The list of ship launches in 2002 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 2002. __NOTOC__ Date Ship Class / type Builder Location Country Notes 19 January P&O Nedlloyd Encounter Santa-R-class container ship Samsung Heavy Industries Geoje For Offen Group 25 January Kvaerner Masa-Yards Turku For Royal Caribbean International 1 February Lykes Ranger Charleston-Express-class container ship China Shipbuilding Corporation Kaohsiung For Lykes Lines 9 February E.R. India Samsung 5500-class container ship Samsung Heavy Industries Goeje 9 February Nathalie Ehler Sietas type 178 container ship Schiffswerft J.J. Sietas Hamburg-Neuenfelde For Reederei Ehler 25 February MSC Marianna Sealand-New-York-type container ship Ulsan Hyundai Heavy Industries For Costamare Shipping 28 February Izar Ferrol 28 February Maersk Kobe Sealand-New-York-type container ship Ulsan Hyundai Heavy Industries For Costamare Shipping 3 March P&O Nedlloyd Botany Santa-R-class container ship Samsung Heavy Industries Geoje For Offen Group 4 March Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. Appledore For Royal Navy. 16 March MSC Barbara Sealand-New-York-type container ship Ulsan Hyundai Heavy Industries For Costamare Shipping 20 March Type 212 submarine HDW Kiel For German Navy 20 March E.R. Denmark Samsung 5500-class container ship Samsung Heavy Industries Goeje 22 March Antje-Helen Wulff Type Stocznia Gdynia 8184-container ship Stocznia Gdynia Gdynia 5 April MSC Michaela Sealand-New-York-type container ship Ulsan Hyundai Heavy Industries For Costamare Shipping 12 April Cornelia Mærsk Mærsk C-class container ship Odense Staalskibsvaerft Lindø For Maersk Line 13 April Koninklijke Schelde Groep Flushing 19 April Hurst Point Point-class sealift ship Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft Flensburg For British Armed Forces 26 April National Steel and Shipbuilding Company San Diego, California 27 April River-class patrol vessel VT Group Southampton For Royal Navy 2 May survey vessel VT Group: Appledore Shipbuilders Appledore For Royal Navy. 11 May P&O Nedlloyd Barossa Valley Type Hyundai 2530 TEU container ship STX Offshore & Shipbuilding Jinhae 11 May MSC Loretta Sealand-New-York-type container ship Ulsan Hyundai Heavy Industries For Costamare Shipping 12 May P&O Nedlloyd Pegasus Santa-R-class container ship Samsung Heavy Industries Geoje For Offen Group 18 May Contship Aurora Dublin Express-class container ship Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Geoje For Contship Containerlines 20 May E.R. Sweden Samsung 5500-class container ship Samsung Heavy Industries Goeje 25 May Tenix Defence Systems Williamstown, Victoria 25 May Type 052B destroyer Jiangnan Shipyard Shanghai 25 May Type 052B destroyer Jiangnan Shipyard Shanghai 25 May Rickmers Tokyo Type Superflex Heavy MPC container ship Xiamen Shipbuilding Industry Xiamen For Rickmers Group 30 May Rickmers Singapore Type Superflex Heavy MPC container ship Nanjing Jinling Shipyard Nanjing For Rickmers Group 31 May Meyer Werft Papenburg For Royal Caribbean InternationalPress Ticker 6 June Blohm + Voss Hamburg, Germany For South African Navy 14 June P&O Nedlloyd Dubai Type Stocznia Gdynia 8184-container ship Stocznia Gdynia Gdynia 22 June Nakhoda-Ragam-class corvette BAE Systems Marine Scotstoun For Royal Brunei Navy 24 June Rickmers Shanghai Type Superflex Heavy MPC container ship Shanghai Shipyard & Chengxi Shipyard Shanghai For Rickmers Group 25 June TMM Guanajuato Charleston-Express-class container ship China Shipbuilding Corporation Kaohsiung For Transportacion Maritima Mexicana 26 June Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi 28 June Columbine Mærsk Mærsk C-class container ship Odense Staalskibsvaerft Lindø For Maersk Line 16 July Hellespont Tara TI-class supertanker Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Geoje For Hellespont 1 August Ferry Harland & Wolff Belfast For Bank Line. 3 August P&O Nedlloyd Palliser Santa-R-class container ship Samsung Heavy Industries Geoje For Offen Group 8 August 16 August HDW Kiel 16 August Eddystone Point-class sealift ship Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft Flensburg For British Armed Forces 20 August Rickmers Seoul Type Superflex Heavy MPC container ship Shanghai Shipyard & Chengxi Shipyard Shanghai For Rickmers Group 24 August Hong Kong Express Hamburg-Express-class container ship Hyundai Heavy Industries Ulsan For Hapag Lloyd 6 September Ferry Harland & Wolff Belfast For Bank Line. 7 September Stena Britannica II Seamaster-RoPax-ferry Hyundai Heavy Industries Ulsan For Stena Line 7 September Pioneer Ocean Sietas type 178 container ship Schiffswerft J.J. Sietas Hamburg-Neuenfelde 14 September Columbus New Zealand Santa-R-class container ship Samsung Heavy Industries Geoje For Offen Group 16 September Pride of America Cruise ship Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi For American Classic Cruises 2 October Clementine Mærsk Mærsk C-class container ship Odense Staalskibsvaerft Lindø For Maersk Line 17 October China Shipbuilding Kaohsiung 17 October Lykes Flyer Charleston-Express-class container ship China Shipbuilding Corporation Kaohsiung For Lykes Lines 17 October TMM Yucatán Charleston-Express-class container ship China Shipbuilding Corporation Kaohsiung For Transportacion Maritima Mexicana 21 Oktober P&O Nedlloyd Mairangi Santa-R-class container ship Samsung Heavy Industries Geoje For Offen Group 23 October 25 October Lina Sietas type 178 container ship Schiffswerft J.J. Sietas Hamburg-Neuenfelde For Reederei Heinz-Georg Vöge 26 October Maersk Kolkata Sealand-New-York-type container ship Ulsan Hyundai Heavy Industries For Costamare Shipping 27 October Norwegian Dawn Cruise ship Meyer Werft Papenburg For Norwegian Cruise Line 31 October Seamaster-RoPax-ferry Hyundai Heavy Industries Ulsan For Stena Line 2 November Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine 4 November Rickmers Antwerp Type Superflex Heavy MPC container ship Xiamen Shipbuilding Industry Xiamen For Rickmers Group 8 November Longstone Point-class sealift ship Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft Flensburg For British Armed Forces date Offshore supply vessel Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. Appledore For Toisa Ltd. 22 November Pioneer Lake Sietas type 178 container ship Schiffswerft J.J. Sietas Hamburg-Neuenfelde 4 December River-class patrol vessel VT Group Southampton For Royal Navy 5 December Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft Kiel, Germany For South African Navy 15 December Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi 26 December OOCL Shenzhen OOCL SX-class container shipSamsung Heavy IndustriesGeoje For Orient Overseas Container Line Unknown date Faoilean Workboat David Abels Boatbuilders Ltd. Bristol For private owner.Unknown dateGrigory LovtsovRo-ro coastal cargo shipWatanabe Zosen K. K.JapanUnknown dateFireboatStocznia TczewTczew, PolandFor Rotterdam Port Authority Unknown date Crude oil tanker Sumitomo Heavy Industries Yokosuka, Japan For Neste Oil; first double acting tanker
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