List of ship launches in 2023

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

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

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