The list of ship launches in 2012 includes a chronological list of ships launched in 2012. __NOTOC__ Date Ship Class / type Builder Location Country Notes 7 January MSC Deila MSC Danit-type container ship Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Geoje 8 January Cruise ship Meyer Werft Papenburg For Disney Cruise Line 12 January Ro-ro ferry Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft Flensburg For Seatruck Ferries 13 January Sentinel-class cutter Bollinger Shipyards Lockport, Louisiana For 14 January Austal USA Mobile, Alabama For 27 January Ro-ro ferry Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Nagasaki For Shin Nihonkai 27 January Ro-ro ferry Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Nagasaki For Shin Nihonkai 4 February Santa Barbarra Santa-class container ship Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Okpo For Hamburg Süd 7 February Replica caravel Graeme Wylie Bushfield 15 February Valemax Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Geoje-Okpo For Vale Shipping 1 March Cargo ship STX Finland Turku For Gaiamare 2 March Sentinel-class cutter Bollinger Shipyards Lockport, Louisiana For 2 March UAL Bodewes Bodewes shipyard Hoogezand 3 March MSC Valeria MSC Danit-type container ship Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Geoje 10 March Lady Alexandra Sea-River Liner 3700 coastal ship GS Yard Waterhuizen For Wijnne Barends 13 March Harro Koebke 36,5-meter-class Lifeboat Fassmer Bern For DGzRS 14 March CSCL Neptune CSCL Star-class container ship Samsung Heavy Industries Geoje For China Shipping Container Lines 17 March Vikingbank Ferus Smit Westerbroek For 23 March Ro-ro ferry Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft Flensburg For Seatruck Ferries 31 March FREMM multipurpose frigate Fincantieri Riva Trigoso For 1 April AIDAmar Sphinx-class cruise ship Meyer Werft Papenburg For AIDA Cruises 3 April Research vessel STX Finland Rauma For Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources of Namibia 6 April Royal Research Ship Freire Shipyard Vigo For Natural Environment Research Council 6 April Hamburg Express Hyundai Heavy Industries Ulsan For Hapag Lloyd 7 April Valemax Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Geoje-Okpo For Vale Shipping 11 April Fuldaborg Ferus Smit Leer For Wagenborg 12 April Cruise ferry Stocznia Gdańsk Gdańsk For Fjord Line 14 April Avondale Shipyard New Orleans For 15 April Valemax STX Offshore & Shipbuilding Dalian For Vale Shipping 22 April Santa Ines Santa-class container ship Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Geoje-Okpo For Hamburg Süd 29 April Valemax Jiangsu Rongsheng Heavy Industries For Vale Shipping 3 May Georg Burmester Sunrise-class GS Yard Waterhuizen 5 May National Steel and Shipbuilding Company San Diego For 18 May Ivan Gren Yantar Shipyard Kaliningrad For 31 May Lady Amalia Sea-River Liner 3700 coastal ship GS Yard Waterhuizen For Wijnne Barends 4 June Huntington Ingalls Industries Pascagoula, Mississippi For 5 June Draken Harald Hårfagre Viking longship Viking Kings AS Haugesund 7 June Andoni-class seaward defence boat For 16 June Marinette Marine Marinette For NOAA 30 June Platform supply vessel Arctech Helsinki Shipyard Helsinki For Sovcomflot 1 July Valemax STX Offshore & Shipbuilding Dalian For Vale Shipping 6 July Rochefort Reproduction of the 1779 6 July Cruise ship STX Europe Saint-Nazaire For Hapag-Lloyd 13 July Valemax STX Offshore & Shipbuilding Jinhae-gu, Changwon For Vale Shipping 13 July New York Express Hyundai Heavy Industries Ulsan For Hapag Lloyd 26 July Valemax Jiangsu Rongsheng Heavy Industries For Vale Shipping 28 July Haixun 01 Patrol ship For China Maritime Safety Administration 3 August Kindral Kurvits Patrol boat Uudenkaupungin Työvene Oy Uusikaupunki For Estonian Border Guard 10 August Cruiseferry STX Finland Turku For Viking Line 12 August Celebrity Reflection Cruise ship Meyer Werft Papenburg For Celebrity Cruises 16 August Fincantieri Monfalcone For Princess Cruises 26 August Wuchang Shipyard Wuhan For 29 August Nordergründe Buoy tender Fassmer 31 August Piz Bever Sunrise class GS Yard Waterhuizen 1 September Basle Express Hyundai Heavy Industries Ulsan For Hapag Lloyd 12 September Iranian Navy's Factories Bandar Abbas For 19 September NYK Helios OOCL M-class container ship Samsung Heavy Industries Geoje For Orient Overseas Container Line 27 September Valemax STX Offshore & Shipbuilding Dalian For Vale Shipping 27 September Wuchang Shipyard Wuhan For 1 October Austal USA Mobile, Alabama For Military Sealift Command 7 October Dockwise Vanguard Heavy lift ship Hyundai Heavy Industries For Dockwise 8 October Khulna Shipyard Khulna For 13 October Sikuliaq Research vessel Marinette Marine Corporation Marinette, Wisconsin For National Science Foundation 18 October Normandie FREMM multipurpose frigate DCNS Lorient For French Navy 27 October Amphibious support ship Galați shipyard Galați For 3 November Newport News Shipbuilding For 3 November OOCL Brussels OOCL M-class container ship Samsung Heavy Industries Geoje For Orient Overseas Container Line 13 November National Steel and Shipbuilding Company San Diego For 23 November Platform supply vessel Arctech Helsinki Shipyard Helsinki For Sovcomflot 2 December Vava II Motor yacht Babcock Marine Ltd. Appledore For private owner. 3 December Intelligence and research ship Yantar Shipyard Kaliningrad For 5 December J.M. Martinac Shipbuilding Corp. Tacoma, Washington For 10 December OOCL Berlin OOCL M-class container ship Samsung Heavy Industries Geoje For Orient Overseas Container Line 17 December Ferry Ferguson Shipbuilders Port Glasgow For Caledonian MacBrayne 10 December Ramform Titan Ramform Titan-class research vessel Mitsubishi Heavy Ind., Ltd. Nagasaki 19 December Fincantieri Castellammare di Stabia For 21 December Hong Kong Express Hyundai Heavy Industries Ulsan For Hapag Lloyd 30 December Sevmash Severodvinsk For Unknown date Channel Chieftain VI Crew transfer vessel Aluminium Boatbuilding Co. Ltd. Hayling Island For Carlin Boat Charter Ltd. Unknown date Dalby Tees Crew transfer vessel Alicat Workboats Ltd. Great Yarmouth For Dalby Offshore Services Ltd. Unknown date Gardian11 Crew transfer vessel Alicat Workboats Ltd. Great Yarmouth For Gardline Environmental Ltd. Unknown date Rix Panther Wind farm service vessel Alnmaritec Ltd. Blyth For Rix Sea Shuttle Ltd. Unknown date Smeaton Array Crew transfer vessel Alicat Workboats Ltd. Great Yarmouth For For Gardline Environmental Ltd.
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