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The list of ship launches in 2016 includes a chronological list of ships launched in 2016.
Date | Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class / type | Notes |
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3 January | Finland | Arctech Helsinki Shipyard | Helsinki, Finland | Polaris | Icebreaker | For Finnish Transport Agency |
15 January | Finland | Meyer Turku Shipyard | Turku, Finland | Mein Schiff 5 | Cruise ship | For TUI Cruises[1] |
19 January | Netherlands | De Hoop | Lobith | Esnaad 225 | Platform Supply Vessel | [2] |
21 January | Netherlands | De Hoop | Lobith | Amadeus Silver III | river cruise ship | [3] |
25 January | South Korea | Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries | Samho | Al Jasrah | UASC A15-class container ship | For United Arab Shipping Company[4] |
30 January | United States | Fincantieri Marinette Marine | Marinette, Wisconsin | Sioux City | Freedom-class littoral combat ship | For United States Navy |
30 January | Netherlands | De Hoop | Foxhol | Esnaad 226 | Platform Supply Vessel | For Abu Dhabi National Oil Company[5] |
30 January | Netherlands | GS Yard | Waterhuizen | Lady Alida | Sea-River Liner 3700 coastal ship | For Wijnne Barends |
8 February | Italy | Fincantieri | Monfalcone | Majestic Princess | Royal-class cruise ship | For Princess Cruises[6] |
12 February | South Korea | Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering | Okpo-dong | MSC Jade | Pegasus-class container ship | For Mediterranean Shipping Company[7] |
18 February | Germany | Meyer Werft | Papenburg | Ovation of the Seas | Quantum-class cruise ship | For Royal Caribbean International[8] |
23 February | South Korea | Samsung Heavy Industries | Koje | MSC Diana | Pegasus-class container ship | For Mediterranean Shipping Company[9] |
26 February | Germany | FSG | Flensburg | Helix 2 | Well Intervention vessel | For Siem Offshore[10] |
4 March | Italy | Fincantieri | Marghera | Seabourn Encore | cruise ship | For Seabourn Cruise Line[11] |
4 March | South Korea | Samsung Heavy Industries | Koje | Titan | Triton-class container ship | For Costamare Shipping Company[12] |
5 March | South Korea | Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries | Samho | Umm Qarn | UASC A15-class container ship | For United Arab Shipping Company[13] |
16 March | Netherlands | GS Yard | Waterhuizen | Rothensee | [14] | |
19 March | Netherlands | Ferus Smit | Westerbroek | Ireland | cement carrier | For JT Cement[15] |
20 March | Japan | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | Nagasaki | AIDAperla | Hyperion-class cruise ship | For AIDA Cruises[16][17] |
22 March | Germany | Fassmer | Berne | Berlin | 28-meter-class Lifeboat (rescue) | For DGzRS[18] |
23 March | Italy | Fincantieri | Ancona | Viking Sky | Venice-class cruise ship[19] | For Viking Ocean Cruises[20] |
24 March | South Korea | Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering | Okpo-dong | KRI Nagapasa | Type 209 submarine/Chang Bogo-class submarine | For Indonesian Navy[21] |
31 March | Netherlands | Shipyard Constructions Hoogezand Nieuwbouw | Foxhol | greenports 1 | For bremenports[22] | |
1 April | South Korea | Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering | Okpo | MSC Ditte | Pegasus-class container ship | For Mediterranean Shipping Company[23] |
1 April | Netherlands | Royal Bodewes | Hoogezand | Arklow Valiant | For Arklow Shipping[24] | |
2 April | Netherlands | GS Shipyard | Waterhuizen | Lady Anne-Lynn | Sea-River Liner 3700 coastal ship | For Wijnne Barends[25][26] |
10 April | Germany | Neptun Werft | Rostock-Warnemünde | Viking Hild | Viking Longships-clall river cruise ship | For Viking Cruises[27] |
13 April | United States | Newport News Shipbuilding | Newport News | Washington | Virginia-class submarine | For United States Navy |
14 April | South Korea | Hanjin Heavy Industries | Busan | Delphis Bothnia | Delphis Bothnia-class container ship | [28] |
