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 RCG-Royal Caribbean, Carnival Corporation, NCLH-Norwegian 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 capacity, 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 built/acquired ship every 2 to 4 years on average.
Newest cruise vessels on order (2021-2028 deliveries)
NEW companies and brands on the market are Resorts World Cruises (2022/Genting), Virgin Voyages (2017), Ritz-Carlton (2017), Norwegian Yacht Voyages (2017), Adora Cruises/CSSC Carnival China (2018), Alteza Cruises (2017), Anteros Cruises (2017), Zen Cruises (2018/Essel Group India), Abou Merhi Cruises Lebanon (2018), Well Star Travel Cruise China (2018), Blue World Voyages (2019), Mystic Cruises USA (2019), TUI River Cruises (2019), Cruise Retirement (2019), Style Cruise China (2019), Diamond Cruise China (2020), Ocean Residences (2020), Storylines Residences (2020), Arctic Cruise Line (2021), Saudi Cruise (2021), Selectum Blu Cruises (2021/ANEX Tours Turkey).
The largest "small ship" cruise companies are Viking Ocean and Ponant. The 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), Ponant, Hapag-Lloyd, RSSC-Regent.
In 2022, the ship orders with deliveries planned in 2023-2028 were 72 (units) amounting to ~USD/EUR 46 billion.
In 2023, the number of cruise vessels (ordered and scheduled for launches in 2023-2028) was 56 (~USD/EUR 39 billion, average cost per unit ~USD/EUR 680M), including 19 (2023-inaugurated), 10 (2024), 19 (2025), and 20 (2026-2028). By 2028, with these new vessels, the global fleet will have 129,000+ additional berths.
New MSC ships 2017-2027
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 ordered two "Meraviglia Plus" liners with max capacity 6300 passengers (200 more cabins, 16 m longer compared to Meraviglia-Class). The 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 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.
In November 2017 MSC ordered 2x "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 2022 (Seascape). 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 for 4x ultra-luxury expedition (total value EUR 2+ billion). The newbuilds (EXPLORA-class/first unit delivery in 2023-Q3) have GT tonnage 64,000 and 500 cabins. The remaining 3 units are due to enter service one per year (2024-2025-2026).
In 2023, MSC's fleet had 21 liners.
New Carnival Corporation ships 2019-2024
In March 2015 Carnival Corporation ordered 9 vessels to be built by two different companies. Fincantieri SpA (Italy) constructs 5 units (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, CCL-Carnival).
In 2019 was established CSSC Carnival China/ADORA CRUISES - a Chinese-American joint venture company with a separate fleet of 2x ex-Costa ships (Atlantica, Mediterranea) plus 2 newbuilds (2023, 2024).
The next video is about Ponant's new Explorer-Class ships.
New cruise ships (2021-2028) 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 (November 2024) - replica of RMS Titanic (2012) |
| $500 / CSC Jinling (China) |
AIDAcosma (2021) | Helios-Class, 183,900 tons, pax 5200 (max 6600), 2500/2700 cabins, LNG powered | $950, Meyer Werft Papenburg | |
Carnival Mardi Gras (2021), Carnival Celebration (2022 Nov), Carnival Jubilee (2023 Oct) | XL-Class, GT 183900 tons, length 344 m, 5200+ pax, LNG-powered | $950 each / Meyer Werft (Turku & Papenburg) | |
Adora Magic City (2023), Adora TBN 2024 | GT 135K, length 323 m, 2125 cabins, 5250 pax, 2x ABB Azipods | SWS (Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding Co Ltd) China | |
Queen Anne (2024) | Pinnacle-Class, GT 113K, pax 3000 | $600 / Fincantieri | |
Celestyal TBN1 (planned) | GT 60K, pax 1800 | $ | |
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Celebrity Apex (2021), Celebrity Beyond (2022-Q1), Celebrity Ascent (2023-Q3), Celebrity Xcel (2025) | (EDGE-Class) 130K GT, pax 2900, size 984x123 ft / 300x37 m), draft 8,2m | $900 / STX France | |
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TUI (Hapag-Lloyd Cruises) | Hanseatic Spirit (2021) | PC6 Polar-Class, pax 230 (199 on Antarctic voyages), cabins 120, decks 9, Zodiacs 16, watersports marina | $155 / VARD Norway-Romania |
Nieuw Rotterdam (2021) | Pinnacle-Class, GT 99,500 tons, pax 2650 (max 3194), crew 1025, cabins 1331 | $520 / Fincantieri | |
"Breakaway Plus" class 2x Prima-Class (fka Leonardo) ships - 2022 (Norwegian Prima), 2023 (Norwegian Viva), 4x Prima PLUS class - 2025 (Aqua), 2026 (tbn), 2027 (tbn), 2028 (tbn) | GT 142,500, pax 3215 | $850 each / Fincantieri Italy | |
