The list of ship launches in 2003 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 2003.
| Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class / type | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 January | Hyundai Heavy Industries | Ulsan | Berlin Express | Hamburg-Express-class container ship | For Hapag Lloyd[1] | |
| 8 January | Daewoo Mangalia | Mangalia | Coneste | Sietas type 178 container ship | For Bernd Bartels[2] | |
| 18 January | Cantiere Navale Visentini | Donada | Eurostar Valencia | Ro-pax ferry | For Grimaldi Group | |
| 19 January | Odense Staalskibsvaerft | Lindø | Axel Mærsk | Mærsk A-class container ship | For Mærsk Line[3] | |
| 4 February | Estaleiros Navais de Viana do Castelo | Viana do Castelo | Rio Alexander | IMO 9267534 | ||
| 7 February | Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft | Flensburg | Beachy Head | Point-class sealift ship | For British Armed Forces | |
| 28 February | Kvaerner Masa-Yards | Turku | Mariner of the Seas | Voyager-class cruise ship | For Royal Caribbean International | |
| 3 March | Xiamen Shipbuilding Industry | Xiamen | Rickmers New Orleans | type Superflex Heavy MPC container ship | For Rickmers Group[4] | |
| 8 March | Geoje | Samsung Heavy Industries | OOCL Long Beach | OOCL SX-class container ship | For Orient Overseas Container Line[5] | |
| 21 March | Chantiers de l'Atlantique | St. Nazaire | Queen Mary 2 | Ocean liner | For Cunard Line | |
| 21 March | Blohm + Voss | Hamburg | Kedah | Kedah-class offshore patrol vessel | ||
| 4 April | Odense Staalskibsvaerft | Lindø | Anna Mærsk | Mærsk A-class container ship | For Mærsk Line[6] | |
| 12 April | Ulsan | Hyundai Heavy Industries | MSC Viviana | Sealand-New-York-type container ship | For Freesia International Corporation[7] | |
| 13 April | Ulsan | Hyundai Heavy Industries | Maersk Kalamata | Sealand-New-York-type container ship | For Costamare Shipping[8] | |
| 18 April | Mazagon Dock Limited | Mumbai | Shivalik | Shivalik-class frigate | ||
| 19 April | Koninklijke Schelde Groep | Flushing | Evertsen | De Zeven Provinciën-class frigate | ||
| 29 April | Jiangnan Shipyard | Shanghai | Lanzhou | Type 052C air defense destroyer | ||
| 3 May | Appledore Shipbuilders | Appledore, North Devon | Coruisk | Ferry | For Caledonian MacBrayne | |
| 16 May | Tenix Defence Systems | Williamstown, Victoria | Toowoomba | Anzac-class frigate | ||
| 16 May | Navatia | Ferrol | Blas de Lezo | Álvaro de Bazán-class frigate | For Armada Española | |
| 23 May | Mærsk Line | Kerteminde, Denmark | Olga Mærsk | Olga Mærsk-Class container ship | For Mærsk Line[9] | |
| 6 June | Terra Nova | Gothenburg | Götheborg | East Indiaman Replica | For Svenska Ostindiska Companiet AB | |
| 14 June | VT Group | Southampton | HMS Mersey | River-class patrol vessel | For Royal Navy | |
| 16 June | Xiamen Shipbuilding Industry | Xiamen | Rickmers Jakarta | type Superflex Heavy MPC container ship | For Rickmers Group[10] | |
| 20 June | Meyer Werft | Papenburg | Serenade of the Seas | Radiance-class cruise ship | For Royal Caribbean International[11] | |
| 25 June | Ingalls Shipbuilding | Pascagoula, Mississippi | James E. Williams | Arleigh Burke-class destroyer | ||
| 3 July | Odense Staalskibsvaerft | Lindø | Arnold Mærsk | Mærsk A-class container ship | For Mærsk Line[12] | |
| 12 July | Avondale Shipyard | Avondale, Louisiana | San Antonio | San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock | ||
| 18 July | Swan Hunter | Wallsend, England | Largs Bay | Bay-class landing ship dock | ||
