List of ship launches in 2008 explained

The list of ship launches in 2008 includes a chronological list of ships launched in 2008.

	Country	Builder	Location	Ship	Class / type	Note
18 January		Aker Yards	Rauma	SuperSpeed 2	RoPax-ferry	For Color Line[1]
26 January		Ingalls Shipbuilding	Pascagoula, Mississippi
26 January		Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co.	Okpo	Rio de la Plata	Rio-class container ship	For Hamburg Süd[2]
1 February		Fincantieri	Monfalcone	Ruby Princess	Modified	For Princess Cruises
1 February			Ulsan	Bremen Express	Colombo-Express-classe container ship	For Hapag Lloyd[3]
5 February		Odense Staalskibsvaerft	Lindø	Margrethe Mærsk	M-class container ship	For Mærsk Line[4]
5 February					Tanker
6 February	France	Chantiers de l’Atlantique	Saint Nazaire	MSC Fantasia	Fantasia-class cruise ship	For MSC Cruises
13 February		Sevmash	Severodvinsk
17 February		J.J. Sietas	Hamburg-Neuenfelde	Anne-Sofie	Sietas type 161 heavy lift vessel	For SAL Heavy Lift[5]
21 February		Electric Boat	Groton, Connecticut
24 February		Bath Iron Works	Bath, Maine
1 March		Ferus Smit	Leer	Eemshorn
5 March		Estaleiros Navais de Viana do Castelo	Viana do Castelo	Atlântida	Passenger ship	For Atlanticoline SA[6]
10 March		Navantia	Ferrol
14 March				Combi Dock II	Combi Dock-class	For K/S Combi Lift[7]
28 March		Odense Staalskibsvaerft	Lindø	Marchen Mærsk	M-class container ship	For Mærsk Line[8]
March		Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering	Okpo
6 April		National Steel & Shipbuilding	San Diego, California
19 April		Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co.	Okpo	Rio de Janeiro	Rio-class container ship	For Hamburg Süd[9]
26 April		Austal USA	Mobile, Alabama		Independence-class littoral combat ship	For US Navy
30 April		Stocznia Gdynia	Gdynia	Racha Bhum	Type Stocznia Gdynia 8184-container ship	[10]
3 May			Copenhagen	UC3 Nautilus	midget submarine
17 May		Daewoo Mangalia Heavy Industries SA	Mangalia	Monte Azul	Monte-class container ship	For Hamburg Süd[11]
4 June		Odense Staalskibsvaerft	Lindø	Maren Mærsk	M-class container ship	For Mærsk Line[12]
4 June		Hyundai Heavy Industries		An Jung-geun	Type 214 submarine	For South Korean Navy
12 June		Peene-Werft	Wolgast	Seefalke	Seeadler-class fishery protection vessel	For German Federal Coast Guard
21 June		Colin Rees	Milbrook	Spirit of Mystery	Lugger	Replica of Mystery
30 June		Fincantieri	Sestri Ponente	Costa Pacifica		For Costa Cruises
30 June		Fincantieri	Marghera	Costa Luminosa	Hybrid Vista-class and Spirit-class cruise ship	For Costa Cruises
12 July		NGSS Ingalls	Pascagoula, Mississippi		Legend-class cutter
12 July		Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering	Okpo	CMA CGM Vela	Container ship	For CMA CGM
15 July		HDW	Kiel	Tridente	Type 214 submarine	For Portuguese Navy
18 July		Schiffswerft J.J. Sietas	Hamburg-Neuenfelde	Vera Rambow	Sietas typr 178 container ship	For Rambow Bereederungs Gesellschaft[13]
20 July		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		Pt. Drydocks World Pertama	Batam	OSA Goliath	Goliath-class crane ship	For CVI Global Lux Oil & Gas 4 Sàrl[16]
10 August		Meyer Werft	Papenburg	Celebrity Solstice
22 August		J.J. Sietas	Hamburg-Neuenfelde	Trina	Sietas type 161 heavy lift vessel	For SAL Heavy Lift[17]
26 August		Odense Staalskibsvaerft	Lindø	Mette Mærsk	M-class container ship	For Mærsk Line[18]
30 August		Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co.	Okpo	Rio Negro	Rio-class container ship	For Hamburg Süd[19]
August					General cargo vessel
6 September		Daewoo Mangalia Heavy Industries SA	Mangalia	Monte Alegre	Monte-class container ship	For Hamburg Süd[20]
16 September		Larsen & Toubro	Hazira	Rolldock Sun	S-class Heavy lift ship	For Rolldock[21]
18 September		National Steel & Shipbuilding	San Diego, California
25 September		Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft	Flensburg		Ro-Ro Ferry
26 September		Halter Marine, Inc.	Pascagoula, Mississippi		Research vessel
27 September		Ferus Smit	Leer	Citadel
2 October		Schiffswerft J.J. Sietas	Hamburg-Neuenfelde	Charlotta	Sietas type 178 container ship	For Reederei Gerd Bartels[22]
8 October		Navantia	Cartagena	Tunku Abdul Razak	Scorpène-class submarine	For Royal Malaysian Navy
9 October	Netherlands	Koninklijke Niestern Sander	Delfzijl	Laganborg		For
15 October
15 October		Astilleros de Huelva,	Sevilla		Ro-Ro Ferry	For Seatruck Ferries
17 October		Schichau Seebeckwerft	Bremerhaven	Stefan Sibum	SSW Super 1000 container ship	Reederei Bernd Sibum
17 October		Peene-Werft	Wolgast	Meerkatze	Seeadler-class fishery protection vessel	For German Federal Coast Guard
18 October		Bath Iron Works	Bath, Maine
24 October		Fincantieri	Monfalcone	Carnival Dream		For Carnival Cruise Lines[23]
27 October		Santierul Naval Damen Galati SA	Galați	Susan Borchard	Damen Container Feeder 800 container ship	[24]
1 November	United Kingdom	Babcock Marine Ltd.	Appledore	Sarafsa	Motor yacht	For private owner.[25]
3 November		J.J. Sietas	Hamburg-Neuenfelde	Regine	Sietas type 161 heavy lift vessel	For SAL Heavy Lift[26]
5 November		Marmara Shipyards	Istanbul		Chemical tanker
7 November		Odense Staalskibsvaerft	Lindø	Marit Mærsk	M-class container ship	For Mærsk Line[27]
17 November		BVT Surface Fleet	Govan		Type 45 destroyer
22 November		STX Europe	Turku			For Royal Caribbean International
23 November		Daewoo Mangalia Heavy Industries SA	Mangalia	Monte Aconcagua	Monte-class container ship	For Hamburg Süd[28]
24 November	Malaysia	PSC-Naval Dockyard		Kelantan
27 November		Shahid Tamjidi shipyard	Bandar Anzali	Derafsh		For Islamic Republic of Iran Navy
28 November		Zhejiang Ouhua Shipbuilding	Zhoushan	Medondra	type CV Venus 5300 container ship	For Reederei Buss[29]
5 December		STX Europe	Rauma	Baltic Queen	Ferry	For Tallink
15 December		Schiffswerft J.J. Sietas	Hamburg-Neuenfelde	Thetis	Sietas typr 178 container ship	For Reederei Drevin, Cuxhaven[30]
16 December		Santierul Naval Damen Galati SA	Galați	Kaspar Schepers	Damen Container Feeder 800 container ship	[31]
27 December		Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering	Geoje	MSC Danit	MSC Danit-type container ship	For Mediterranean Shipping Company[32]

