Find here the answer to which is the newest cruise ships currently under construction or on order. You can jump directly to the lists of new vessels on order / under construction (2019-2027), as well as new river ships (2015-2022) and new cruiseferries (2010-2024).
Here you'll find them all - from small to really big to the ever largest cruise vessels from the fleets of Royal Caribbean, Carnival, NCL and MSC. Here are listed also all the major cruise line ship orders for building new ships (with GT between ~2000 and ~230000 tons), with information on their design, building cost, passenger capacit and builders (shipyards).
Our list of newly built cruise ships with first sailings ("Inaugural Cruises", aka "Maiden Voyages") offers simply the most special travel deals ever. These are absolutely unique offers for one-time-only events, which just like our birthdays are moments cherished for a lifetime. Most of the world's top cruise companies add to their fleets one newly build (or acquired) ship every 2 to 4 years on the average.
Newest cruise liners - vessels on order 2018-2027 deliveries
New companies on the cruising market are Dream Cruises (2016, GHK), Virgin Voyages (2017), Ritz-Carlton (2017), Norwegian Yacht Voyages (2017), CSSC Carnival China (2018), Diamond Cruise (2020, China), Anteros Cruises (2017), Zen Cruises (2018, Essel Group India), Merhi Cruises (2018, Lebanon), Blue World Voyages (2019), Cruise Retirement (2020), Arctic Cruise Line (2021).
The largest "small ship" cruise companies are Viking Ocean and Ponant. Industry's estimated revenue for 2018 was USD 40 billion, with projected growth to USD 59 billion (2027). In terms of source passengers, the largest markets are North America (50+%) and Europe (30+%). The fastest-growing market is luxury cruising, with the largest companies being Viking Ocean, Viking Expeditions, Silversea, MSC Expeditions (separate fleet), Crystal (yachts and riverboats), Ponant, Hapag-Lloyd, RSSC-Regent.
New MSC ships 2017-2026
On March 20, 2014, MSC and STX France signed in Paris a letter of intent for building 2 new mega-liners with scheduled deliveries in 2017 (Meraviglia) and 2019 (Bellissima), each with GT 167,600 tons (slightly smaller than Quantum-class / 167,800 GT), but with bigger passenger capacity - 4500 (vs 4180).
In February 2016, MSC announced the building of two "Meraviglia Plus" class liners with max capacity 6300 passengers (200 more cabins and 16 m longer compared to Meraviglia-Class). This order made MSC France's largest private foreign investor - with USD 8,6+ billion in export contracts over a 5-year period. On April 6, 2016, MSC signed a letter of intent with STX France for the construction of up to four World-Class vessels - LNG-powered, with GT tonnage 250,000 tons and max passenger capacity 6800.
On November 29, 2017, MSC announced the order of 2 "Seaside EVO" class ships from Fincantieri (contract value EUR 1,8 billion). The new ships are bigger (16 m longer, 17,330 GT tons heavier, with 200 more cabins / 467 more passengers) in comparison to Seaview and Seaside. Newbuilds' deliveries were scheduled for 2021 (Seashore) and 2023 (tbn). With Seaside EVO, MSC had a total investment of EUR 10,5 billion into 12 new vessels with scheduled deliveries by 2026. The first of four "World Class" vessels will be delivered in 2022.
In October 2018, MSC and Fincantieri signed an MoA (memorandum of agreement) for the construction of 4 ultra-luxury expedition ships with total value EUR 2+ billion. The newbuilds (the first is scheduled for delivery in 2023-Q1) have GT tonnage ~64,000 tons and 500 cabins. The remaining 3 units are due to enter service one per year (2024-2025-2026).
New Carnival ships 2019-2024
In March 2015 Carnival Corporation ordered 9 new vessels to be built by two different companies - Fincantieri SpA (Italy) constructs 5 ships (at Monfalcone and Marghera yards), while Meyer Werft BmbH constructs the other 4 units in Germany (Papenburg) and Finland (Turku).
