| Date | Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class / type | Notes |
| 5 January | Germany | Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft | Flensburg | Frankfurt am Main | Berlin-class replenishment ship | For German Navy |
| 5 January | Finland | Kvaerner Masa-Yards Turku New Shipyard | Turku | Adventure of the Seas | Voyager-class cruise ship | For Royal Caribbean International |
| 13 January | United Kingdom | BAE Systems Marine | Scotstoun | Bendahara Sakam | Nakhoda-Ragam-class corvette | For Royal Brunei Navy |
| 13 January | South Korea | Geoje | Samsung Heavy Industries | Oceanus | Ferry | For Minoan Lines[1] |
| 27 January | Malta | Malta Shipbuilding | Valletta | Malita | Ferry | For Gozo Ferries Co.[2] |
| 27 January | Malta | Malta Shipbuilding | Valletta | Gaudos | Ferry | For Gozo Ferries Co.[3] |
| 20 January | Germany | Blohm + Voss | Hamburg | Sachsen | Sachsen-class frigate | |
| 10 February | United Kingdom | Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. | Appledore | Niamh | Róisín-class patrol vessel | For Irish Naval Service.[4] |
| 17 February | South Korea | Samsung Heavy Industries | Goeje | APL Scotland | Samsung 5500-class container ship | [5] |
| 18 February | South Korea | Samsung Heavy Industries | Goeje | E.R. Paris | Samsung 5500-class container ship | [6] |
| 4 March | United States | Northrop Grumman Newport News | Newport News, Virginia | Ronald Reagan | Nimitz-class aircraft carrier | |
| 9 March | United Kingdom | BAE Systems | Barrow-in-Furness | Albion | Albion-class landing platform dock | |
| 10 March | South Korea | Samsung Heavy Industries | Goeje | E.R. Kobe | Samsung 5500-class container ship | [7] |
| 10 March | United States | National Steel and Shipbuilding Company | San Diego, California | Pomeroy | Watson-class vehicle cargo ship | |
| 23 March | Germany | Schiffswerft J.J. Sietas | Hamburg-Neuenfelde | Jan | Sietas type 178 container ship | For Reederei Drevin[8] |
| 25 March | United States | Ingalls Shipbuilding | Pascagoula, Mississippi | Iwo Jima | Wasp-class amphibious assault ship | |
| 31 March | South Korea | Samsung Heavy Industries | Goeje | E.R. Los Angeles | Samsung 5500-class container ship | [9] |
| 7 April | Netherlands | Koninklijke Schelde Groep | Flushing | Tromp | De Zeven Provinciën-class frigate | |
| 7 April | | Hyundai | | Elisabeth Schulte | Type Hyundai 2530 TEU container ship | [10] |
| 8 April | United Kingdom | Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. | Appledore | Toisa Conqueror | Offshore supply vessel | For Toisa Ltd.[11] |
| 12 April | Taiwan | China Shipbuilding Corporation | Kaohsiung | 232M Container Carrier | Charleston-Express-class container ship | For Transportacion Maritima Mexicana[12] |
| 28 April | South Korea | Samsung Heavy Industries | Goeje | E.R. Los Angeles | Samsung 5500-class container ship | [13] |
| 10 May | Italy | Fincantieri | Monfalcone | Star Princess | Grand-class cruise ship | For Princess Cruises |
| 11 May | Germany | Schiffswerft J.J. Sietas | Hamburg-Neuenfelde | Neuenfelde | Sietas type 178 container ship | For Bernd Bartels[14] |
| 25 May | Russia | Baltic Shipyard | St. Petersburg | Tabar | Talwar-class frigate | For Indian Navy |
| 26 May | South Korea | Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering | Okpo-dong | MSC Flaminia | Post-Panamax container ship | For Mediterranean Shipping Company |
| 1 June | United States | Ingalls Shipbuilding | Pascagoula, Mississippi | Preble | Arleigh Burke-class destroyer | |
| 5 June | South Korea | Samsung Heavy Industries | Geoje | Cap San Augustin | Cap-San-class container ship | For Hamburg Süd[15] |
| 14 June | Italy | Genoa | Fincantieri Sestri Cantieri Navale | Olympia Palace | ferry | For Minoan Lines[16] |
| 23 June | United States | Bath Iron Works | Bath, Maine | Mason | Arleigh Burke-class destroyer | |
| 23 June | United Kingdom | BAE Systems Marine | Scotstoun | Nakhoda Ragam | Nakhoda-Ragam-class corvette | For Royal Brunei Navy |
| 28 June | China | Jinling Shipyard | Nanjing | Finncarrier | Finnbreeze-class RoRo-ferry | For Norbulk Shipping[17] |