15 April | China | Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding | Shanghai | Atlantic Sun | ACL G4 ConRO ship | For Atlantic Container Line |
16 April | South Korea | Samsung Heavy Industries | Koje | MSC Ingy | Pegasus-class container ship | For Mediterranean Shipping Company[29] |
16 April | Germany | Lürssen | Bremen | Project Mistral | yacht | [30] |
22 April | Netherlands | De Hoop | Tolkamer | Esnaad 227 | Platform Supply Vessel | For Abu Dhabi National Oil Company[31] |
29 April | Germany | Ferus Smit | Leer | Symphony Sun | Ferus Smit Ecobox | For Symphony Shipping BV[32] |
29 April | South Korea | Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering | Okpo | MSC Reef | Pegasus-class container ship | For Mediterranean Shipping Company[33] |
April | India | Mazagon Dock Ltd. | Mumbai | INS Khanderi | Scorpène-class submarine | For Indian Navy |
7 May | United States | General Dynamics NASSCO | Garden State | ECO-class tanker | For American Petroleum Tankers[34] | |
12 May | United States | Austal USA | Mobile, Alabama | Manchester | Independence-class littoral combat ship | For US Navy |
14 May | South Korea | Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries | Samho | Afif | UASC A15-class container ship | For Hapag Lloyd[35] |
21 May | Netherlands | De Hoop | Foxhol | Esnaad 228 | Platform supply vessel | For Abu Dhabi National Oil Company[36] |
25 May | Japan | Mitsubishi Heavy Ind., Ltd. | Nagasaki | Ramform Hyperion | Ramform Titan-class research vessel | [37] |
3 June | Germany | Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft | Flensburg | Searoad Mersey II | RoRo-ferry | [38] |
4 June | South Korea | Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering | Okpo-dong | Maud | Naval replenishment vessel | For the Royal Norwegian Navy[39] |
9 June | Netherlands | Ferus Smit | Westerbroek | Arklow Cadet | For Arklow Shipping[40] | |
9 June | South Korea | Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering | Okpo-dong | MSC Mirja | Pegasus-class container ship | For Mediterranean Shipping Company[41] |
10 June | Norway | Kleven Yard | Ulsteinvik | Kleven Ulsteinvik 382 | Anchor handling tug supply vessel | For Maersk Supply Services |
16 June | Russia | Baltic Shipyard | St. Petersburg | Arktika | Project 22220 icebreaker | For Rosatomflot[42] |
17 June | Germany | Neptun Werft | Rostock-Warnemünde | Viking Hild | Viking Longships-clall river cruise ship | For Viking Cruises[43] |
17 June | Netherlands | GS Yard | Waterhuizen | Lady Anne Beau | Sea-River Liner 3700 coastal ship | For Wijnne Barends |
18 June | South Korea | Samsung Heavy Industries | Koje | MSC Eloane | Pegasus-class container ship | For Mediterranean Shipping Company[44] |
18 June | South Korea | Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries | Samho | Al Jmeliyah | UASC A15-class container ship | For Hapag Lloyd[45] |
21 June | United States | Bath Iron Works | Bath, Maine | Michael Monsoor | Zumwalt-class destroyer | For United States Navy |
21 June | Germany | Schiffswerft Bolle | Derben | Griep To II | service vessel | For Wasserstraßen- und Schifffahrtsverwaltung des Bundes[46] |
25 June | South Korea | Samsung Heavy Industries | Koje | Talos | Triton-class container ship | For Costamare Shipping Company[47] |
30 June | Finland | Arctech Helsinki Shipyard | Helsinki, Finland | Gennadiy Nevelskoy | Platform supply vessel | For Sovcomflot |
June | Norway | Kleven Yard | Maersk Starfish | Starfish-type anchor handler[48] | For Mærsk Supply Service | |
1 July | Italy | Fincantieri | Sestri Ponente | Silver Muse | cruise ship | For Silversea Cruises[49] |
1 July | Netherlands | De Hoop | Tolkamer | Esnaad 229 | Platform supply vessel | For Abu Dhabi National Oil Company[50] |
2 July | South Korea | Samsung Heavy Industries | Koje | Taurus | Triton-class container ship | For Costamare Shipping Company[51] |
4 July | South Korea | Hanjin Heavy Industries | Busan | Delphis Finnland | Delphis Bothnia-class container ship | [52] |
5 July | Germany | Fassmer | Berne | TB 40 | Ship's boat | For DGzRS, ship's boat of Berlin[53] |
