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

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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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