All new liners feature next-generation designs and marine architecture and technologies, each designed accordingly to the brand it serves (Costa, AIDA, Princess, Holland America, Carnival). In 2019 was established CSSC Carnival Cruise Shipping - a Chinese-American joint venture company with a separate fleet of 2 Costa ships (Atlantica, Mediterranea) plus 2 newbuilds (2023, 2024).
The next video is about Ponant's new Explorer-Class ships.
New cruise ships 2018-2027 under construction and on order
| Shipowner | Ship Name (launch year) | Vessel Details (Gross Tonnage, Capacity | Building Cost (millions USD or EUR) / Shipbuilder |
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Blue Star Line (owned by Clive Palmer) | Titanic 2 (replica of the 2012-built RMS Titanic) November 2022 |
| $500 / CSC Jinling (China) |
| (1) $645 , MHI-Mitsubishi (2) $950, Meyer Werft Papenburg | ||
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TBN 2023, TBN 2024 |
| SWS (Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding Co Ltd) China | |
Queen TBN (2022) |
| $ / Fincantieri | |
Celestyal TBN1 (2021) |
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| $900 / STX France | |
Disney Wish (2022-Q2), Disney TBN (2024), Disney TBN (2025) |
| $ / Meyer Werft (Papenburg Germany) | |
TUI (Hapag-Lloyd Cruises) | Hanseatic Nature (2019 April), Hanseatic Inspiration (2019 October), Hanseatic Spirit (2021) |
| $155 each / VARD Norway-Romania |
Koningsdam (2016), Nieuw Statendam (2018 December), Nieuw Ryndam-Rotterdam (2021 July) |
| $520 each / Fincantieri | |
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| (1-2) $920 each (3-4) $1,1 billion each (5) $850 million each (1-2-3-4) Meyer Werft (5) Fincantieri | |
Oceania Cruises (NCLH) | (Allura-class) - TBN1 (2022), TBN2 (2025) |
| USD 660 each / Fincantieri |
Seaside-class (similar design to Quantum-class) - MSC Seaside (2017 November), MSC Seaview (2018 June) Seaside EVO ships - MSC Seashore (May 2021), tbn (February 2023) Meraviglia class - MSC Meraviglia (2017), MSC Bellissima (2019), MSC TBN (2020), TBN (2023) Meraviglia Plus class - MSC Grandiosa (2019), MSC Virtuosa (2021), (rumour) 4 more ships to be delivered through 2024 4 ships "World Class" - MSC Europa (2022 May), tbn2 (2024), tbn3 (2025), tbn4 (2027) 4 ultra-luxury ships - tbn1 (2023), tbn2 (2024), tbn3 (2025), tbn4 (2026) |
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Seven Seas Explorer (2016), Seven Seas Splendor (2020), TBN (2023-Q4) |
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The USD 2,5 billion financing for both RCI Oasis-class Finland-built ships (8 and 9) was announced in Dec 2017. The international bank consortium includes BNP Paribas (France), HSBC (UK), BBVA (Spain), Commerzbank (Germany), BayernLB (Germany), DZ Bank (Germany), KfW IPEX-Bank (Germany), JPMorgan (USA), Santander Bank (USA), SMBC (Japan). The largest loan package was provided by KfW IPEX (EUR 686 million). Both loans were granted per vessel (separately) with terms of 12 years from the ship's delivery date. On May 9, 2014, was announced the 4th Oasis-class order. On Nov 3, 2015, was announced the 5th Oasis-class order (contract signed on May 25, 2016). On February 18, 2019, was announced the 6th Oasis-class order. On July 2, 2019, was ordered the 3rd Icon-class liner by Meyer Turku. | cost
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Mein Schiff 4 (2015), Mein Schiff 5 (2016), Mein Schiff 6 (2017), Mein Schiff 1 (2018 April), Mein Schiff 2 (2019), Mein Schiff 7 (2023-Q1), Schiff 8 (2024), Schiff 9 (2026) |
| (3, 4, 5, 6) $625 each (1, 2, 7) $614 builder- Meyer Werft (Finland) (8, 9) - Fincantieri (Italy) | |
