The list of ship launches in 2018 includes a chronological list of ships launched in 2018. __NOTOC__ Date Ship Class / type Builder Location Country Notes 7 January Halunder Jet Catamaran Austal Cebu For Flensburger Seerederei/Helgoline 19 January W.B. Yeats ferry Flensburger Schiffbau Gesellschaft Flensburg For Irish Ferries 20 January Ice Crystal Ferus Smit Westerbroek For Erik Thun AB 22 January Celebrity Edge Edge-class cruise ship STX France Saint Nazaire For Celebrity Cruises 26 January One Stork Bird-class container ship Japan Marine United Kure For Ocean Network Express 31 January Scenic Eclipse cruise ship Uljanik Pula For Scenic Group 1 February FREMM multipurpose frigate Fincantieri For Marina Militare 1 February FREMM multipurpose frigate Naval Group Lorient For Marine Nationale 2 February Symphony Space Ferus Smit Ecobox Ferus Smit Leer For Symphony Shipping BV 2 February Yuan Gua Hai Valemax Shanghai WaiGaoQiao Shipbuilding Shanghai For China COSCO Shipping Corporation 2 February Ever Goods Evergreen G-class container ship Imabari Shipbuilding Marugame For Evergreen Marine 6 February Cosco Shipping Libra Constellation-class container ship Dalian Shipbuilding Dalian For China COSCO Shipping Corporation 7 February Ferry Cemre Shipyard Yalova For Wightlink. 9 February Mærsk Hamburg Maersk H-class container ship Hyundai Heavy Industries For Maersk Line 14 February Méditerranée XIV Transmetal Industrie Saint-Mandrier-sur-Mer For TLV-TVM 16 February Lieutenant Commander Paul Brutus light pump boats Socarenam Boulogne For City of Marseille 17 February Norwegian Bliss Breakaway-Pluy-class cruise ship Meyer Werft Papenburg For Norwegian Cruise Line 17 February Expedition cruise ship Kleven Verft Ulsteinvik For Hurtigruten 20 February Arklow Viking Arklow V-class cargo ship Royal Bodewes Hoogezand For Arklow Shipping 24 February One Minato Millau Bridge-class container ship Imabari Zosen Hiroshima For Ocean Network Express 2 March Babcock Marine Ltd. Appledore For Irish Naval Service. 2 March Maastricht Mærsk Maersk Triple E class Daewoo Geoje For Maersk Line 8 March Cosco Shipping Sagittarus Constellation-class container ship Shanghai Waigaogiao Shipbuilding For China COSCO Shipping Corporation 20 March HMS Trent River-class patrol vessel BAE Systems Scotstoun For Royal Navy 29 March Hypatia de Alejandría ferry Cantiere Navale Visentini For Baleària March St. Nikolaus Lux-Werft 5 April Seine BSAH Piriou For French Navy 10 April Cosco Shipping Andes Himalayas-class container ship Shanghai Jiangnan Changxing Shipbuilding Shanghai For China COSCO Shipping 18 April Freedom-class littoral combat ship Marinette Marine For United States Navy 21 April CMA CGM Louis Bleriot Antoine de Saint Exupery-class container ship Hanjin Heavy Industries Subic Bay Freeport Zone For CMA CGM 28 April Monte Urbasa crude oil tankler Puerto Real Navantia For Ibaizábal 30 April Pacific Harvest Valemax Shanghai WaiGaoQiao Shipbuilding Shanghai For China Merchants Energy Shipping April aircraft carrier Dalian Shipyard For Chinese Navy 3 May Alf Pollak car carrier Flensburger Schiffbau Gesellschaft Flensburg For Siem Car Carrier 9 May Ever Given Evergreen G-class container ship Imabari Shipbuilding Marugame For Evergreen Marine 10 May Viking Jupiter Venice-class cruise ship Fincantieri Ancona For Viking Ocean Cruises 11 May Mærsk Herrera Maersk H-class container ship Hyundai Heavy Industries For MMaersk Line 18 May Arklow Villa Arklow V-class cargo ship Royal Bodewes Hoogezand For Arklow Shipping 19 May Siem Ashanti vehicle carrier Maj shipyard Rijeka For Siem Industries 19 May HMAS Sydney Hobart-class destroyer ASC Pty Ltd Adelaide