| Date | Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class / type | Notes |
| 18 January | Germany | Meyer Werft | Papenburg | Aurora | Cruise ship | For P&O Cruises |
| 29 January | United States | Northrop Grumman Ship Systems | Avondale, Louisiana | Pililaau | Bob Hope-class vehicle cargo ship | |
| 29 January | Germany | J.J. Sietas | Hamburg-Neuenfelde | Annegret | Sietas type 161 | For SAL Heavy Lift[1] |
| 3 February | South Korea | Samsung Heavy Industries | Goeje | E.R. Pusan | Samsung 5500-class container ship | [2] |
| 4 February | Denmark | Odense Staalskibsvaerft | Lindø | Cornelius Mærsk | S-class container ship | For Maersk Line |
| 20 February | United Kingdom | Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. | Appledore | Farnella | Fishing trawler | For Jacinta Ltd.[3] |
| 9 March | South Korea | Samsung Heavy Industries | Goeje | E.R. Seoul | Samsung 5500-class container ship | [4] |
| 8 April | Netherlands | Koninklijke Schelde Groep | Flushing | De Zeven Provinciën | De Zeven Provinciën-class frigate | |
| 1 May | Japan | Tsuneishi Holdings Corporation | Nakatado District, Kagawa | Maersk Wind | Vehicle transporter | For A P Møller, Singapore |
| 6 May | United Kingdom | BAE Systems Naval Ships (YSL) | Glasgow | St Albans | Type 23 frigate | |
| 6 May | Spain | Astilleros Españoles | Puerto Real | Stena Hollandica | Seapacer-class RoPax-ferry | For Stena Line[5] |
| 12 May | Russia | Baltic Shipyard | St. Petersburg | Talwar | Talwar-class frigate | For Indian Navy |
| 19 May | Germany | Blohm + Voss | Hamburg | Olympic Explorer | Voyager-class cruise ship | For Royal Olympic Cruises[6] |
| 24 May | Germany | J.J. Sietas | Hamburg-Neuenfelde | Paula | Sietas type 161 | For SAL Heavy Lift[7] |
| 1 June | Estonia | BLRT Grupp | Tallinn | Vapper | Vapper-class gunboat | For Estonian Border Guard |
| 4 June | South Korea | Samsung Heavy Industries | Goeje | E.R. London | Samsung 5500-class container ship | [8] |
| 17 June | Australia | Tenix Defence Systems | Williamstown, Victoria | Parramatta | Anzac-class frigate | |
| 21 June | United States | Ingalls Shipbuilding | Pascagoula, Mississippi | Bulkeley | Arleigh Burke-class destroyer | |
| 29 June | Germany | J.J. Sietas | Hamburg-Neuenfelde | Wiebke | Sietas type 161 | For SAL Heavy Lift[9] |
| 2 July | United States | Bath Iron Works | Bath, Maine | McCampbell | Arleigh Burke-class destroyer | |
| 7 July | South Korea | Samsung Heavy Industries | Goeje | E.R. Amsterdam | Samsung 5500-class container ship | [10] |
| 28 July | United States | National Steel and Shipbuilding Company | San Diego, California | Watkins | Watson-class vehicle cargo ship | |
| 29 July | South Korea | Samsung Heavy Industries | Goeje | E.R. Felixtone | Samsung 5500-class container ship | [11] |
| 2 August | United Kingdom | Ferguson Shipbuilders | Port Glasgow | Hebrides | Ferry | For Caledonian MacBrayne |
| 12 August | South Korea | Geoje | Samsung Heavy Industries | Prometheus | Ferry | For Minoan Lines[12] |
| 1 September | Finland | Rauma | Aker Finnyards | Ulysses | Ferry | For Irish Ferries |
| 3 September | South Korea | Samsung Heavy Industries | Goeje | E.R. Berlin | Samsung 5500-class container ship | [13] |
| 5 September | South Korea | Ulsan | Hyundai Heavy Industries | Sealand Illinois | Sealand-New-York-type container ship | For Costamare Shipping[14] |
| 6 September | France | Saint Nazaire | ALSTOM Chantiers de l'Atlantique | Celebrity Infinity | Millennium-class cruise ship | For Celebrity Cruises |
| 9 September | Poland | Stocznia Gdynia | Gdynia | Alexandra | Type Stocznia Gdynia 8184-container ship | [15] |
