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 NYK 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 Evergreen 20.000-TEU-type container ship For Evergreen Marine[14]
6 February  China Dalian Shipbuilding Dalian Cosco Shipping Libra COSCOCS 20.000-TEU-type 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 Mærsk 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 COSCOCS 20.000-TEU-type 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 Cosco Shipping Himalayas-type 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 20.600 TEU container ship
sister ship of CMA CGM Antoine de Saint Exupery		 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 Evergreen 20.000-TEU-type 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 Mærsk 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]
July  China Keppel Nantong Diogo Cao dredger For Jan De Nul[53]
2 August  Germany Flensburger Schiffbau Gesellschaft Flensburg Maria Grazia Onorato car carrier [54]
17 August  South Korea Hyundai Heavy Industries Mærsk Havana Mærsk H-class container ship For Mærsk Line[55]
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[56]
6 September  Egypt Alexandria Port Said Gowind-class corvette For Egyptian Navy[57]
6 September  China Shanghai WaiGaoQiao Shipbuilding Shanghai Pacific Vision Valemax For China Merchants Energy Shipping[58]
14 September  Netherlands Royal Bodewes Hoogezand Scot Carrier [59]
27 September  China China Merchants Heavy Industry Jiangsu Pacific Prosperity Valemax For China Merchants Energy Shipping[60]
September Nichols Brothers Boat Builders National Geographic Venture passenger ship For Lindblad Expeditions[61]
September  Italy Cantiere Navale Vittoria Rom-Moskau tugboat [62]
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 COSCOCS-20.000-TEU-type container ship For China COSCO Shipping[63]
28 October  Portugal WestSea Shipyard World Explorer cruise ship For Mystic Cruises[64][65]
October  Spain Barreras Vigo cruise ship For Ritz Carlton Cruises[66]
October  Australia Austal Henderson Express 4 High-speed catamaran For Molslinjen[67]
10 November  Netherlands Royal IHC Krimpen aan den IJssel Spartacus Cutter suction dredger For DEME[68]
14 November  Japan Imabari Shipbuilding Marugame Ever Gentle Evergreen 20.000-TEU-type container ship For Evergreen Marine[69]
November  Spain Navantia Ferrol HMAS Supply For Royal Australian Navy[70]
6 December  Italy Fincantieri Marghera Carnival Panorama Vista-class cruise ship For Carnival Cruise Line[71]
8 December  Germany Fassmer Berne Potsdam Potsdam-class patrol boat For Federal Police[72]
9 December  Norway Kleven Verft Fridtjof Nansen For Hurtigruten AS[73]
9 December  United States Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine Lyndon B. Johnson Zumwalt-class destroyer For United States Navy[74]
14 December  Germany Flensburger Schiffbau Gesellschaft Flensburg Honfleur ferry For Brittany Ferries[75]
15 December  United States Marinette Marine USS St. Louis (LCS-19) Freedom-class littoral combat ship For United States Navy[76]
15 December[77]  Netherlands Ferus Smit Westerbroek Thun Evolve
15 December  South Korea Hyundai Heavy Industries Mærsk Huacho Mærsk H-class container ship For Mærsk Line[78]
22 December  Australia Incat Hobart, Tasmania Saint John Paul II High-speed catamaran For Virtu Ferries[79]
29 December  China Shanghai WaiGaoQiao Shipbuilding Shanghai Cosco Shipping Star COSCOCS-20.000-TEU-type container ship For China COSCO Shipping[80]
December  Germany Lürssen Berne Project Redwood yacht [81]
December  Vietnam Coral Adventurer cruise ship For Coral Expeditions[82]

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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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