The list of ship launches in 2008 includes a chronological list of ships launched in 2008. __NOTOC__ Date Ship Class / type Builder Location Country Note 18 January SuperSpeed 2 RoPax-ferry Aker Yards Rauma For Color Line 26 January Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi 26 January Rio de la Plata Rio-class container ship Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. Okpo For Hamburg Süd 1 February Ruby Princess Modified Fincantieri Monfalcone For Princess Cruises 1 February Bremen Express Colombo-Express-classe container ship Hyundai Heavy Industries Ulsan For Hapag Lloyd 5 February Margrethe Mærsk M-class container ship Odense Staalskibsvaerft Lindø For Maersk Line 5 February Tanker Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries 6 February MSC Fantasia Fantasia-class cruise ship Chantiers de l’Atlantique Saint Nazaire For MSC Cruises 13 February Sevmash Severodvinsk 17 February Anne-Sofie Sietas type 161 heavy lift vessel J.J. Sietas Hamburg-Neuenfelde For SAL Heavy Lift 21 February Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut 24 February Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine 1 March Eemshorn Ferus Smit Leer 5 March Atlântida Passenger ship Estaleiros Navais de Viana do Castelo Viana do Castelo For Atlanticoline SA 10 March Navantia Ferrol 14 March Combi Dock II Combi Dock-class For K/S Combi Lift 28 March Marchen Mærsk M-class container ship Odense Staalskibsvaerft Lindø For Maersk Line March Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Okpo 6 April National Steel & Shipbuilding San Diego, California 19 April Rio de Janeiro Rio-class container ship Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. Okpo For Hamburg Süd 26 April Independence-class littoral combat ship Austal USA Mobile, Alabama For US Navy 30 April Racha Bhum Type Stocznia Gdynia 8184-container ship Stocznia Gdynia Gdynia 3 May UC3 Nautilus midget submarine Copenhagen 17 May Monte Azul Monte-class container ship Daewoo Mangalia Heavy Industries SA Mangalia For Hamburg Süd 4 June Maren Mærsk M-class container ship Odense Staalskibsvaerft Lindø For Maersk Line 4 June An Jung-geun Type 214 submarine Hyundai Heavy Industries For South Korean Navy 12 June Seefalke Seeadler-class fishery protection vessel Peene-Werft Wolgast For German Federal Coast Guard 21 June Spirit of Mystery Lugger Colin Rees Milbrook Replica of Mystery 30 June Costa Pacifica Fincantieri Sestri Ponente For Costa Cruises 30 June Costa Luminosa Hybrid Vista-class and Spirit-class cruise ship Fincantieri Marghera For Costa Cruises 12 July Legend-class cutter NGSS Ingalls Pascagoula, Mississippi 12 July CMA CGM Vela Container ship Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Okpo For CMA CGM 15 July Tridente Type 214 submarine HDW Kiel For Portuguese Navy 18 July Vera Rambow Sietas typr 178 container ship Schiffswerft J.J. Sietas Hamburg-Neuenfelde For Rambow Bereederungs Gesellschaft 20 July MSC Splendida Fantasia-class cruise ship Aker Yards Saint Nazaire For MSC Crociere 4 August Combi Dock III Combi Dock-class For K/S Combi Lift 4 August OSA Goliath Goliath-class crane ship Pt. Drydocks World Pertama Batam For CVI Global Lux Oil & Gas 4 Sàrl 10 August Celebrity Solstice Meyer Werft Papenburg For Celebrity Cruises 22 August Trina Sietas type 161 heavy lift vessel J.J. Sietas Hamburg-Neuenfelde For SAL Heavy Lift 26 August Mette Mærsk M-class container ship Odense Staalskibsvaerft Lindø For Maersk Line 30 August Rio Negro Rio-class container ship Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. Okpo For Hamburg SüdAugustGeneral cargo vessel 6 September Monte Alegre Monte-class container ship Daewoo Mangalia Heavy Industries SA Mangalia For Hamburg Süd 16 September Rolldock Sun S-class Heavy lift ship Larsen & Toubro Hazira For Rolldock 18 September National Steel & Shipbuilding San Diego, California 25 September Ro-Ro Ferry Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft Flensburg 26 September Research vessel Halter Marine, Inc. Pascagoula, Mississippi 27 September Citadel Ferus Smit Leer 2 October Charlotta Sietas type 178 container ship Schiffswerft J.J. Sietas Hamburg-Neuenfelde For Reederei Gerd Bartels 8 October Tunku Abdul Razak Scorpène-class submarine Navantia Cartagena For Royal Malaysian Navy 9 October Laganborg Koninklijke Niestern Sander Delfzijl For 15 October 15 October Ro-Ro Ferry Astilleros de Huelva, Sevilla For Seatruck Ferries 17 October Stefan Sibum SSW Super 1000 container ship Schichau Seebeckwerft Bremerhaven Reederei Bernd Sibum 17 October Meerkatze Seeadler-class fishery protection vessel Peene-Werft Wolgast For German Federal Coast Guard 18 October Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine 24 October Carnival Dream Fincantieri Monfalcone For Carnival Cruise Lines 27 October Susan Borchard Damen Container Feeder 800 container ship Santierul Naval Damen Galati SA Galați 1 November Sarafsa Motor yacht Babcock Marine Ltd. Appledore For private owner. 3 November Regine Sietas type 161 heavy lift vessel J.J. Sietas Hamburg-Neuenfelde For SAL Heavy Lift 5 November Chemical tanker Marmara Shipyards Istanbul 7 November Marit Mærsk M-class container ship Odense Staalskibsvaerft Lindø For Maersk Line 17 November Type 45 destroyer BVT Surface Fleet Govan 22 November STX Europe Turku For Royal Caribbean International 23 November Monte Aconcagua Monte-class container ship Daewoo Mangalia Heavy Industries SA Mangalia For Hamburg Süd 24 November Kelantan PSC-Naval Dockyard 27 November Derafsh Shahid Tamjidi shipyard Bandar Anzali For Islamic Republic of Iran Navy 28 November Medondra type CV Venus 5300 container ship Zhejiang Ouhua Shipbuilding Zhoushan For Reederei Buss 5 December Baltic QueenFerry STX Europe Rauma For Tallink 15 December Thetis Sietas typr 178 container ship Schiffswerft J.J. Sietas Hamburg-Neuenfelde For Reederei Drevin, Cuxhaven 16 December Kaspar Schepers Damen Container Feeder 800 container ship Santierul Naval Damen Galati SA Galați 27 December MSC Danit MSC Danit-type container ship Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Geoje For Mediterranean Shipping Company
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