List of ship launches in 2023

This is a chronological list of some ships launched in 2023 worldwide.

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

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