Oceania Cruises (NCLH) | 67K GT, pax 1200, 613 cabins, 15 decks | USD 680 each / Fincantieri | |
Seaside EVO ships - MSC Seashore (2021), Seascape (2022 November) 3x Meraviglia-Plus class - MSC Virtuosa (2021), MSC Euribia (2023 May) 4 WORLD Class ships - World Europa (2022 Dec), World America (2025 Apr), World3 (2026 May), World4 (2027 Feb)
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Explora 1 (2023), Explora 2 (2024), Explora 3 (2026), Explora 4 (2027), Explora 5 (2027), Explora 6 (2028) | "Explora Class" luxury expedition ships 64K GT, 13 decks, 461 cabins | EUR 500-600 each /Fincantieri | |
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Seven Seas Splendor (2021), Seven Seas Grandeur (2023) | 56K GT, pax 754 (max 829), cabins 377 | Explorer-Splendor ($450 / Fincantieri) Grandeur ($545 / Fincantieri) | |
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The USD 2,5 billion financings for RCI Oasis-class Finland-built ships were announced in Dec 2017. 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 unit. | $1,35B (OASIS-Plus/STX France $940M (QUANTUM-Ultra/Meyer Werft Germany) $1,3B (ICON/Mayer Turku Finland) | |
Schiff 7 (2024 June), Schiff Relax (2025-Q1), Schiff 9 (2026-Q2) |
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MS Fridtjof Nansen (2021) | new expedition class vessels designed by Rolls-Royce Marine; 265 cabins (530 pax), length 140 m, width 24 m | $220 / Montex Shipyard (Poland) and Kleven Shipyard (Norway) | |
Seabourn Venture (2022), Seabourn Pursuit (2023) | length 170 m, 23K GT, PC6 ice-class, 132 balcony cabins, 264 pax, 2 submarines, seakayaks, 24x Zodiac boats | $225 / MARIOTTI DAMEN | |
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Scenic Eclipse 2 (2023) | 5x megayachts (2021-2027); 228 pax, 16,500GT, ice-strengthened hull, 2 helicopters, Zodiacs, 7-person submarine | $230 / 3 Maj Shipyard (Croatia) | |
Viking Venus (2021), Viking Mars (2022), Viking Neptune (2022), Viking Saturn (2023) Viking Vela (2024), plus 5 more in 2025-2027 Viking Expeditions - Viking Octantis (2021) and Viking Polaris (2022), with an option for 2x more VARD-6 design units |
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Spirit of Adventure (2021) | 58250 GT, pax 999, 540 balcony staterooms (81 single cabins / 15%), outdoor and indoor swimming pools | $350 (each) / Meyer Werft | |
Valiant Lady (2022), Resilient Lady (2023), Brilliant Lady (2023) | 110K GT, length 278 m, pax 2860, crew 1150, 1430 cabins | $710-810 each / Fincantieri (Genoa) | |
NYK Cruises Japan | Asuka III (2025 April) | 52K GT, 229 m, 385 cabins, 744 pax | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI Nagasaki) |
NYV Caroline (2024) plus 3 more same-class superyachts (deliveries 2024, 2026, 2027) |
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National Geographic Endurance (2021), National Geographic Resolution (2021) | (NatGeo Quest & Venture ships)
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| $135 each / builders CRIST SA (Poland) and Ulstein Verft (Norway) | |
Ecoventura Galapagos | MV EVOLVE (2023) | LO 43 m, 10 passenger cabins, 24 pax + 13 crew, 2 Zodiacs | $ |
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FS TBN1 (2025 Nov), FS TBN2 (2026 Dec) plus 1x optional | shipowner Four Seasons Hotels, LOA 207 m, width 27 m, 14 decks, 95 suites (180 pax) | EUR 400 each (Fincantieri Italy) | |
Accor Cruises | Orient Express Silenseas (2026), Orient Express TBN (2027) | 22300-GT sailing ship, LNG engine, length 220 m, 54 suites, 2 restaurants, 3 swimming pools, 1 bar lounge, | $tba (Chantiers de l’Atlantique, France) |
Emerald Azzurra (2022), Emerald Sakara (2023) | superyachts, crew 68, passengers 100, cabins 48, length 110 m, GT 5300 | $ / Ha Long City, Vietnam | |
Oceanwide Expeditions | Janssonius (2021) | ice class LR-PC6, 6300GT, ice-strengthened hull, length 107 m, pax 196 | $150 / Brodosplit shipyard (Croatia) |
World Voyager (2021), World Navigator (2021), World Traveller (2022), World Seeker (2025), World Adventurer (2024), World Discoverer (2023) | ice class 1B, length 126 m, capacity (176-200 pax, 125-140 crew), cabins 86-96 Planned 10 ships, to be chartered to other companies, including Nicko Cruises, Quark Expeditions, Atlas Ocean Voyages | $80 / WestSEA (Viana, Portugal) | |
