The list of ship launches in 2009 includes a chronological list of ships launched in 2009. __NOTOC__ Date Ship Class / type Builder Location Country Notes 14 January PTSC-Bach Ho Floating Storage and Offloading vessel Nam Trieu Ship Building Industry Corporation Hai Phong For Petrovietnam. 16 January Drogdenbank Ferus Smit Leer For Pot Scheepvaart 17 January For VBG Shipping & Trading Co, Turkey. 18 January Northrop Grumman Newport News, Virginia 27 January Al Khor Sealand-New-York-type container ship Ulsan Hyundai Heavy Industries Reederei Hermann Wulff John-Peter Wulff 29 January Mathilde Mærsk M-class container ship Odense Staalskibsvaerft Lindø For Maersk Line January MSC Magnifica STX Europe Saint-Nazaire For MSC Cruises 11 February Navantia Ferrol For Royal Norwegian Navy 13 February Cruise ship Meyer Werft Papenburg Official launch at Palma de Mallorca, built at Papenburg for AIDA Cruises. 14 February Rio Blanco Rio-class container ship Daewoo Mangalia Heavy Industries Mangalia For Hamburg Süd 27 February Cruise ship Fincantieri Ancona For Silversea Cruises 28 February MSC Camille MSC Danit-type container ship Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Geoje For Mediterranean Shipping Company 8 March National Steel and Shipbuilding San Diego, California 12 March Hybrid and -class cruise ship Fincantieri Marghera For Costa Cruises 12 March Rio Bravo Rio-class container ship Daewoo Mangalia Heavy Industries Mangalia For Hamburg Süd 21 March Bro Garland Ferus Smit Hoogezand 27 March Frisia Lübeck Nordseewerke Emden 28 March Eemsborg Niestern Sander Delfzijl For 30 March Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi 30 March Medbaffin type CV Venus 5300 container ship Zhejiang Ouhua Shipbuilding Zhoushan For Reederei Buss March Container ship Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Okpo 9 April Navi Baltic Sietas type 178 container ship Schiffswerft J.J. Sietas Hamburg-Neuenfelde For Amisco, Tallinn 25 April Sattha Bhum Type Stocznia Gdynia 8184-container ship Stocznia Gdynia Gdynia 30 April Wight Ryder II Catamaran FBMA For WightlinkFBA Marine launches new Wightink catamaran ferry Baird Maritime 7 May 2009 25 May Wind Force I Diedrich Shipyard Oldersum For AG Norden-Frisia 6 June Meyer Werft Papenburg For Celebrity Cruises 7 June RoPax 55 Wandan Yards Wismar For Stena Line 7 June RoPax 55 Wandan Yards Wismar For Stena Line 12 June container ship Blohm + Voss Hamburg luxury yacht 16 June Fivelborg Ferus Smit Leer For 18 June Arpão Type 214 submarine HDW Kiel For Portuguese Navy 25 June Cruise ship T Mariotti SpA Venice For Seabourn Cruise Line 26 June Fincantieri Monfalcone For P&O Cruises 4 July Saipem 12000 Samsung Heavy Industries Geoje 11 July Elysee Sietas type 178 container ship Schiffswerft J.J. Sietas Hamburg-Neuenfelde For JR Shipping BV Elysee 11 July Mederie type CV Venus 5300 container ship Zhejiang Ouhua Shipbuilding Zhoushan For Reederei Buss 16 July Samskip Innovator Damen Container Feeder 800 container ship Santierul Naval Damen Galati SA Galați 26 July Shipbuilding Centre Visakhapatnam 1 August Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine 5 August Rio Madeira Rio-class container ship Daewoo Mangalia Heavy Industries Mangalia For Hamburg Süd 14 August Seychelles Paradise Tanker Lindenau Kiel 16 August National Steel and Shipbuilding San Diego, California 18 August Borkum Nordseewerke Emden 21 August IHI Marine United 27 August bulk carrier Sasebo HI Sasebo 28 August Samskip Endeavour Damen Container Feeder 800 container ship Santierul Naval Damen Galati Galați 29 August Barquentine 4 SeptemberPetrozavodskReefer cargo shipSkala SkipasmidjaFaroe IslandsFor P/f Kenn 18 September Mazagon Dock Limited Mumbai 19 September Hydrographic survey vessel VT Halter Marine Moss Point, Mississippi For the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 23 September Sampson Goliath-class crane ship Pt. Drydocks World Pertama Batam For CVI Global Lux Oil & Gas 4 Sàrl 1 October Cruise ship Fincantieri Ancona For Compagnie du Ponant 22 October Vivien A VW 2500-type container ship Volkswerft Stralsund Stralsund 16 October 16 October Meteoro Buque de Acción Marítima Navantia San Fernando, Cádiz For Armada Española 21 October Type 45 destroyer BVT Surface Fleet Govan 30 October Fincantieri Marghera For Holland America Line 6 November Vienna Express Vienna Express-class container ship Hyundai Heavy Industries Ulsan For Hapag Lloyd 6 November MSC Sonia MSC Danit-type container ship Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Geoje For Mediterranean Shipping Company 6 November Medsuperior type CV Venus 5300 container ship Zhejiang Ouhua Shipbuilding Zhoushan For Reederei Buss 18 November BAE Systems Marine Portsmouth For Brazilian Navy. 19 November Offshore patrol vessel BAE Systems Surface Ships Scotstoun For Trinidad and Tobago Coast Guard. 20 November General Dynamics Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut 20 November STX Europe Turku For Royal Caribbean International 21 November Pioneer Ferus Smit Westerbroek 11 December Frisia Cottbus TNSW 3400 Nordseewerke Emden 11 December Basle Express Vienna Express-class container ship Hyundai Heavy Industries Ulsan For Hapag Lloyd 11 December Budapest Express Vienna Express-class container ship Hyundai Heavy Industries Ulsan For Hapag Lloyd 15 December Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi 24 December Prague Express Prague Express-class container ship Hyundai Heavy Industries Ulsan For Hapag Lloyd 30 December CPO Savona MSC Danit-type container ship Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Geoje For Mediterranean Shipping Company Exact date unknown Ferry David Abels Boatbuilders Ltd. Bristol For Clyde Cruises. Exact date unknown Galleon For private owner. Exact date unknown Ferry Arklow Marine Services Arklow For Government of Northern Ireland. Exact date unknown Wight Ryder I Catamaran FBMA For Wightlink Exact date unknown Gulet Ada Yacht Works Bodrum
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