The list of ship launches in 2003 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 2003. __NOTOC__ Date Ship Class / type Builder Location Country Notes 4 January Berlin Express Hamburg-Express-class container ship Hyundai Heavy Industries Ulsan For Hapag Lloyd 8 January Coneste Sietas type 178 container ship Daewoo Mangalia Mangalia For Bernd Bartels 18 January Ro-pax ferry Cantiere Navale Visentini Donada For Grimaldi Group 19 January Axel Mærsk Mærsk A-class container ship Odense Staalskibsvaerft Lindø For Maersk Line 4 February Rio Alexander Estaleiros Navais de Viana do Castelo Viana do Castelo 7 February Beachy Head Point-class sealift ship Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft Flensburg For British Armed Forces 28 February Mariner of the Seas Voyager-class cruise ship Kvaerner Masa-Yards Turku For Royal Caribbean International 3 March Rickmers New Orleans type Superflex Heavy MPC container ship Xiamen Shipbuilding Industry Xiamen For Rickmers Group 8 March OOCL Long Beach OOCL SX-class container ship Geoje Samsung Heavy Industries For Orient Overseas Container Line 21 March Ocean liner Chantiers de l'Atlantique St. Nazaire For Cunard Line 21 March Blohm + Voss Hamburg 4 April Anna Mærsk Mærsk A-class container ship Odense Staalskibsvaerft Lindø For Maersk Line 12 April MSC Viviana Sealand-New-York-type container ship Ulsan Hyundai Heavy Industries For Freesia International Corporation 13 April Maersk Kalamata Sealand-New-York-type container ship Ulsan Hyundai Heavy Industries For Costamare Shipping 18 April Mazagon Dock Limited Mumbai 19 April Koninklijke Schelde Groep Flushing 29 April Type 052C air defense destroyer Jiangnan Shipyard Shanghai 3 May Ferry Appledore Shipbuilders Appledore, North Devon For Caledonian MacBrayne 16 May Tenix Defence Systems Williamstown, Victoria 16 May Blas de Lezo Álvaro de Bazán-class frigate Navatia Ferrol For Armada Española 23 May Olga Mærsk Olga Mærsk-Class container ship Maersk Line Kerteminde, Denmark For Maersk Line 6 June Götheborg East Indiaman Replica Gothenburg For Svenska Ostindiska Companiet AB 14 June River-class patrol vessel VT Group Southampton For Royal Navy 16 June Rickmers Jakarta type Superflex Heavy MPC container ship Xiamen Shipbuilding Industry Xiamen For Rickmers Group 20 June Meyer Werft Papenburg For Royal Caribbean International 25 June Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi 3 July Arnold Mærsk Mærsk A-class container ship Odense Staalskibsvaerft Lindø For Maersk Line 12 July Avondale Shipyard Avondale, Louisiana 18 July Swan Hunter Wallsend, England 19 July Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine 26 July Nordseewerke Emden 2 August Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft Kiel For South African Navy 16 August Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut For US Navy 16 August Adriana Star Type Hyundai 2530 TEU container ship Hyundai Heavy Industries Ulsan 29 August 31 August Rio Alexander Estaleiros Navais de Viana do Castelo Viana do Castelo 13 September Lana Motor yacht Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. Appledore For private owner. 22 September Stina Sietas type 168 container ship Schiffswerft J.J. Sietas Hamburg-Neuenfelde For Jan Breuer24 SeptemberSuardiaz GaliciaRo-ro cargo shipHijos de J. BarrerasVigoFor Suardiaz 1 October Annette Sietas type 161 J.J. Sietas Hamburg-Neuenfelde For SAL Heavy Lift 1 October Maria Sietas type 161 J.J. Sietas Hamburg-Neuenfelde For SAL Heavy Lift 1 October 2 October HDW Kiel 2 October MSC Marina Sealand-New-York-type container ship Ulsan Hyundai Heavy Industries 8 October Arthur Mærsk Mærsk A-class container ship Odense Staalskibsvaerft Lindø For Maersk Line 16 October Cruiseferry Aker Finnyards Rauma, Finland For Tallink 23 October O’Higgins Scorpène-class submarine Direction des Constructions Navales Cherbourg For Armada de Chile 30 October Type 052C air defense destroyer Jiangnan Shipyard Shanghai 6 November Salvatore Todaro Type 212 submarine Fincantieri Muggiano For Italian Navy November U 32 Type 212 submarine Nordseewerke Emden For German Navy 27 December OOCL Qingdao OOCL SX-class container ship Geoje Samsung Heavy Industries For Orient Overseas Container Line Date unknown Mayflower Resolution Turbine Installation Vessel Shanhaiguan Shipyard Qinhuangdao For Mayflower Energy Ltd Date unknown Mastera Crude oil tanker Sumitomo Heavy Industries Yokosuka, Japan
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