TUI (Marella Cruises) | 3 transferred / old ships
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| EUR 200 million (each) |
Genting Hong Kong (Crystal Cruises) |
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| $960 each / Lloyd Werft (Germany) |
MS Roald Amundsen (2019 July), MS Fridtjof Nansen (2020), TBN1 (2021) new expedition class vessels designed by Rolls-Royce Marine |
| $220 each / Montex Shipyard (Poland) and Kleven Shipyard (Norway) | |
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SeaDream Yacht Club | SeaDream Innovation (2021-September) | 155-m long mega-yacht, 220 pax, 220 crew, onboard helicopter | Damen (Mangalia, Romania) |
Scenic Eclipse (2019 August), Scenic Eclipse II (2022) 5x superyachts (2021-2027) |
| $230 / 3 Maj Shipyard (Croatia) | |
Genting Hong Kong (Star Cruises, and Dream Cruises) |
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2 smaller ships are for the new brand Viking Expeditions - Viking Octantis (2021) and Viking Polaris (2022), with an option for 2 more VARD-6 design units |
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Spirit Of Discovery (June 2019), Spirit of Adventure (2020) |
| $350 (each) / Meyer Werft | |
Scarlet Lady (2020), Valiant Lady (2021), TBN3 Lady (2022), |
| $710 each / Fincantieri (Genoa) | |
NYV Caroline (2023) plus 3 more same-class yachts (deliveries 2024, 2026, 2027) |
| $ / MetalShips and Docks (Spain) | |
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Evrima (2021), TBN2 (2022), TBN3 (2023) |
| $225 (each) / Barreras Shipyard (Spain) | |
Emerald Azzurra (2021 July) |
| $ / Ha Long City, Vietnam | |
Australias Cruises Patagonia | Ventus Australis (polar expedition ship) 2018 January |
| $ / ASENAV Shipyard (Valdivia, Chile) |
Oceanwide Expeditions | Hondius (May 2019), Janssonius (October 2021) |
| $150 / Brodosplit shipyard (Croatia) |
World Explorer (2019), World Voyager (2020), World Navigator (2021 July), World Traveller (2022), World Seeker (2022), World Adventurer (2023), World Discoverer (2023) |
| $80 / WestSEA (Viana, Portugal) | |
Ultramarine (2021) |
| $130 / Brodosplit Croatia | |
Coral Expeditions | Coral Adventurer (2019), Coral Geographer (2020) |
| $75 each / VARD Vung Tau Vietnam (VARD Norway) |
Tradewind Voyages UK |
| EUR 100 million / Brodosplit (Croatia) | |
Sea Cloud Cruises | Sea Cloud Spirit (2020) |
| MetalShips and Docks (Vigo, Spain) |
Peace Boat | Ecoship (2020) plus 8 optional vessels |
| $ / Arctech Helsinki (Finland) |
Utopia Residences | MS Utopia (2021) |
| $1,1 billion / Samsung Heavy Industries (Geoje Shipyard, South Korea) |
SunStone Ships Inc | Greg Mortimer (2019-Aug), Ocean Victory (2021-Jan), Ocean Explorer (2021-Jan), Sylvia Earle (2021-Sept), Ocean Odyssey (2022-Feb), Ocean Discoverer (2023-March), Ocean Albatros (2022-Oct) |
All vessels are owned by SunStone and chartered to companies like Aurora Expeditions, Victory Cruise Line, Vantage Travel, Albatros Expeditions. | $65 / CMIH-China |
Antarctica XXI | Magellan Explorer (2019 November) |
| $50 / ASENAV Shipyard (Valdivia, Chile) |
CPTM-Aranui Cruises |
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Vodohod Russia (via Swan Hellenic Cruises) | SH Minerva (2021), SH Vega (2022-Q2), SH TBN (2022-Q4) | 10500 tons, length 115 m, pax 152, cabins 76, 9 decks | $115 each / Helsinki Shipyard (Finland) |
New river cruise ships 2018-2019-2020-2021-2022
This survey shows the list of newest river cruise ships and luxury boats. These are all newbuilds, so the list excludes boats that are chartered to other companies (thus only refurbished and renamed).
