Newest Cruise Ships

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   November 26, 2015 ,   Ships and Lines

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 (2025-2028), as well as new riverboats (2023-2026) and new cruiseferries (2021-2027).

Here you'll find them all - from small to big to the ever-largest passenger ships from the fleets of RCG-Royal Caribbean, Carnival Corporation, NCLH-Norwegian and MSC. We list also all the major cruise lines' orders for building new vessels (with GT/volume between ~2000 and ~240000 tons), with information on their design, building cost, passenger capacity, and builders/yards.

Newest Cruise Ships - CruiseMapper 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 (2025-2028 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), Aroya Cruise Saudi (2021), Selectum Blu Cruises (2021/ANEX Tours Turkey).

The largest "small ship" companies are Viking 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 in 2023-2028 were 72, 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 (2024/30,000+ berths), 19 (2025), and 20 (2026-2028).

By 2028, the new vessels (2023-28) add to the global fleet 129000+ berths.

According to the current (as of 2024) cruise ship orders, by 2036, to the global fleet will be added 66 vessels (total value ~USD 56,5 billion/~EUR 51,2B) with 171,000+ 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).

MSC Meraviglia-class cruise ship

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. With Seaside EVO, MSC had a total investment of EUR 10,5 billion into 12 new vessels with scheduled deliveries by 2026.

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).

MSC Explora-Class ship (Explora Journeys)

In 2023, MSC's fleet had 21 liners.

New Carnival Corporation ships 2019-2026

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 (2023-2028) under construction and on order

ShipownerShip Name (launch year)Vessel Details (Gross Tonnage, CapacityBuilding Cost (millions USD or EUR) / Shipbuilder

Blue Star Line (owned by Clive Palmer)

Titanic 2 (2027-Q1) - replica of RMS Titanic (2012)

  • 56000 tons
  • length 270 m
  • 12 decks, 835 staterooms
  • 1680-2435 pax, 900 crew
$500 / CSC Jinling (China)

Carnival Cruise Line

Carnival Jubilee (2023 Oct), TBN (2027), TBN (2028)

XL-Class, GT 183900 tons, length 344 m, 6400 pax, LNG-powered

$950 each / Meyer Werft (Turku & Papenburg)

CSSC-Carnival China Cruise Shipping/ADORA CRUISES

Adora Magic City (2023), Adora Flora City (2026)

GT 135K, length 323 m, 2125 cabins, 5250 pax, 2x ABB Azipods

SWS (Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding Co Ltd) China

Cunard Line

Queen Anne (2024)

Pinnacle-Class, GT 113K, pax 3000

$600 / Fincantieri

Celestyal Cruises

Celestyal TBN1 (planned)

GT 60K, pax 1800

$

Celebrity Cruises

Celebrity Ascent (2023), Celebrity Xcel (2025)

(EDGE-Class) 130K GT, pax 2900, size 984x123 ft / 300x37 m), draft 8,2m

$900 / STX France

Walt Disney Cruises-DCL

  1. Disney Treasure (2024-Q4), Disney Destiny (2025-Q4), Disney Japan (2029)
  2. Disney Adventure/fka Global Dream (2025)
  1. GT 144K tons, LNG-powered, cabins 1238, passengers 2480-3470
  2. GT 208K, pax 9500 (max), crew 2200, cabins 2350
  1. $ / Meyer Werft (Papenburg Germany)
  2. $1,1 billion / Meyer Werft

NCL Norwegian Cruise Line

"Breakaway Plus" class

Prima-Class 2023 (Norwegian Viva),

4x Prima PLUS class - 2025 (Aqua), 2026 (Luna), 2027 (tbn), 2028 (tbn)

GT 142,500, pax 3215

$850 each / Fincantieri Italy

Oceania Cruises (NCLH)

(ALLURA-class) Vista (2023), Allura (2025)

67K GT, pax 1200, 613 cabins, 15 decks

USD 680 each / Fincantieri

MSC Cruises

Meraviglia-Plus class - MSC Euribia (2023 May)

WORLD Class - World America (2025 Apr), World Asia (2026 May), World tbn (2027 Feb)

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  • Meraviglia-Plus class (177K GT)
  • WORLD (216K GT, 2630 cabins)

passenger capacities

  • Meraviglia-Plus (4900 / max 6300)
  • WORLD (5264 / max 6774), LNG-powered
  • World Class (EUR 1,125 billion each)

shipbuilders:

  • Fincantieri (Seaside, Seaside-EVO)
  • STX France (Meraviglia, Meraviglia Plus, World Class)

MSC Explora Journeys

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

Princess Cruises

Sun Princess (2024), Star Princess (2025)

178K GT, pax 4300, fleet's first dual-fuel (MDO and LNG) powered ships

$1B / Fincantieri

RSSC-Regent Seven Seas Cruises

  1. Seven Seas Grandeur (2023)
  2. Seven Seas Prestige (2026), Seven Seas Prestige II (2029)
  1. 56K GT, pax 754/max 829, cabins 377
  2. 77K GT, 434 cabins, 850 pax

Fincantieri

Royal Caribbean

  1. Utopia OTS (Oasis 6th, 2024)
  2. Icon OTS (2023), Star OTS (ICON2, 2025-Q2), Joy OTS (ICON3, 2026-Q2)
  • lengths - Icon (?), Oasis-Plus (362 m), Quantum-Ultra (347 m)
  • GT tons - Icon (251K), Oasis-Plus (228K), Quantum-Ultra (169K)
  • passengers - Icon (5610), Oasis-Plus (5500), Quantum-Ultra (4300)