Ultramarine (2021) | length 128 m, pax 200, cabins 103, 2x helidecks (with 2x twin-engine helicopters for private tours), 20x Zodiacs, 70-days cruising range | $130 / Brodosplit Croatia | |
Coral Expeditions | Coral Geographer (2021) | length x width (94 x 17 m), 120 pax, 60 cabins, 2 tenders (Xplorer boats), lecture lounge (daily presentations and tour briefings by expedition experts), scientific research facilities, all outside passenger cabins (over 50% balconies), observation lounge overlooking the navigation bridge, indoor/outdoor bars, Australian (Queensland) themed interior | $75 each / VARD Vung Tau Vietnam (VARD Norway) |
Tradewind Voyages UK | 5-masted sail ship (world's biggest square-rigger), GT 8770, 6350 m2 sail area (42 sails), 3 pools, watersports platform, 140 cabins, pax 330 | EUR 100 million / Brodosplit (Croatia) | |
Sea Cloud Cruises | Sea Cloud Spirit (2021) | sail ship, 136 pax, 69 cabins | MetalShips and Docks (Vigo, Spain) |
Peace Boat | Ecoship (2023), plus 8 optional vessels | GT 55K, 750 cabins, 2000 pax | $ / Arctech Helsinki (Finland) |
Utopia Residences | MS Utopia (2025) | GT 108K, 900 pax, 600 crew, 199 private condos/apartments (+ 218 hotel rooms) | $1,1 billion / Samsung Heavy Industries (Geoje Shipyard, South Korea) |
Storylines Residences | MV Narrative (2026-Q1) | residential ship, GT 53K, 16 decks, 547 staterooms (privately-owned condos) | Brodosplit (Croatia) |
Ocean Residences | MY Njord (2025) | residential superyacht, GT 81K, 12 decks, 118 staterooms (privately-owned condos), 16 hotel apartments, 2x helicopters, 2x mini-subs, scientific research equipment | Meyer Werft (Papenburg Germany) |
Clydebuilt | MS Dark Island (2025) | residential cruise ship, GT 40K, 10 decks, 101 suites (privately-owned apartments), 1x helicopter, 1x mini-sub | tba (Scotland) |
SunStone Ships Inc | Ocean Victory (2021), Ocean Explorer (2021), Sylvia Earle (2022), Ocean Odyssey (2022), Ocean Albatros (2023), Ocean Discoverer (2025) | INFINITY-class polar expedition vessels (project ULSTEIN CX103), ice-class 1A / PC6 (highest), GT 8K, Brunvoll propulsion, 95 cabins, length 104 m, width 18 m, draft 5 m, aft Zodiac loading platform All vessels are owned by SunStone and chartered to companies like Aurora Expeditions, Victory Cruise Line, Vantage Travel, Albatros Expeditions. | $65 / CMIH-China |
CPTM-Aranui Cruises | Aranui 6/AraMana (2023) | 14500 tons, length 140 m, pax 280 | $65 / Hunghai Shipyard (China) |
Island Escape Cruises NZ | Island Escape (2021) | 1000-ton superyacht, pax 32, length 54 m, helipad, 2x Zodiacs, 2x tenders | Vard Vung Tau (Vietnam) |
Vodohod Russia (via Swan Hellenic) | SH Minerva (2021), SH Vega (2022), SH Diana (2023) | 10500 tons, length 115 m, pax 152, cabins 76, 9 decks | $115 each / Helsinki Shipyard (Finland) |
New riverboats 2021-2025
New river cruise ships 2021-2025
This survey shows the list of the 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) Viking's Nile cruisers are built by Maasara Shipyard (Cairo, Egypt) |
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American Cruise Lines, shipbuilder: Chesapeake Shipbuilding (USA), all ships are with prefix "American" |
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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, VIVA Cruises, Riviera Travel UK, Tauck Travel USA) | VIVA One (2022), VIVA Two (2023), VIVA Enjoy (2024) (2021) Lord Tennyson, Geoffrey Chaucer, Tauck Andorinha (Douro River) | - |
Avalon Waterways, shipbuilder: Holland | 2021 (166) | |
shipbuilders: Vietnam (2), Holland (1, 3, 4), Croatia (4) | Emerald Luna - pax 180, cabins 92 | 2021 |
UNIWORLD, shipbuilder: Germany |
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| Spirit of the Rhine (2021), Spirit of the Danube (2022) - 192-pax | Vahali Shipyards (Serbia) | |
Arosa Sena/E-Motion (2022) - 140 cabins, 135 m, Rhine River) | 280 pax | |
Luftner-Amadeus River Cruises, Shipyard De Hoop (Holland) | Amadeus Cara (2022), Amadeus Imperial (2021), Amadeus Riva (2023), Amadeus Nova (2024) | 160-170 pax |
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| TUI Maya, TUI Skyla, TUI Isla - length 135 m, pax 155, crew 40 | 2021 | |
Thurgau Travel | Thurgau Gold (135 m, 91 cabins, 182 pax) | 2023 |
VODOHOD Russia, 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 | 2021 (China) |
| Mitsui Ocean TBN (2026) pax 620 | MHI Japan |
New cruiseferries (2021-2027)
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.
