List of ship launches in 2023
This is a chronological list of some ships launched in 2023.
Date | Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class / type | Notes |
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4 January | ![]() | Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding | Shanghai | HTMS Chang | Type 071E LSD | For Royal Thai Navy[1] |
21 January | ![]() | Chantiers de l’Atlantique | Saint-Nazaire | Celebrity Ascent | Edge-class cruise ship | For Celebrity Cruises[2] |
23 January | ![]() | Helsinki Shipyard | Helsinki | SH Diana | Vega-class cruise ship | For Swan Hellenic[3] |
24 January | ![]() | Fincantieri | Palermo | QENS Al Fulk | San Giorgio-class LPD | For Qatari Emiri Navy[4] |
25 January | ![]() | Asian Marine Engineering | Samut Prakan | HMS Tachai | Tugboat | For Royal Thai Navy[5] |
26 January | ![]() | Fincantieri | Ancona | Seven Seas Grandeur | Cruise ship | For Regent Seven Seas Cruises[6] |
28 January | ![]() | Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding | Shanghai | Ubuntu Empathy | Bulk carrier | For Anglo American[7] |
28 January | ![]() | Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding | Shanghai | Ubuntu Humanity | Bulk carrier | For Anglo American[7] |
2 February | ![]() | Astilleros Armon Gijon | Barcelona | Haugesund Knutsen | LNG bunker | For Knutsen[8] |
7 February | ![]() | Austal Australia | Henderson | ADV Cape Woolamai | Cape-class patrol boat | For Royal Australian Navy[9] |
12 February | ![]() | GAS Entec, KangNam Corporation | Mwanza | Mwanza Hapa Kazi Tu | Passenger/cargo ship | For Marine Services Company[10] |
15 February | ![]() | Chinese Shipbuilding Cooperation | Shanghai | Mulan Spirit | LNG Carrier | For Jovo[11] |
15 February | ![]() | Chinese Shipbuilding Cooperation | Shanghai | Gas Jupiter | Gas carrier | For Tianjin Southwest Maritime[11] |
24 February | ![]() | Royal Bodewes | Hagland Progress | Bulk carrier | For Hagland Shipping[12] | |
1 March | ![]() | New Times Shipbuilding | Mount Blanc | Bulk carrier | For Himalaya Shipping[13] | |
7 March | ![]() | Wuhu Shipbuilding | Wuhu | Baltic Narval | Product tanker | For Continental Bitumen[14] |
8 March | ![]() | Fincantieri | Monfalcone | Sun Princess | Sphere-class cruise ship | For Princes Cruises[15] |
17 March | ![]() | Jianglong Shipbuilding | Guangdong | Three Gorges Hydrogen Boat No. 1 | Passenger catamaran | For Yangtze Power Company[16][17] |
20 March | ![]() | Austal USA | Mobile | USNS Cody | Spearhead-class EPF | For US Navy[18] |
20 March | ![]() | Austal USA | Mobile | USS Kingsville | Independence-class LCS | For US Navy[18][19] |
21 March | ![]() | Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers | Kolkata | INS Androth | Arnala-class corvette | For Indian Navy[20] |
24 March | ![]() | Sinopacific Offshore & Engineering | Alice Cosulich | LNG tanker | For Fratelli Cosulich[21] | |
29 March | ![]() | Naval Group | Concarneau | Oostende (M940) | City-class minehunter | For Belgian Navy[22] |
April | Viking Aton[23] | River Cruise Ship | For Viking River Cruises | |||
6 April | ![]() | China Merchants | Nanjing | Liselotte Essberger | Chemical tanker | For John T. Essberger Group[24] |
10 April | ![]() | Hyundai Heavy Industries | Ulsan | ROKS Chungnam | Chungnam-class frigate | For South Korean Navy[25] |
4 April | ![]() | Hyundai Heavy Industries | Ulsan | TBA | Container ship | For Maersk Line[26][27] |
6 April | ![]() | Royal Bodewes | Martenshoek | Arklow Rally | Cargo ship | For Arklow Shipping[28] |
15 April | ![]() | Fincantieri Marinette Marine | Marinette | USS Cleveland | Freedom-class LCS | For US Navy[29] |
19 April | ![]() | PT Karimun Anugrah Sejati | Batam | KRI Bung Karno | Corvette/presidential yacht | For Indonesian Navy[30] |
