewoo Geoje Maastricht Mærsk Maersk Triple E class For Maersk Line[23]
8 March  China Shanghai Waigaogiao Shipbuilding Cosco Shipping Sagittarus Constellation-class container ship For China COSCO Shipping Corporation[24]
20 March  United Kingdom BAE Systems Scotstoun HMS Trent River-class patrol vessel For Royal Navy
29 March  Italy Cantiere Navale Visentini Hypatia de Alejandría ferry For Baleària[25]
March  Germany Lux-Werft St. Nikolaus [26][27]
5 April  France Piriou Seine BSAH For French Navy[28]
10 April  China Shanghai Jiangnan Changxing Shipbuilding Shanghai Cosco Shipping Andes Himalayas-class container ship For China COSCO Shipping[29]
18 April  United States Marinette Marine USS Indianapolis (LCS-17) Freedom-class littoral combat ship For United States Navy
21 April  Philippines Hanjin Heavy Industries Subic Bay Freeport Zone CMA CGM Louis Bleriot Antoine de Saint Exupery-class container ship For CMA CGM[30]
28 April  Spain Puerto Real Navantia Monte Urbasa crude oil tankler For Ibaizábal[31]
30 April  China Shanghai WaiGaoQiao Shipbuilding Shanghai Pacific Harvest Valemax For China Merchants Energy Shipping[32]
April  China Dalian Shipyard aircraft carrier For Chinese Navy[33]
3 May  Germany Flensburger Schiffbau Gesellschaft Flensburg Alf Pollak car carrier For Siem Car Carrier[34]
9 May  Japan Imabari Shipbuilding Marugame Ever Given Golden-class container ship For Evergreen Marine[35]
10 May  Italy Fincantieri Ancona Viking Jupiter Venice-class cruise ship[36] For Viking Ocean Cruises
11 May  South Korea Hyundai Heavy Industries Mærsk Herrera Maersk H-class container ship For Mærsk Line[37]
18 May  Netherlands Royal Bodewes Hoogezand Arklow Villa Arklow V-class cargo ship For Arklow Shipping[38]
19 May  Croatia Maj shipyard Rijeka Siem Ashanti vehicle carrier For Siem Industries[39][40]
19 May  Australia ASC Pty Ltd Adelaide HMAS Sydney Hobart-class destroyer For Royal Australian Navy
24 May  Germany Fassmer Berne Branddirektor Westphal [41]
May  Germany Abeking & Rasmussen Lemwerder Elandess yacht [42]
May  South Korea Hanjin Heavy Industries Busan aircraft carrier For South Korea Navy[43]
1 June  Finland Meyer Turku Turku Mein Schiff 2 cruise ship For TUI Cruises[44]
9 June  Croatia Brodosplit Split Hondius For Oceanwide Expeditions[45][46]
14 June  France STX France Saint Nazaire MSC Bellissima project vista For MSC Cruises[47]
22 June  Italy Fincantieri Monfalcone Costa Venezia Vista-class cruise ship For Costa Crociere[48][49]
28 June  China Shanghai WaiGaoQiao Shipbuilding Shanghai Yuan Yi Hai Valemax For China COSCO Shipping Corporation[50]
30 June  China Shanghai WaiGaoQiao Shipbuilding Shanghai Yuan Bao Hai Valemax For China COSCO Shipping Corporation[51]
14 July  United Kingdom Cammell Laird Birkenhead Sir David Attenborough Research ship For Natural Environment Research Council
16 July  China Jinling shipyard Ro-Ro ferry For DFDS[52]
22 July  Romania VARD Tulcea SA Tulcea Hanseatic nature Expedition-class cruise ship For Hapag-Lloyd Kreuzfahrten[53]
July  China Keppel Nantong Diogo Cao dredger For Jan De Nul[54]
2 August  Germany Flensburger Schiffbau Gesellschaft Flensburg Maria Grazia Onorato car carrier [55]
17 August  South Korea Hyundai Heavy Industries Mærsk Havana Maersk H-class container ship For Mærsk Line[56]
21 August  Germany Meyer Werft Papenburg AIDAnova Excellence-class cruise ship For AIDA Cruises
31 August  Germany Ferus Smit Leer Arklow Wave For Arklow Shipping[57]
6 September  Egypt Alexandria Port Said Gowind-class corvette For Egyptian Navy[58]
6 September  China Shanghai WaiGaoQiao Shipbuilding Shanghai Pacific Vision Valemax For China Merchants Energy Shipping[59]
14 September  Netherlands Royal Bodewes Hoogezand Scot Carrier [60]
27 September  China China Merchants Heavy Industry Jiangsu Pacific Prosperity Valemax For China Merchants Energy Shipping[61]
September Nichols Brothers Boat Builders National Geographic Venture passenger ship For Lindblad Expeditions[62]
September  Italy Cantiere Navale Vittoria Rom-Moskau tugboat [63]
10 October  United Kingdom BAE Systems Scotstoun Tamar River-class patrol vessel For Royal Navy
15 October  China Shanghai WaiGaoQiao Shipbuilding Shanghai Cosco Shipping Solar Universe-class container ship For China COSCO Shipping[64]
28 October  Portugal WestSea Shipyard World Explorer cruise ship For Mystic Cruises[65][66]
October  Spain Barreras Vigo cruise ship For Ritz Carlton Cruises[67]
October  Australia Austal Henderson Express 4 High-speed catamaran For Molslinjen[68]
10 November  Netherlands Royal IHC Krimpen aan den IJssel Spartacus Cutter suction dredger For DEME[69]
14 November  Japan Imabari Shipbuilding Marugame Ever Gentle Golden-class container ship For Evergreen Marine[70]
23 November Mexico ASTIMAR[71] Salina Cruz ARM Reformador[72] Reformador-Class Frigate Ship For Mexican Navy[73]
November  Spain Navantia Ferrol HMAS Supply For Royal Australian Navy[74]
6 December  Italy Fincantieri Marghera Carnival Panorama Vista-class cruise ship For Carnival Cruise Line[75]
8 December  Germany Fassmer Berne Potsdam Potsdam-class patrol boat For Federal Police[76]
9 December  Norway Kleven Verft Fridtjof Nansen For Hurtigruten AS[77]
9 December  United States Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine Lyndon B. Johnson Zumwalt-class destroyer For United States Navy[78]
14 December  Germany Flensburger Schiffbau Gesellschaft Flensburg Honfleur ferry For Brittany Ferries[79]
15 December  United States Marinette Marine USS St. Louis (LCS-19) Freedom-class littoral combat ship For United States Navy[80]
15 December[81]  Netherlands Ferus Smit Westerbroek Thun Evolve
15 December  South Korea Hyundai Heavy Industries Mærsk Huacho Maersk H-class container ship For Mærsk Line[82]
22 December  Australia Incat Hobart, Tasmania Saint John Paul II High-speed catamaran For Virtu Ferries[83]
29 December  China Shanghai WaiGaoQiao Shipbuilding Shanghai Cosco Shipping Star Universe-class container ship For China COSCO Shipping[84]
December  Germany Lürssen Berne Project Redwood yacht [85]
December  Vietnam Coral Adventurer cruise ship For Coral Expeditions[86]

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Ship events in 2018
Ship launches: 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Ship commissionings: 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Ship decommissionings: 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Shipwrecks: 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
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