| 25 September | Japan | | | Akebono | Murasame-class destroyer | |
| 29 September | Italy | Fincantieri Marghera Yard | Venice, Italy | Pride of Rotterdam | Cruiseferry | For P&O Ferries |
| 29 September | United Kingdom | BAE Systems Marine | Barrow-in-Furness | Wave Knight | Wave-class tanker | For Royal Fleet Auxiliary.[16] |
| 16 October | Japan | | | Ariake | Murasame-class destroyer | |
| 27 October | Poland | Stocznia Gdynia | Gdynia | Aries | Stocznia Gdynia 8138-type container ship | For Alpha Ship[17] |
| 31 October | Spain | Navatia | Ferrol | Álvaro de Bazán | Álvaro de Bazán-class frigate | For Armada Española |
| 4 November | Germany | Volkswerft Stralsund | Stralsund | E.R. Lübeck | VW 2500-type container ship | [18] |
| 10 November | Netherlands | Tille Scheepsbouw Kootstertille BV | Kootstertille | Hunzedijk | | [19] |
| 11 November | United States | Northrop Grumman Ship Systems | Avondale, Louisiana | Brittin | Bob Hope-class vehicle cargo ship | |
| 18 November | Germany | Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft | Kiel | Superfast VII | Ro-Pax ferry | For Superfast Ferries |
| 18 November | Netherlands | Ferus Smit B.V | Westerbroek | Morgenstond III | Cargo ship | For C.V. Scheepvaartonderneming Morgenstond III |
| 18 November | Germany | Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft | Kiel | Superfast IX | Ro-Pax ferry | For Superfast Ferries |
| 18 November | South Korea | Samsung Heavy Industries | Geoje | Cap San Nicolas | Cap-San-class container ship | For Hamburg Süd[20] |
| 22 November | United States | Ingalls Shipbuilding | Pascagoula, Mississippi | Shoup | Arleigh Burke-class destroyer | |
| 24 November | Russia | Baltic Shipyard | St. Petersburg | Trishul | Talwar-class frigate | For Indian Navy |
| 26 November | South Korea | Samsung Heavy Industries | Goeje | APL England | Samsung 5500-class container ship | [21] |
| 27 November | Japan | | | Isoshio | Oyashio-class submarine | |
| 28 November | Germany | Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft | Kiel | Superfast VIII | Ro-Pax ferry | For Superfast Ferries |
| 1 December | South Korea | Hyundai Heavy Industries | Ulsan | Trade Freda | container ship | For Hansa Mare Reederei[22] |
| 22 December | Poland | Stocznia Gdynia | Gdynia | Vega | Stocznia Gdynia 8138-type container ship | For Alpha Ship[23] |
| Unknown date | Ireland | Arklow Marine Services Inc. | Arklow | Aine Christina | Fishing trawler | For Aine & Patrick Deasy Jr.[24] |
| Unknown date | Russia | | | BBC Kusan | Ro-ro cargo ship | [25] |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Glomar Jack Ryan | Drillship | For Global Marine Ltd.[26] |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Aluminium Shipbuilders Ltd. | Fishbourne | Netley | Naval tender | For Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service.[27] |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Aluminium Shipbuilders Ltd. | Fishbourne | Newhaven | Naval tender | For Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service.[28] |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Aluminium Shipbuilders Ltd. | Fishbourne | Nutbourne | Naval tender | For Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service.[29] |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Aluminium Shipbuilders Ltd. | Fishbourne | Padstow | Naval tender | For Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service.[30] |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. | Appledore | Shannon Breeze | Ferry | For Shannon Car Ferry Ltd.[31] |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. | Appledore | Stavros S Niarchos | Barquentine | For Tall Ships Youth Trust.[32] |