List of ship launches in 2008
The list of ship launches in 2008 includes a chronological list of ships launched in 2008.
Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class / type | Note | |
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18 January | Finland | Aker Yards | Rauma | SuperSpeed 2 | RoPax-ferry | For Color Line[1] |
26 January | United States | Ingalls Shipbuilding | Pascagoula, Mississippi | Dewey | Arleigh Burke-class destroyer | |
26 January | South Korea | Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. | Okpo | Rio de la Plata | Rio-class container ship | For Hamburg Süd[2] |
1 February | Italy | Fincantieri | Monfalcone | Ruby Princess | Modified Grand-class cruise ship | For Princess Cruises |
1 February | South Korea | Hyundai Heavy Industries | Ulsan | Bremen Express | Colombo-Express-classe container ship | For Hapag Lloyd[3] |
5 February | Denmark | Odense Staalskibsvaerft | Lindø | Margrethe Mærsk | M-class container ship | For Mærsk Line[4] |
5 February | South Korea | Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries | Saman | Tanker | ||
6 February | France | Chantiers de l’Atlantique | Saint Nazaire | MSC Fantasia | Fantasia-class cruise ship | For MSC Cruises |
13 February | Russia | Sevmash | Severodvinsk | Yury Dolgorukiy | Borei-class submarine | |
17 February | Germany | J.J. Sietas | Hamburg-Neuenfelde | Anne-Sofie | Sietas type 161 heavy lift vessel | For SAL Heavy Lift[5] |
21 February | United States | Electric Boat | Groton, Connecticut | New Hampshire | Virginia-class submarine | |
24 February | United States | Bath Iron Works | Bath, Maine | Stockdale | Arleigh Burke-class destroyer | |
1 March | Germany | Ferus Smit | Leer | Eemshorn | ||
5 March | Portugal | Estaleiros Navais de Viana do Castelo | Viana do Castelo | Atlântida | Passenger ship | For Atlanticoline SA[6] |
10 March | Spain | Navantia | Ferrol | Juan Carlos I | Juan Carlos I-class amphibious assault ship | |
14 March | Combi Dock II | Combi Dock-class | For K/S Combi Lift[7] | |||
28 March | Denmark | Odense Staalskibsvaerft | Lindø | Marchen Mærsk | M-class container ship | For Mærsk Line[8] |
March | South Korea | Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering | Okpo | Sirius Star | ||
6 April | United States | National Steel & Shipbuilding | San Diego, California | Amelia Earhart | Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship | |
19 April | South Korea | Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. | Okpo | Rio de Janeiro | Rio-class container ship | For Hamburg Süd[9] |
26 April | United States | Austal USA | Mobile, Alabama | Independence | Independence-class littoral combat ship | For US Navy |
30 April | Poland | Stocznia Gdynia | Gdynia | Racha Bhum | Type Stocznia Gdynia 8184-container ship | [10] |
3 May | Denmark | Copenhagen | UC3 Nautilus | midget submarine | ||
17 May | Romania | Daewoo Mangalia Heavy Industries SA | Mangalia | Monte Azul | Monte-class container ship | For Hamburg Süd[11] |
4 June | Denmark | Odense Staalskibsvaerft | Lindø | Maren Mærsk | M-class container ship | For Mærsk Line[12] |
4 June | South Korea | Hyundai Heavy Industries | An Jung-geun | Type 214 submarine | For South Korean Navy | |
12 June | Germany | Peene-Werft | Wolgast | Seefalke | Seeadler-class fishery protection vessel | For German Federal Coast Guard |
21 June | United Kingdom | Colin Rees | Milbrook | Spirit of Mystery | Lugger | Replica of Mystery |
30 June | Italy | Fincantieri | Sestri Ponente | Costa Pacifica | Concordia-class cruise ship | For Costa Cruises |
30 June | Italy | Fincantieri | Marghera | Costa Luminosa | Hybrid Vista-class and Spirit-class cruise ship | For Costa Cruises |
12 July | United States | NGSS Ingalls | Pascagoula, Mississippi | Waesche | Legend-class cutter | |
12 July | South Korea | Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering | Okpo | CMA CGM Vela | Container ship | For CMA CGM |
15 July | Germany | HDW | Kiel | Tridente | Type 214 submarine | For Portuguese Navy |
18 July | Germany | Schiffswerft J.J. Sietas | Hamburg-Neuenfelde | Vera Rambow | Sietas typr 178 container ship | For Rambow Bereederungs Gesellschaft[13] |
20 July | France | Aker Yards | Saint Nazaire | MSC Splendida | Fantasia-class cruise ship | For MSC Crociere[14] |
