List of ship launches in 2024

This is a chronological list of some ships launched in 2024.

Date Country Builder Location Ship Class / type Notes
26 January  Netherlands Ferus Smit Westerbroek Arklow Grace For Arklow Shipping[1][2]
25 February  Germany Meyer Werft Papenburg Silver Ray Nova-class cruise ship For Silversea Cruises[3][4]
March  Egypt Viking Hathor River Cruise Ship For Viking Cruises[5]
12 April  Netherlands Ferus Smit Westerbroek Arklow Guard For Arklow Shipping[6][7]
April  France Chantiers de l'Atlantique Saint-Nazaire MSC World America World-class cruise ship For MSC Cruises[8][9][10]
April  Italy Fincantieri Marghera Norwegian Aqua Prima-Plus-class cruise ship For Norwegian Cruise Line[11][12][13]
3 May  Germany Ferus Smit Leer Thun Reliance For Thun Tankers[14][15]
May  Egypt Viking Sokeb River Cruise Ship For Viking Cruises[16]
June  China GNV Orion [17]
28 June  Netherlands Ferus Smit Westerbroek Lidan Lake-Vanern-Max-series For Erik Thun[18][19][20][21]
July  Italy Fincantieri Ancona Viking Vesta Venice-class cruise ship For Viking Ocean Cruises[22][23][24][25]
 Turkey Hetman Iwan Wyhowskyj Ada-class corvette For Ukrainian Navy[26]
3 August  Germany Meyer Werft Papenburg Disney Treasure Cruise Ship For Disney Cruise Line[27][28][29][30]
5 September  France Luminara [31]
September  Italy Fincantieri Monfalcone Star Princess Sphere-class cruise ship For Princess Cruises[32][33][34]
25 October  Netherlands Ferus Smit Westerbroek Spiken Lake-Vanern-Max-series For Erik Thun[35][36][37][38][39]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Alicat Workboats Ltd. Great Yarmouth Rachel Parsons Electric boat For North Star Renewables.[40]
 Italy Cantiere Navale Visentini Porto Viro ML Freyja ferry For Mann Lines[41]
November  Portugal Star Seeker Cruise ship For Windstar Cruises[42][43][44][45][46]
Scheduled  United Kingdom BAE Systems Submarine Solutions Barrow-in-Furness Agamemnon Astute-class submarine For Royal Navy.[47]

