Global InformationList of ship launches in 2020 information
This is a chronological list of ships launched or scheduled to be launched in 2020.
| Date | Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class / type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 January |  South Korea
|
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering | HMM Copenhagen | HMM Algeciras-class container ship | For Hyundai Merchant Marine[1] | |
| 19 January |  United States
|
Marinette Marine | USS Cooperstown | Freedom-class littoral combat ship | For United States Navy | |
| 21 January |  Germany
|
Schacht-Audorf | Lürssen | Project Hawaii | yacht | [2][3][4] |
| 24 January |  Finland
|
Meyer Turku | Turku | Mardi Gras | XL-class cruise ship | For Carnival Cruise Line[5] |
| 4 February |  Australia
|
Austal | Henderson | Bajamar Express | high-speed-trimaran | For Fred. Olsen Express[6] |
| 11 February |  Spain
|
Freire | Vigo | Belgica | [7] | |
| 14 February | Germany
|
Meyer Werft | Papenburg | Iona | Excellence-class cruise ship | For P&O Cruises |
| 14 February |  Netherlands
|
Royal Bodewes | Hoogezand | Annika Braren | [8][9] | |
| February |  Philippines
|
Austal Balamban shipyard | Fjord FSTR | For Fjord Line[10][11] | ||
| 6 March | Netherlands
|
Ferus Smit | Westerbroek | Arklow Ace | Arklow B-series | For Arklow Shipping[12][13] |
| 19 March |  China
|
China Merchants Heavy Industry | Haimen | Ocean Victory | Infinity-class cruise ship | For SunStone Ships[14] |
| 25 March | South Korea
|
Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries | CMA CGM Tenere | LNG-powered container ship[15][16] | For CMA CGM | |
| 27 March |  Russia
|
Admiralty Shipyard | Saint Petersburg | Kapitan Vdovichenko | trawler | For Russian Fishery Company[17][18] |
| March |  Poland
|
Remontowa | Gdańsk | ferry | for Norled[19] | |
| March |  Romania
|
VARD | Tulcea | Le Commandant Charcot | Icebreaker | For Compagnie du Ponant[20] |
| 3 April | Germany
|
Ferus Smit | Leer | Arklow Wood | For Arklow Shipping[21] | |
| 10 April | Huanghai Shipbuilding | Zhong Hua Fu Qiang | Ferry | For Bohai Ferry[22] | ||
| 25 April | China
|
Hudong–Zhonghua Shipbuilding | Shanghai | Type 075 landing helicopter dock | For Chinese Navy[23] | |
| 14 May | Netherlands
|
Holland Shipyards | Gaarden | passenger ship | For Schlepp- und Fährgesellschaft Kiel[24] | |
| 14 May |  Egypt
|
Alexandria | Gowind-class corvette | For Egyptian Navy[25] | ||
| 15 May | Netherlands
|
Royal IHC | Krimpen a/d IJssel | Mohab Mameesh | cutter suction dredge | For Suez Canal Authority[26] |
| 16 May |  Croatia
|
Brodosplit | Ultramarine | cruise ship | For Quark Expeditions[27] | |
| 20 May | Netherlands
|
Royal Bodewes | Hoogezand | Heike Lehmann | [28][29][30] | |
| 20 May |  Italy
|
Fincantieri | Genoa | Valiant Lady | cruise ship | For Virgin Voyages[31] |
| 20 May | China
|
AVIC-Weihai | Côte d’Opale | E-Flexer-Klasse | For Stena RoRo[32] | |
| 25 May |  France
|
Brest Arsenal | Brest | Pontoon boat | For Defence Infrastructure Service[33] | |
| 26 May | Germany
|
Lürssen | Rendsburg | yacht | [34] | |
| May | China
|
Nanjing Jinling Shipyard | ECO Barcelona | Grimaldi Green 5th Generation | For Grimaldi Group[35] | |
| 11 June | Italy
|
Fincantieri | Ancona | Viking Venus | Venice-class cruise ship[36] | For Viking Ocean Cruises[37] |
| 12 June | Netherlands
|
Ferus Smit | Westerbroek | Arklow Archer | For Arklow Shipping[38][39] | |
| June | China
|
Keppel Nantong Shipyard | LNG Bunkering Vessel | For FueLNG[40] | ||
| June | China
|
BraveWind | For United Wind Logistics[41] | |||
| June | Poland
|
Dresden | Fireboat | [42] | ||
| 4 July |  Vietnam
|
Piriou Vietnam | Hô-Chi-Minh-Ville | Via Alizé | fishing trawler | For Saupiquet[43] |
| 4 July | France
|
Naval Group Piriou Kership |
Concarneau | OPV 87 patrol vessel | For Argentine[44] | |
| 6 July | France
|
Naval Group Piriou Kership |
Lanester | OPV 87 patrol vessel | For Argentine[45] | |
| 9 July | Germany
|
Lürssen | Opus | yacht | [46] | |