9 July | United States | Chesapeake Shipbuilding | Salisbury, Maryland | American Constellation | river cruise ship | For American Cruise Line[54] |
15 July | Finland | Meyer Turku Shipyard | Turku, Finland | Megastar | LNG-powered RoRo-ferry | For Tallink[55] |
16 July | United States | General Dynamics NASSCO | Bay State | ECO-class tanker | For American Petroleum Tankers[56] | |
21 July | France | Ocea | Les Sables-d'Olonne | Fouladou | Offshore patrol vessel | For Senegal[57] |
21 July | Netherlands | Royal Bodewes | Hoogezand | Arklow Valley | For Arklow Shipping[58] | |
2 August | Russian Navy | Zvezdochka Shipyard | Astrakhan | Vasily Bekh | Project 22870 rescue tug | Sunk during 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine[59] |
5 August | Turkey | Bogazici | Tuzla | Bogazici 23 | Tug | For Bugsier-, Reederei- und Bergungsgesellschaft[60][61] |
8 August | France | Socarenam | Boulogne-sur-Mer | La Confiance | light patrol Guyana | For Frensh Navy[62] |
15 August | South Korea | Samsung Heavy Industries | Koje | MSC Mirjam | Pegasus-class container ship | For Mediterranean Shipping Company[63] |
19 August | Germany | Meyer Werft | Papenburg | Genting Dream | cruise ship | For Dream Cruises |
20 August | United Kingdom | BAE Systems | Glasgow | Forth | River-class patrol vessel | For Royal Navy |
22 August | France | Piriou | Concarneau | Champlain | Bâtiment multi-mission patrol ship | For French Navy[64] |
22 August | South Korea | Samsung Heavy Industries | Koje | Theseus | Triton-class container ship | For Costamare Shipping Company[65] |
26 August | Netherlands | GS Yard | Waterhuizen | Ares | Sunrise Droge Lading | For Wijnne Barends[66] |
26 August | South Korea | Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering | Okpo | MSC Erica | Pegasus-class container ship | For Mediterranean Shipping Company[67] |
27 August | United States | General Dynamics NASSCO | Constitution | ECO-class tanker | For SEA-Vista[68] | |
August | Poland | Royal Bodewes | Stettin | Furuvik | [69][70] | |
2 September | France | STX France Cruise SA | Saint-Nazaire | MSC Meraviglia | Project "Vista" cruise ship | For MSC Cruises[71] |
3 September | Netherlands | Feadship | Aalsmeer | Aquarius | yacht | [72] |
9 September | South Korea | Hanjin Heavy Industries | Busan | Delphis Gdańsk | Delphis Bothnia-class container ship | [73] |
15 September | Germany | Lübeck Yacht Trave Schiff GmbH | Lübeck | Seekuh | For One Earth - One Ocean[74] | |
16 September | France | DCNS | Bretagne | FREMM multipurpose frigate | For French Navy[75] | |
16 September | Netherlands | GS Yard | Waterhuizen | Lady Astrid | Sea-River Liner 3700 coastal ship | For Wijnne Barends[76] |
16 September | Germany | German Naval Yards | Kiel | S42 | Type HDW 209/1400 submarine | For Egyptian Navy |
16 September | Russia | Nevskiy S&S | Shlisselburg | Zhibek Zholy | Bulk carrier cargo ship | For KTZ Express JSC[77] |
17 September | France | DCNS | Al Fateh | Gowind-class corvette | For Egyptian Navy[78] | |
17 September | United States | Fincantieri Marinette Marine | Marinette, Wisconsin | Wichita | Freedom-class littoral combat ship | For United States Navy |
30 September | United States | Eastern Shipbuilding | Panama City/Allanton | Ellis Island | Hopper Dredge Barge | For Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company, LLC.[79][80] |
30 September | Hyundai Heavy Industries | MSC Anna | Pegasus-class container ship | For MSC[81] | ||
September | South Korea | LNG barge | For Gas4Sea[82][83] | |||
September | Poland | Gdańsk | Coralius | [84] | ||
1 October | Netherlands | De Hoop | Foxhol | Esnaad 230 | Platform Supply Vessel | For Abu Dhabi National Oil Company[85] |
4 October | Russia | Nobel Brothers Shipyard | Project ROB07 oil barge | For JSC Lena United River Shipping Company[86] | ||
6 October | South Korea | Samsung Heavy Industries | Koje | MSC Rifaya | Pegasus-class container ship | For Mediterranean Shipping Company[87] |
8 October | South Korea | Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries | Valparaíso Express | Valparaiso Express-class container ship | For Hapag-Lloyd[88][89][90] | |
