| 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 | .svg.png) 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] |