| 17 July | South Korea | Samsung Heavy Industries | Geoje | Cap San Antonio | Cap-San-class container ship | For Hamburg Süd[18] |
| 26 July | Japan | | | Takanami | Takanami-class destroyer | |
| 11 August | United States | Northrop Grumman Ship Systems | Avondale, Louisiana | Benavidez | Bob Hope-class vehicle cargo ship | |
| 18 August | | Hyundai | | Donata Schulte | Type Hyundai 2530 TEU container ship | [19] |
| 18 August | South Korea | Hyundai Heavy Industries | Ulsan | Hamburg Express | Hamburg Express-class container ship | For Hapag Lloyd[20] |
| 18 August | South Korea | Geoje | Samsung Heavy Industries | Ariadne Palace | Ferry | For Minoan Lines[21] |
| 20 August | China | Nanjing Jinling Shipyard | Nanjing | Rickmers Hamburg | Type Superflex Heavy MPC container ship | For Rickmers Group[22] |
| 23 August | China | Jinling Shipyard | Nanjing | Finnmill | Finnbreeze-class RoRo-ferry | For Nordic Forest Terminals[23] |
| 1 September | South Korea | Samsung Heavy Industries | Goeje | E.R. Canada | Samsung 5500-class container ship | [24] |
| 7 September | Poland | Stocznia Gdynia | Gdynia | Meta | Type Stocznia Gdynia 8184-container ship | [25] |
| 8 September | Germany | Schiffswerft J.J. Sietas | Hamburg-Neuenfelde | Anna-Sophie Dede | Sietas type 178 container ship | For Reederei Friedhelm Dede[26] |
| 19 September | Spain | Astilleros Espanoles SA | Sevilla | Murillo | RoRo-Ferry | For Cia. Trasmediterránea[27] |
| 20 September | Japan | | | Ōnami | Takanami-class destroyer | |
| 30 September | Germany | Meyer Werft | Papenburg | Norwegian Star | Dawn-class cruise ship | For Norwegian Cruise Lines[28] |
| 30 November | South Korea | Ulsan | Hyundai Heavy Industries | MSC Melissa | Sealand-New-York-type container ship | For Costamare Shipping[29] |
| 4 October | Japan | | | Narushio | Oyashio-class submarine | |
| 6 October | South Korea | Samsung Heavy Industries | Goeje | APL Belgium | Samsung 5500-class container ship | [30] |
| 26 October | Italy | Genoa | Fincantieri Sestri Cantieri Navale | Europa Palace | Ferry | For Minoan Lines[31] |
| 31 October | France | Chantiers de l'Atlantique | St. Nazaire | Constellation | Millennium-class cruise ship | For Celebrity Cruises |
| 7 November | Australia | Australian Submarine Corporation | Osborne, South Australia | Rankin | Collins-class submarine | |
| 10 November | | | Hyundai | Esther Schulte | Type Hyundai 2530 TEU container ship | IMO 9222118 |
| 11 November | South Korea | Samsung Heavy Industries | Geoje | P&O Nedlloyd Remuera | Santa-R-class container ship | For Offen Group[32] |
| 15 November | United Kingdom | BAE Systems | Barrow-in-Furness | Bulwark | Albion-class landing platform dock | |
| 26 November | Poland | Stocznia Gdynia | Gdynia | Liwia | Type Stocznia Gdynia 8184-container ship | [33] |
| 12 December | United States | Ingalls Shipbuilding | Pascagoula, Mississippi | Mustin | Arleigh Burke-class destroyer | |
| 14 December | Italy | Fincantieri | Marghera | Zuiderdam | Vista-class cruise ship | For Holland America Line |
| 14 December | Finland | Aker Finnyards | Rauma | Romantika | Cruiseferry | For Tallink |
| 14 December | Germany | Schiffswerft J.J. Sietas | Hamburg-Neuenfelde | Laura Ann | Sietas type 178 container ship | For Reederei Winfrid Eicke,[34] |
| 28 December | South Korea | Hyundai Heavy Industries | Ulsan | Berlin Express | Hamburg Express-class container ship | For Hapag Lloyd[35] |
| December | South Korea | Hyundai Heavy Industries | Ulsan | Hanjin Cairo | Container ship | AKA COSCO Busan |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | David Abels Boatbuilders Ltd. | Bristol | Beauchamp | Electric boat | For Beauchamp Lodge Settlement.[36] |
| Unknown date | South Korea | Hyundai Heavy Industries | Ulsan | Deepwater Horizon | Oil rig | |
| Unknown date | Germany | Schiffs. u. Yachtwerft Abeking & Rasmussen. | Lemwerder | Neptun Baroness | Brig | Became Prince William for Tall Ships Youth Trust.[37] |
| Unknown date | United Kingdom | David Abels Boatbuilders Ltd. | Bristol | Spirit of Gosport | Ferry | For Gosport Ferry Ltd.[38] |