| 14 July | Romania
|
VARD Tulcea SA | Tulcea | Hanseatic Spirit | Expedition-class cruise ship | For Hapag-Lloyd Kreuzfahrten[47] |
| 24 July | Germany
|
Meyer Werft | Papenburg | Spirit of Adventure | cruise ship | For Saga Cruises[48] |
| 12 August | China
|
China Merchants Heavy Industry | Haimen | Ocean Explorer | Infinity-class cruise ship | For SunStone Ships[49] |
| 20 August | Italy
|
Fincantieri | Monfalcone | MSC Seashore | Seaside-EVO-class cruise ship | For MSC Cruises[50][51] |
| 25 August | Netherlands
|
Royal Bodewes | Hoogezand | Elke K. | [52][53] | |
| 28 August | Germany
|
Ferus Smit | Leer | Thun Blyth | [54] | |
| 31 August | China
|
Guangzhou Shipbuilding International | RoPax-ferry | For DFDS Seaways[55][56] | ||
| 5 September | France
|
Chantiers de l’Atlantique | Saint Nazaire | Wonder of the Seas | Oasis-class cruise ship | For Royal Caribbean International[57][58] |
| 6 September |  Turkey
|
Tersan shipyard | Havila Castor | For Havila Shipping/Hurtigruten[59][60] | ||
| 6 September | Turkey
|
Tersan shipyard | Havila Capella | For Havila Shipping/Hurtigruten[61][62] | ||
| 11 September | Finland
|
Rauma Marine Constructions | Rauma | Aurora Botnia | ferry | For Wasaline[63] |
| 18 September | Spain
|
Armon | Gijón | Eleanor Roosevelt | LNG-fueled fast ferry | For Baleària[64] |
| 21 September | Turkey
|
Cemre Shipyard | Wind of Hope | offshore supply vessel | For Louis Dreyfus Armateurs[65] | |
| 24 September | France
|
Ocea | Les Sables-d’Olonne | Lana | type OSV 190 SC-WB | For Nigerian Navy[66] |
| September | Italy
|
Fincantieri | Muggiano | Musherib | patrol vessel | For Qatar Armed Forces[67] |
| September | Vietnam
|
VARD | Coral Geographer | expedition cruise ship | For Coral Expeditions[68] | |
| 1 October | Italy
|
Fincantieri | Marghera | Rotterdam | Pinnacle-class cruise ship | For Holland America Line[69] |
| 14 October |  Japan
|
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | Kobe | JS Taigei | Taigei-class submarine | For Japanese Navy |
| 31 October | United States
|
Marinette Marine | USS Marinette | Freedom-class littoral combat ship | For United States Navy[70] | |
| October | China
|
Tianjin Xingang | Global Mercy | Hospital ship | For Mercy Ships[71] | |
| October |  Portugal
|
WestSea Viana Shipyard | World Navigator | cruise ship | For Atlas Voyages[72] | |
| October | China
|
Wuchang Shipbuilding | Wuhan | patrol vessel | For Malaysian Navy[73] | |
| 10 November | China
|
Jinling Shipyard | (Peter Pan) | Green Ship-class ferry | For TT-Line[74][75] | |
| 13 November | France
|
Naval Group | Morbihan | Lorraine | Aquitane-class frigate | [76] |
| 13 November | Netherlands
|
Düsternbrook | passenger ferry | For Schlepp- und Fährgesellschaft Kiel[77] | ||
| 13 November | China
|
Guangzhou Shipbuilding International | RoPax-ferry | For DFDS Seaways[78][79][80][81] | ||
| 19 November | Japan
|
Mitsui E&S | Tamano | JS Kumano | Mogami-class frigate | For Japanese Navy[82] |
| 28 November | Germany
|
Meyer Werft | Papenburg | Odyssey of the Seas | Quantum-class cruise ship | For Royal Caribbean International[83] |
| November | United States
|
Chesapeake Shipbuilding | Salisbury, Maryland | American Melody | Cruise ship | For American Cruise Lines[84] |
| 11 December |  Brazil
|
Itaguaí Construções Navais | Humaitá | Scorpène-class submarine | For Brazilian Navy[85] | |
| 16 December | China
|
Wuchang Shipbuilding | Whuan | patrol vessel | For Malaysian Navy[86] | |
| 18 December | Russia
|
Chantiers de l’Amirauté | Saint-Pétersbourg | Severny Polyus | [87][88] | |
| 22 December | Romania
|
VARD | Tulcea | Viking Octantis | Expedition vessel | For Viking Cruises[89][90] |
| 30 December | China
|
ZPMC | JDS 6000 | Ulstein SOC 5000-type | [91] | |
| December | Vietnam
|
Halong Shipbuilding | Emerald Azzura | Cruise ship | For Emerald Cruises[92] | |
| December | Poland
|
Remontowa Shipbuilding | Gdansk | Salish class-ferry | For BC Ferries[93][94][95][96] |
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