For all riverboats tracked at CruiseMapper, you can visit our River Cruises hub, where are listed all river shipping companies and their fleets.
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Viking River Cruises longships shipbuilder: Neptun Werft (Rostock, Germany) |
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AmaWaterways (APT-TravelMarvel) shipbuilder: Vahali Shipyards (Serbia), Lloyd Werft (Germany), Vietnam (Dara) |
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Scylla AG (Scylla Cruises) also chartered to Nicko Cruises, Riviera Travel UK, Tauck Travel USA) |
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Genting Hong Kong (Crystal River Cruises) shipbuilder: Lloyd Werft (Germany) |
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shipbuilders: Vietnam (2), Holland (1, 3, 4), Croatia (4) |
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| Spirit of the Rhine (2021), Spirit of the Danube (2022) - 192-pax | Vahali Shipyards Zasavica (Serbia) | |
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Mystic Cruises-Douro Azul (Riviera Travel UK) |
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| TUI Maya, TUI Skyla, TUI Isla - length 135 m, pax 155, crew 40 | 2020 | |
| Spirit of the Rhine - pax 190 | 2021 | |
Russian shipbuilders (Nizhny Novgorod, Astrakhan) | Pyotr Velikiy, Mustai Karim - length 141 m, pax 338, crew 90, cabins 169 | 2021 (EUR 44 million per unit) |
Victoria Cruises China | Victoria Sabrina (world's largest riverboat) - GT 17000 tons, LOA length 150 m, width 22 m, 270 cabins, 690 pax, 195 crew, 7 decks | 2020 (China) |
New cruiseferries (2010-2023)
Here are listed large-sized new cruise ferries built between 2010-2024. RoRo vessels as types can be ferries (car and passenger ships), cruise ferries (with passenger cabins), cargo ships and freight barges.
| Ferry Company | Ship Name (launch year) | Vessel Capacity | Building Cost / Shipbuilder |
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TBN (2020) |
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WB Yeats (2018) |
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Epsilon (2011) |
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Honfleur (2019) |
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Color Hybrid (2019) |
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Viking Glory (2021) |
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Cote d'Opale (2021) |
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Blue Star Patmos (2012), Blue Star Delos (2011) |
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TBN 1 and TBN2 (2023), plus 2 optional units (2024) |
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Spirit of France (2012), Spirit of Britain (2011) |
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Stena Britannica (2010), Stena Hollandica (2010) |
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STENA LINE | 8x E-Flexer ferries - Estrid (2020), Edda (2020), Embla (2021), Galicia (2021), Honfleur (2019), Salamanca (2022), Santona (2023) |
| AVIC Weihai Shipyard, China |
STENA LINE | Stena Elektra (2027), Stena TBN (2028) |
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2x cruiseferries (2021, 2022), the MoU was cancelled in 2020 |
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Hypatia de Alejandria (2019), Marie Curie (2018) |
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BALEARIA | Abel Matutes (2010) |
| Barreras Shipyard (Spain) |
BALEARIA | Visemar One (2010, Hedy Lamarr since 2018) |
| Cantiere Navale Visentini (Italy) |
TBN1 (2020), TBN2 (2022), plus 2 optional |
| GSI (Guangzhou Shipyard International) | |
TBN1 (2021), TBN2 (2023), plus 2 optional |
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Cruise Olympia (2010) |
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Nova Star (2014) |
| ST Marine (Singapore) | |
Forza (2010) |
| Nuovi Cantieri Apuania (Italy) | |
Visborg (2018), Gotland / ex Thjelvar (2019) |
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HAVILA SHIPPING | 4 sisterships for Norwegian coastal passenger shipping between Bergen-Kirkenes (deliveries in 2021) - Capella, Castor, Polaris, Pollux |
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CMN MERIDIONALE | Piana (2011) | - | - |
WSDOT FERRIES |
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FJORD LINE |
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Weidong Ferry | New Golden Bridge VII (2018) |
| Hyundai Mipo Dockyard (Japan) |
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