List of ship launches in 2020

This is a chronological list of ships launched in 2020.

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

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