4 August | Combi Dock III | Combi Dock-class | For K/S Combi Lift[15] | |||
4 August | Indonesia | Pt. Drydocks World Pertama | Batam | OSA Goliath | Goliath-class crane ship | For CVI Global Lux Oil & Gas 4 Sàrl[16] |
10 August | Germany | Meyer Werft | Papenburg | Celebrity Solstice | Solstice-class cruise ship | For Celebrity Cruises |
22 August | Germany | J.J. Sietas | Hamburg-Neuenfelde | Trina | Sietas type 161 heavy lift vessel | For SAL Heavy Lift[17] |
26 August | Denmark | Odense Staalskibsvaerft | Lindø | Mette Mærsk | M-class container ship | For Mærsk Line[18] |
30 August | South Korea | Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. | Okpo | Rio Negro | Rio-class container ship | For Hamburg Süd[19] |
August | Liberia | Manisa Bella | General cargo vessel | |||
6 September | Romania | Daewoo Mangalia Heavy Industries SA | Mangalia | Monte Alegre | Monte-class container ship | For Hamburg Süd[20] |
16 September | India | Larsen & Toubro | Hazira | Rolldock Sun | S-class Heavy lift ship | For Rolldock[21] |
18 September | United States | National Steel & Shipbuilding | San Diego, California | Carl Brashear | Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship | |
25 September | Germany | Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft | Flensburg | Northern Expedition | Ro-Ro Ferry | |
26 September | United States | Halter Marine, Inc. | Pascagoula, Mississippi | Bell M. Shimada | Research vessel | |
27 September | Germany | Ferus Smit | Leer | Citadel | ||
2 October | Germany | Schiffswerft J.J. Sietas | Hamburg-Neuenfelde | Charlotta | Sietas type 178 container ship | For Reederei Gerd Bartels[22] |
8 October | Spain | Navantia | Cartagena | Tunku Abdul Razak | Scorpène-class submarine | For Royal Malaysian Navy |
9 October | Netherlands | Koninklijke Niestern Sander | Delfzijl | Laganborg | For Wagenborg Shipping [nl] | |
15 October | Japan | Unryū | Sōryū-class submarine | |||
15 October | Spain | Astilleros de Huelva, | Sevilla | Clipper Pennant | Ro-Ro Ferry | For Seatruck Ferries |
17 October | Germany | Schichau Seebeckwerft | Bremerhaven | Stefan Sibum | SSW Super 1000 container ship | Reederei Bernd Sibum |
17 October | Germany | Peene-Werft | Wolgast | Meerkatze | Seeadler-class fishery protection vessel | For German Federal Coast Guard |
18 October | United States | Bath Iron Works | Bath, Maine | Wayne E. Meyer | Arleigh Burke-class destroyer | |
24 October | Italy | Fincantieri | Monfalcone | Carnival Dream | Dream-class cruise ship | For Carnival Cruise Lines[23] |
27 October | Romania | Santierul Naval Damen Galati SA | Galați | Susan Borchard | Damen Container Feeder 800 container ship | [24] |
3 November | Germany | J.J. Sietas | Hamburg-Neuenfelde | Regine | Sietas type 161 heavy lift vessel | For SAL Heavy Lift[25] |
5 November | Turkey | Marmara Shipyards | Istanbul | YM Uranus | Chemical tanker | |
7 November | Denmark | Odense Staalskibsvaerft | Lindø | Marit Mærsk | M-class container ship | For Mærsk Line[26] |
17 November | United Kingdom | BVT Surface Fleet | Govan | Dragon | Type 45 destroyer | |
22 November | Finland | STX Europe | Turku | Oasis of the Seas | Oasis-class cruise ship | For Royal Caribbean International |
23 November | Romania | Daewoo Mangalia Heavy Industries SA | Mangalia | Monte Aconcagua | Monte-class container ship | For Hamburg Süd[27] |
24 November | Malaysia | PSC-Naval Dockyard | Kelantan | Kedah-class offshore patrol vessel | ||
27 November | Iran | Shahid Tamjidi shipyard | Bandar Anzali | Derafsh | Sina-class fast attack craft | For Islamic Republic of Iran Navy[28] |
28 November | China | Zhejiang Ouhua Shipbuilding | Zhoushan | Medondra | type CV Venus 5300 container ship | For Reederei Buss[29] |
5 December | Finland | STX Europe | Rauma | Baltic Queen | Ferry | For Tallink |
15 December | Germany | Schiffswerft J.J. Sietas | Hamburg-Neuenfelde | Thetis | Sietas typr 178 container ship | For Reederei Drevin, Cuxhaven[30] |
16 December | Romania | Santierul Naval Damen Galati SA | Galați | Kaspar Schepers | Damen Container Feeder 800 container ship | [31] |
27 December | South Korea | Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering | Geoje | MSC Danit | 'MSC Danit-type container ship | For Mediterranean Shipping Company[32] |
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