24 April | ![]() | Hyundai Heavy Industries | Ulsan | Great Lagos | Ro-Ro | For Grimaldi Group[31] |
25 April | ![]() | Halong Shipbuilding Company | Emerald Sakara | For Emerald Cruises[32] | ||
27 April | ![]() | New Times Shipbuilding | Mount Matterhorn | Bulk carrier | For Himalaya Shipping[13] | |
27 April | ![]() | United Shipbuilding Corporation | Mozhaisk | Kilo-II-class submarine | For Russian Navy[33] | |
28 April | ![]() | Meyer Werft | Papenburg | Silver Nova | Cruise ship | For Silversea Cruises[34] |
2 May | ![]() | Piriou | Concarneau | Cayor | OPV 58 S Patrol boat | For Senegalese Navy[35] |
4 May | ![]() | Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding | TBA | Changxing series LNG carrier | For CSSC Shipping[36] | |
8 May | ![]() | Wuhu Shipbuilding | Wuhu | Lovisa | Cargo ship | For Langh Ship[37] |
May | ![]() | Bollinger Shipyard | Houma, Louisiana | USNS Navajo | Navajo-class rescue and salvage ship | For the Military Sealift Command[38] |
16 May | ![]() | Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding | MA CGM Bahia | Cargo ship | For CMA CGM[39] | |
22 May | ![]() | Hyundai Heavy Industries | Ulsan | Axios II | LNG tanker | For Capital Gas[40] |
23 May | ![]() | Guangzhou Shipyard International | Guangzhou | Hafnia Larvik. | Oil tanker | For Vista Shipping[41] |
24 May | ![]() | Yangzijiang Shipbuilding | Jiangsu | Zim Amber | Container ship | For Zim Shipping[42] |
30 May | ![]() | Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding | Shanghai | TBA | LNG tanker | For Cosco Shipping and PetroChina[43] |
9 June | ![]() | New Times Shipbuilding | Mount Cook | LNG bulk carrier | For Eastern Pacific Shipping[44] | |
9 June | ![]() | New Times Shipbuilding | Mount Neblina | LNG bulk carrier | For Himalaya Shipping[44] | |
26 June | ![]() | CIMC Sinopacific Offshore & Engineering | Nantong | Paolina Cosulich | LNG bunker | For Fratelli Cosulich[45] |
4 July | ![]() | Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries | Samho-eup, Yeongam | Energy Endurance | LNG tanker | For Alpha Gas[46] |
21 July | ![]() | Meyer Werft | Papenburg | Carnival Jubilee | XL-class cruise ship | For Carnival Cruise Line[47] |
August | ![]() | CSSC Jiangnan Shipbuilding | Car carrier | For SAIC Anji Logistics[48] | ||
17 August | ![]() | Dayang Shipbuilding Company | ECO Maestro | Container ship | [49][50][51][52] | |
28 September | ![]() | Naval Group | Lorient | FDI-frigate | For Greek Navy[53] | |
September | ![]() | Saint-Nazaire | Utopia of the Seas | Oasis-class cruise ship | For Royal Caribbean International[54] | |
September | Zhi Cheng & Zhi Zhen | |||||
September | ![]() | Saint-Nazaire | Ilma | Yacht | For Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection[55][56] | |
6 October | ![]() | Royal Bodewes | Martenshoek | Arklow Ranger | For Arklow Shipping[57][58] | |
7 Oktober | ![]() | Jinling shipyard | Weihai | Saint-Malo | E-Flexer-class ferry | For Stena RoRo[59] |
October | ![]() | Fincantieri | Muggiano | Ruggiero di Lauria | Multipurpose Offshore Patrol ship (PPA) | For the Italian Navy[60] |
27 October | ![]() | Rauma Marine Constructions | Rauma | Spirit of Tasmania IV | ferry | [61] |
14 November | ![]() | Tamano Works, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | Yubetsu | Mogami-class frigate | For Japanese Navy[62] | |
30 November | ![]() | Fincantieri | Ancona | Viking Vela | Venice-class cruise ship | For Viking Ocean Cruises[63][64][65] |
November | ![]() | Fincantieri | Monfalcone | Mein Schiff Relax | inTUItion-class cruise ship | For TUI Cruises[66][67] |
1 December | ![]() | Meyer Turku | Turku | Mein Schiff 7 | For TUI Cruises[68] |
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