8 October | South Korea | Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries | Callao Express | Valparaiso Express-class container ship | For Hapag-Lloyd[88][89][90] | |
8 October | South Korea | Hanjin Heavy Industries | Busan | Delphis Riga | Delphis Bothnia-class container ship | [91] |
14 October | Germany | Ferus Smit | Leer | Symphony Performer | Ferus Smit Ecobox | For Symphony Shipping BV[92][93] |
16 October | Japan | Shikoku Dockyard | Star Spirit | reefer ship | For Star Reefers[94] | |
18 October | Norway | Ulstein | Windea TBN | Service operations vessel | For Bernhard Schulte Offshore[95] | |
19 October | Germany | Lürssen | Bremen | Project TIS | yacht | [96][97] |
19 October | Japan | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | Nagasaki | Asahi | Asahi-class destroyer | For JMSDF |
21 October | Netherlands | Ferus Smit | Westerbroek | Arklow Cape | For Arklow Shipping[98] | |
24 October | South Korea | Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering | Okpo-dong | KRI Trisula | Type 209 submarine/Chang Bogo-class submarine | For Indonesian Navy[99][100][101] |
12 November | Croatia | Pula | Siem Cicero | car carrier | For Siem Industries[102] | |
12 November | South Korea | Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering | Okpo | MSC Tina | Pegasus-class container ship | For Mediterranean Shipping Company[103] |
18 November | Germany | Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft | Flensburg | Meleq | RoRo-ferry | For Alternative Transport[104][105] |
18 November | China | GSI Shipyard | Guangzhou | Visborg | ferry | For Destination Gotland[106][107] |
18 November | Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. | MSC Viviana | Pegasus-class container ship | For Mediterranean Shipping Company[108] | ||
20 November | South Korea | Samsung Heavy Industries | Koje | MSC Leanne | Pegasus-class container ship | For Mediterranean Shipping Company[109] |
24 November | Russia | Vyborg Shipyard | Alexander Sannikov | ice breaker | For Gazprom Neft | |
25 November | Netherlands | Royal Bodewes | Hoogezand | Arklow Valour | For Arklow Shipping[110] | |
25 November | Italy | Fincantieri | Monfalcone | MSC Seaside | Seaside-class cruise ship | For MSC Cruises[111][112][113] |
November | Turkey | Cemre | Steigen | Live fish transporter | For Norsk Fisketransport[114] | |
November | Russia | Severnaya Verf Shipyard | St. Petersburg | Vsevelod Bobrov | Elbrus-class logistics support vessel | For Russian Navy[115] |
3 December | Netherlands | Royal IHC | Kinderdijk | Minerva | dredger | For DEME[116] |
3 December | South Korea | Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries | Cartagena Express | Valparaiso Express-class container ship | For Hapag-Lloyd[117] | |
3 December | South Korea | Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries | Guayaquil Express | Valparaiso Express-class container ship | For Hapag-Lloyd[118] | |
10 December | Republic of Korea | Daewoo | Geoje | Madrid Mærsk | Maersk Triple E class | For Maersk Line[119] |
10 December | United States | General Dynamics NASSCO | Liberty | ECO-class tanker | For SEA-Vista[120] | |
15 December | Italy | Fincantieri | Ancona | Viking Sun | Venice-class cruise ship[19][121] | For Viking Ocean Cruises |
15 December | Australia | ASC shipyard | Osborne, South Australia | HMAS Brisbane | Hobart-class destroyer | For Royal Australian Navy |
17 December | United States | NGSS Ingalls | Pascagoula, Mississippi | Kimball | Legend-class cutter | For United States Coast Guard |
22 December | Poland | CRIST | Gdynia | L'Astrolabe | Polar Logistics Vessel | For French Navy; outfitting and delivery by Chantiers Piriou in France[122] |
29 December | United States | General Dynamics Electric Boat | Groton | Colorado | Virginia-class submarine | For United States Navy |
31 December | South Korea | Samsung Heavy Industries | OOCL Hong Kong | G-class container ship | For Orient Overseas Container Line[123] | |
December | France | Couach | Gujan-Mestras | Type 4400 FAST yacht | [124] |