References

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  1. ^ "Nb. 457 'Arklow Grace' successfully launched". January 26, 2024.
  2. ^ "Launching of Nb. 457 'Arklow Grace'". January 17, 2024.
  3. ^ "Silver Ray Set for Float Out - Cruise Industry News | Cruise News". cruiseindustrynews.com.
  4. ^ "Silver Ray Floats Out - Cruise Industry News | Cruise News". cruiseindustrynews.com.
  5. ^ Viking Marks Float Out of Newest Egypt Ship. 21 March 2024. Retrrieved 3 December 2024.
  6. ^ "Nb. 458 'Arklow Guard' successfully launched". April 12, 2024.
  7. ^ "Launching of Nb. 458 'Arklow Guard'". March 27, 2024.
  8. ^ "Le MSC World America mis à l'eau et transféré au bassin de Penhoët | Mer et Marine". www.meretmarine.com (in French). 2024-04-08. Retrieved 2024-04-08.
  9. ^ "Saint-Nazaire : l'Ilma change de quai en attendant de passer en cale sèche | Mer et Marine". www.meretmarine.com (in French). 2024-04-08. Retrieved 2024-04-08.
  10. ^ Blenkey, Nick (2024-04-10). "With CLIA reporting passenger volume climbing, cruising marks new milestones". Marine Log. Retrieved 2024-05-09.
  11. ^ Norwegian Cruise Line and Fincantieri celebrate float out of all-new Norwegian Aqua, Retrieved on 4 April 2024.
  12. ^ NORWEGIAN CRUISE LINE AND FINCANTIERI CELEBRATE FLOAT OUT OF ALL-NEW NORWEGIAN AQUA, Retrieved on 24 April 2024.
  13. ^ New Norwegian Aqua Floats Out At Fincantieri, Retrieved on 24 April 2024.
  14. ^ "Nb. 468 'Thun Reliance' successfully launched". May 3, 2024.
  15. ^ "Launching of Nb. 468 'Thun Reliance' for Erik Thun AB / Thun Tankers". April 24, 2024.
  16. ^ Viking Marks Float Out of Newest Egypt Ship. 14 May 2024. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
  17. ^ "Varato in Cina Gnv Orion nuovo traghetto supergreen del Gruppo Msc". www.msn.com. Retrieved 2024-12-05.
  18. ^ "Nb. 463 'Lidan' successfully launched". June 28, 2024.
  19. ^ "Launching of Nb. 463 'Lidan' for Erik Thun AB". June 17, 2024.
  20. ^ "Welcome MV Lidan – our first plug-in hybrid Lake Vanern Max-vessel! « Thunbolagen". thun.se.
  21. ^ "Launching Lidan AVE Solutions". thun.se.
  22. ^ "Fincantieri | Fincantieri: "Viking Vesta" floated out in Ancona".
  23. ^ "New Viking Vesta Floats Out in Ancona - Cruise Industry News | Cruise News".
  24. ^ "Viking Vesta".
  25. ^ "Viking Cruises' 2025 Newbuild to be Named Viking Vesta - Cruise Industry News | Cruise News".
  26. ^ "In Istanbul Korvette für die Ukraine vom Stapel gelassen". 2 August 2024.
  27. ^ "Meyer Werft: Disney Treasure hat Baudock verlassen".
  28. ^ "Meyer Werft: Disney Treasure hat Baudock verlassen". YouTube. 3 August 2024.
  29. ^ "Disney Treasure Floats Out at Meyer Werft - Cruise Industry News | Cruise News".
  30. ^ "Meyer Werft dockt die »Disney Treasure« aus". 5 August 2024.
  31. ^ "Le second navire de luxe de Ritz-Carlton transféré au bassin de Penhoët | Mer et Marine". 6 September 2024.
  32. ^ "Fincantieri | Fincantieri: "Star Princess" launched in Monfalcone". www.fincantieri.com. Retrieved 2024-12-05.
  33. ^ Tunney, Donna (2024-09-26). "Star Princess Reaches Major Construction Milestone at Shipyard". Cruise Hive. Retrieved 2024-12-05.
  34. ^ "Fincantieri's Monfalcone yard floats out Star Princess". www.seatrade-cruise.com. Retrieved 2024-12-05.
  35. ^ "ERIK THUN LAUNCHES THE NEXT-GENERATION LAKE VANERN MAX VESSEL" (PDF). thun.se.
  36. ^ "Welcome MV Spiken! « Thunbolagen". thun.se.
  37. ^ "Launching of Nb. 464 'Spiken' for Erik Thun AB". September 29, 2024.
  38. ^ "Nb. 464 'Spiken' successfully launched". October 25, 2024.
  39. ^ Meyer, Michael (October 29, 2024). "Zweiter Hybrid-Neubau für Erik Thun läuft bei Ferus Smit vom Stapel". hansa-online.de.
  40. ^ "Rachel Parsons". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  41. ^ "Visentini launched the new methanol-ready ro-ro ship for Mann Lines". Shippax.
  42. ^ "Star Seeker". scontent-ham3-1.xx.fbcdn.net. Archived from the original on 2024-11-27.
  43. ^ "Star Seeker front view". scontent-ham3-1.xx.fbcdn.net. Archived from the original on 2024-11-27.
  44. ^ "Star Seeker side view". scontent-ham3-1.xx.fbcdn.net. Archived from the original on 2024-11-27.
  45. ^ "Star Seeker propeller". scontent-ham3-1.xx.fbcdn.net. Archived from the original on 2024-11-27.
  46. ^ "Star Seeker side view 2". scontent-ham3-1.xx.fbcdn.net. Archived from the original on 2024-11-27.
  47. ^ "Agamemnon". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 26 September 2024.