| 19 July | Bath Iron Works | Bath, Maine | Momsen | Arleigh Burke-class destroyer | ||
| 26 July | Nordseewerke | Emden | Hessen | Sachsen-class frigate | ||
| 2 August | Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft | Kiel | Spioenkop | Valour-class frigate | For South African Navy | |
| 16 August | Electric Boat | Groton, Connecticut | Virginia | Virginia-class submarine | For US Navy | |
| 16 August | Hyundai Heavy Industries | Ulsan | Adriana Star | Type Hyundai 2530 TEU container ship | [13] | |
| 29 August | Sazanami | Takanami-class destroyer | ||||
| 31 August | Estaleiros Navais de Viana do Castelo | Viana do Castelo | Rio Alexander | IMO 9267546 | ||
| 22 September | Schiffswerft J.J. Sietas | Hamburg-Neuenfelde | Stina | Sietas type 168 container ship | For Jan Breuer[14] | |
| 1 October | J.J. Sietas | Hamburg-Neuenfelde | Annette | Sietas type 161 | For SAL Heavy Lift[15] | |
| 1 October | J.J. Sietas | Hamburg-Neuenfelde | Maria | Sietas type 161 | For SAL Heavy Lift[16] | |
| 1 October | Takashio | Oyashio-class submarine | ||||
| 2 October | HDW | Kiel | Pahang | Kedah-class offshore patrol vessel | ||
| 2 October | Ulsan | Hyundai Heavy Industries | MSC Marina | Sealand-New-York-type container ship | [17] | |
| 8 October | Odense Staalskibsvaerft | Lindø | Arthur Mærsk | Mærsk A-class container ship | For Mærsk Line[18] | |
| 16 October | Aker Finnyards | Rauma, Finland | Victoria I | Cruiseferry | For Tallink | |
| 23 October | Direction des Constructions Navales | Cherbourg | O’Higgins | Scorpène-class submarine | For Armada de Chile | |
| 30 October | Jiangnan Shipyard | Shanghai | Haikou | Type 052C air defense destroyer | ||
| 6 November | Fincantieri | Muggiano | Salvatore Todaro | Type 212 submarine | For Italian Navy | |
| November | Nordseewerke | Emden | U 32 | Type 212 submarine | For German Navy | |
| 27 December | Geoje | Samsung Heavy Industries | OOCL Qingdao | OOCL SX-class container ship | For Orient Overseas Container Line[19] | |
| Date unknown | Shanhaiguan Shipyard | Qinhuangdao | Mayflower Resolution | Turbine Installation Vessel | For Mayflower Energy Ltd | |
| Date unknown | Sumitomo Heavy Industries | Yokosuka, Japan | Mastera | Crude oil tanker |
References
- ^ "DNV GL: Berlin Express". Retrieved 2017-09-10.
- ^ "DNV GL: Conteste". Retrieved 2017-10-02.
- ^ "ABS: Axel Mærsk". Retrieved 2017-07-05.
- ^ "DNV GL: Rickmers New Orleans". Retrieved 2017-08-19.
- ^ "ABS: Seamax Bridgeport". Retrieved 2017-09-30.
- ^ "ABS: Anna Mærsk". Retrieved 2017-07-05.
- ^ "DNV GL: MSC Methoni". Retrieved 2017-08-26.
- ^ "DNV GL: MSC Kalamata". Retrieved 2017-08-26.
- ^ "Vessel overview". www.maerskline.com. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
- ^ "DNV GL: Rickmers Jakarta". Retrieved 2017-08-19.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-28. Retrieved 2010-10-20.
- ^ "ABS: Arnold Mærsk". Retrieved 2017-07-05.
- ^ "DNV GL: HSL Sheffield". Retrieved 2017-06-08.
- ^ "DNV GL: Katherine Borchard". Retrieved 2017-10-02.
- ^ "DNV GL: Annette". Retrieved 2017-10-03.
- ^ "DNV GL: Maria". Retrieved 2017-10-03.
- ^ "DNV GL: MSC Marina". Retrieved 2017-08-26.
- ^ "ABS: Arthur Mærsk". Retrieved 2017-07-05.
- ^ "ABS: OOCL Qingdao". Retrieved 2017-09-30.
See also
| Ship events in 2003 | |||||||||||
| Ship launches: | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 |
| Ship commissionings: | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 |
| Ship decommissionings: | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 |
| Shipwrecks: | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 |