For Royal Australian Navy 24 May Branddirektor Westphal Fassmer Bern 25 May Pyotr Morgunov Yantar Shipyard Kaliningrad For Russian Navy May Elandess yacht Abeking & Rasmussen Lemwerder May aircraft carrier Hanjin Heavy Industries Busan For South Korea Navy 1 June Mein Schiff 2 cruise ship Meyer Turku Turku For TUI Cruises 10 June Brodosplit Split For Oceanwide Expeditions 14 June MSC Bellissima project vista STX France Saint Nazaire For MSC Cruises 22 June Costa Venezia Vista-class cruise ship Fincantieri Monfalcone For Costa Crociere 28 June Yuan Yi Hai Valemax Shanghai WaiGaoQiao Shipbuilding Shanghai For China COSCO Shipping Corporation 30 June Yuan Bao Hai Valemax Shanghai WaiGaoQiao Shipbuilding Shanghai For China COSCO Shipping Corporation 14 July Research ship Cammell Laird Birkenhead For Natural Environment Research Council 16 July Ro-Ro ferry Jinling shipyard For DFDS 22 July Hanseatic nature Expedition-class cruise ship VARD Tulcea SA Tulcea For Hapag-Lloyd Kreuzfahrten July Diogo Cao dredger Keppel Nantong For Jan De Nul 2 August Maria Grazia Onorato car carrier Flensburger Schiffbau Gesellschaft Flensburg 17 August Mærsk Havana Maersk H-class container ship Hyundai Heavy Industries For MMaersk Line 21 August AIDAnova Excellence-class cruise ship Meyer Werft Papenburg For AIDA Cruises 31 August Arklow Wave Ferus Smit Leer For Arklow Shipping 6 September Port Said Gowind-class corvette Alexandria For Egyptian Navy 6 September Pacific Vision Valemax Shanghai WaiGaoQiao Shipbuilding Shanghai For China Merchants Energy Shipping 14 September Scot Carrier Royal Bodewes Hoogezand 27 September Pacific Prosperity Valemax China Merchants Heavy Industry Jiangsu For China Merchants Energy Shipping September passenger ship For Lindblad Expeditions Nichols Brothers Boat Builders National Geographic Venture September Rom-Moskau tugboat Cantiere Navale Vittoria 10 October Tamar River-class patrol vessel BAE Systems Scotstoun For Royal Navy 15 October Cosco Shipping Solar Universe-class container ship Shanghai WaiGaoQiao Shipbuilding Shanghai For China COSCO Shipping 28 October World Explorer cruise ship WestSea Shipyard For Mystic Cruises October cruise ship Barreras Vigo For Ritz Carlton Cruises October Express 4 High-speed catamaran Austal Henderson For Molslinjen10 NovemberSpartacusCutter suction dredgerRoyal IHCKrimpen aan den IJsselFor DEME 14 November Ever Gentle Evergreen G-class container ship Imabari Shipbuilding Marugame For Evergreen Marine23 NovemberARM ReformadorReformador-class frigate ASTIMARSalina CruzFor Mexican Navy November HMAS Supply Navantia Ferrol For Royal Australian Navy 6 December Carnival Panorama Vista-class cruise ship Fincantieri Marghera For Carnival Cruise Line 8 December Potsdam Potsdam-class patrol boat Fassmer Bern For Federal Police 9 December Fridtjof Nansen Kleven Verft For Hurtigruten 9 December Zumwalt-class destroyer Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine For United States Navy 14 December Honfleur ferry Flensburger Schiffbau Gesellschaft Flensburg For Brittany Ferries 15 December Freedom-class littoral combat ship Marinette Marine For United States Navy 15 December Thun Evolve Ferus Smit Westerbroek 15 December Mærsk Huacho Maersk H-class container ship Hyundai Heavy Industries For MMaersk Line 22 December High-speed catamaran Incat Hobart, Tasmania For Virtu Ferries 29 December Cosco Shipping Star Universe-class container ship Shanghai WaiGaoQiao Shipbuilding Shanghai For China COSCO Shipping December Project Redwood yacht Lürssen Bern December Coral Adventurer cruise ship For Coral Expeditions

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