Notes and References

1. Web site: M/S SUPERSPEED 2.. 2016-02-19.
2. Web site: DNV GL: Rio de La Plata. 2017-08-19.
3. Web site: DNV GL: Bremen Express. 2017-06-03.
4. Web site: Gerner Mærsk. 2017-07-05.
5. Web site: DNV GL: Anne-Sofie. 2017-10-06.
6. Web site: M/S ATLÂNTIDA.. 2016-07-17.
7. Web site: DBV GL: Blue Giant. 2018-01-20.
8. Web site: Gunde Mærsk. 2017-07-05.
9. Web site: DNV GL: Rio de Janeiro. 2017-08-19.
10. Web site: DNV GL: Racha Bhum. 2016-10-12.
11. Web site: DNV GL: Monte Azul. 2017-08-12.
12. Web site: Gunhilde Mærsk. 2017-07-05.
13. Web site: DNV GL: Vera Rambow. 2017-10-02.
14. Web site: Kreuzfahrtschiff MSC SPLENDIDA (2009) | Kreuzfahrthafen Warnemünde.
15. Web site: DNV GL: Dock III. 2018-01-20.
16. Web site: ABS: NOR Goliath. 2018-02-21.
17. Web site: DNV GL: Trina. 2017-10-06.
18. Web site: Gustav Mærsk. 2017-07-05.
19. Web site: DNV GL: Rio Negro. 2017-08-19.
20. Web site: DNV GL: Monte Alegre. 2017-08-12.
21. Web site: DNV GL: Rolldock Sun. 2016-10-20.
22. Web site: DNV GL: Charlotta B. 2017-10-02.
23. Web site: Carnival Dream, The Biggest Cruise Ship Ever Built By FINCANTIERI, Launched In MONFALCONE Today . 24 October 2008 . 19 October 2017.
24. Web site: DNV GL: Susan Borchard. 2016-08-18.
25. Web site: Sarafsa . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust . 26 September 2024 .
26. Web site: DNV GL: Regine. 2017-10-06.
27. Web site: Gurhorm Mærsk. 2017-07-05.
28. Web site: DNV GL: Monte Aconcagua. 2017-08-12.
29. Web site: DNV GL: Bernadette. 2017-12-24.
30. Web site: DNV GL: Thetis D. 2017-10-02.
31. Web site: DNV GL: Miriam Borchard. 2016-08-18.
32. Web site: DNV GL: MSC Danit. 2017-06-07. German.