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P&O Pioneer (2023), P&O Liberte (2024) | double-ended, 47400 tons, 231 m, 1500 pax, 200 cars, 175 trucks route Dover-Calais, hybrid propulsion (fuel+battery), new hull shape, double-ended design (2 Navigation Bridges) | EUR 130M each/ GSI-Guangzhou Shipyard (China) | |
TBN (2022) | 63000 tons, 2800 pax | Xiamen Shipbuilding Industry (China) | |
Viking Glory (2022) | 63500 tons, 2800 pax, 922 cabins, 300 cars | EUR 194M/ Xiamen Shipbuilding (China) | |
Cote d'Opale (2021) | 40600 tons, 930 pax, 120 cars, 160 trailers | EUR 121M/ AVIC Weihai (China) | |
DFDS SEAWAYS | Aura Seaways (2021), Luna Seaways (2022) | 56000 GT, 690 pax, 250 cabins, 600 cars, 170 trucks | GSI-Guangzhou (China) |
MOL Sunflower Japan | 2023 (Sunflower Murasaki, Sunflower Kurenai), 2025 (Sunflower TBN1, Sunflower TBN2) | 17300 GT, 716 pax, 268 cabins, 100 cars/vans, 137 trucks | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (Japan) |
12x E-Flexer ferries - Embla (2021), Galicia (2021), Cote d'Opale (2021), Salamanca (2022), Santona (2023), Estelle (2022), Ebba (2022), Alasuinu (2024), Saint-Malo (2024), Guillaume de Normandie (2025) | LOA 215-240 m, Width 28 m, Draught 6,4 m, Pax 1000-1200, Cabins 175-263, Cargo capacity 3100-3600 lanemeters | AVIC Weihai Shipyard, China | |
STENA LINE | Stena Elektra (2027), Stena TBN (2028) | LOA 200 m, 3x car decks, cargo capacity 3000 lanemeters, fully-electric | - |
Rusadir/fka Honfleur (2022) | LOA 187 m, 1680 pax, 550 cars, 130 trucks | EUR 195M (FSG Germany) | |
Finnsirius (2023 July), Finncanopus (2023 Dec) | hybrid powerplant, 1A-Super ice-class, LOA 235 m, pax 1100, cargo 5100 lanemeters | CMI Jinling Weihai (China) | |
2x Green Ships - Nils Holgersson (2022) and Peter Pan (2023) | LNG-powered, 1A-Super ice-class, LOA 229 m, pax 866, cargo 4600 lanematers, cabins 239, 12 decks | CMI Jinling Nanjing (China) | |
2x cruiseferries (2023, 2024) | LNG-powered, length 212 m, 1800 passengers, 600 cars | EUR 220M each/ Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft (Germany) | |
GNV Bridge (2021) | 32580 tons, 1000 pax, 230 cars (116 trucks), length 203 m (666 ft) | Cantiere Navale Visentini (Italy) | |
Moby Fantasy (2023), Moby Legacy (2023), plus 2 optional | 2500 pax, 1300 cars (300 trucks), 550 cabins, length 237 m (778 ft) | GSI-Guangzhou Shipyard (China) | |
MySTAR (2022) | 49000 tons, 2800 pax, 150 cars, length 212 m (696 ft) | EUR 230M (Meyer Turku, RMC-Rauma Finland) | |
Aurora Botnia (2021) | 24300 tons, 1000 pax, 300 cars, 100 trucks | EUR 120M / RMC-Rauma Finland | |
Isle of Man Steam Packet Company | Manxman (2023) | 24160 tons, 950 pax, 300 cars | EUR 87M/HMD Korea |
4x sisterships for Norwegian Coastal Route (passenger shipping between Bergen-Kirkenes) - Capella (2021), Castor (2022), Polaris (2023), Pollux (2023) | 15470 tons, 640 pax, 468 beds | US$200M each)/ Tersan Shipyard (Yalova, Turkey) | |
JSC Sakhalin Leasing Fleet | 2x 2021-built sisterships for the Sakhalin-Kuriles route - Admiral Nevelskoy, Pavel Leonov | 3060GT, 146 pax, 173 beds | US$38M each/ JSC Sredne-Nevsky (Russia) |
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