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)

TUI Cruises

Schiff 7 (2024), Schiff Relax (2025), Schiff Flow (2026)

161K GT, LNG-powered

Meyer Werft Finland, Fincantieri Italy

Seabourn

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

Silversea

Evolution-Class - Silver Nova (2023), Silver Ray (2024)

55 GT, 728 pax

 

Meyer Werft (Papenburg Germany)

Scenic Cruises

Scenic Eclipse 2 (2023)

228 pax, 16,500GT, ice-strengthened hull, 2 helicopters, Zodiacs, 7-person submarine

$230 / 3 Maj Shipyard (Croatia)

Viking OCEAN

Saturn (2023)

Vela (2024), Vesta (2025), plus 4 more in 2025-2027

(Viking OCEAN) 47-48K GT, pax 930-1000, crew 470, cabins 465-

$400 each / Fincantieri (Naples)

Virgin Voyages

Resilient Lady (2023), Brilliant Lady (2024)

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)

Norwegian Yacht Voyages

NYV Caroline (2024)

plus 3 more same-class superyachts (deliveries 2024, 2026, 2027)

  • industry's first true hybrid expedition mega-yachts
  • LOA length 188 m / 617 ft
  • dual-fuel engines (MDO-diesel and LNG-gas)
  • battery banks, solar-powered hydrogen fuel cells
  • passengers 222, crew 204
  • staterooms 111 (all-balcony)
  • cabin sizes 56-175 m2 (605-1885 ft2)
$ / MetalShips and Docks (Spain)

Ecoventura Galapagos

MV EVOLVE (2023)

LO 43 m, 10 passenger cabins, 24 pax + 13 crew, 2 Zodiacs

$

Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection

Ilma (2024), Luminara (2025)

expedition superyachts

  • $ STX France

Four Seasons Yachts

Four Seasons I (2025 Nov), Four Seasons II (2026 Dec) plus 1x optional

LOA 207 m, width 27 m, 14 decks, 95 suites (180 pax)

EUR 400 each (Fincantieri Italy)

Accor Cruises

Orient Express Corinthian (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)

Antarctica21 Air-Cruises

Magellan Discoverer (2026)

6 decks, 50 cabins, 10 Zodiacs, LOA 91m

$50M (ASENAV Chile)

Emerald Waterways

Emerald Sakara (2023), Emerald Kaia (2026/larger)

(superyachts) crew 68-92, passengers 100-128, cabins 50-64, length 110-120 m, GT 5300-5800

$ / Ha Long City, Vietnam

Mystic Cruises

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)

Windstar

Star Seeker (2025)

pax 224, cabins 112, 8 decks

WestSEA (Portugal)

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 Albatros (2023), Douglas Mawson (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)

New riverboats 2023-2026

New river cruise ships 2023-2026

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).

new Russian river cruise ship design

For all riverboats tracked at CruiseMapper, you can visit our River Cruises hub where are listed all river shipping companies and their fleets.

European river cruise ship design

Shipowner / ShipbuilderRiverboat NamesVessel Details (launch year, capacity)

Viking River Cruises longships, shipbuilder: Neptun Werft (Rostock, Germany)

Viking's Nile cruisers are built by Maasara Shipyard (Cairo, Egypt)

  1. Annar, Honir, Eldir, Dagur, Gyda (Douro River), Nerthus (Seine River), Tonle (Mekong River)
  2. Osiris, Aton, Hathor, Sobek, Amun, Thoth, Sekhmet, Ptah (Nile River, Egypt)
  1. 2025
  2. 2024-2026

ACL/American Cruise Lines, shipbuilder: Chesapeake Shipbuilding (USA)

  1. (Modern Riverboat-class/175-195 pax) Serenade (2023), Encore (2026)
  2. (Project Blue catamarans, 74 m, 109 pax/56 cabins) 12x units are to be delivered in 2023 (Eagle, Glory), 2024 (Liberty, Legend), 2025 (Patriot, Pioneer), 2026 (Maverick, Ranger), 2027 (tbn), 2028 (tbn)

Note: all ACL boats are with the prefix "American".

  1. $40
  2. $20

AmaWaterways (APT-TravelMarvel), shipbuilder: Vahali Shipyards (Serbia), Lloyd Werft (Germany), Vietnam (Dara)

  1. AmaSofia, AmaKaia (2026)
  2. AmaSintra (2025/Douro)
  3. AmaMagdalena and AmaMelodia (2024, Magdalena River in Colombia)
  4. AmaLilia (2024/Nile Egypt)

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Scylla AG (Scylla Cruises) also chartered to Nicko Cruises, VIVA Cruises, Riviera Travel UK, Tauck Travel USA

VIVA Two (2023), VIVA Enjoy (2024)

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Avalon Waterways, shipbuilders: Holland and Portugal

Avalon Alegria (2024)

102 pax

Emerald Waterways

shipbuilders: Vietnam (2), Holland (1, 3, 4), Croatia (4)

Emerald Astra (2026)

180 pax

Saga River Cruises

Spirit of the Moselle (2025)

182 pax, 135 m, 95 cabins (75 balconies), 40 crew

Vahali Shipyards (Serbia)

Luftner-Amadeus River Cruises, Shipyard De Hoop (Holland)

Amadeus Riva (2023), Amadeus Nova (2024), Amadeus Amara (2025)

160-170 pax

other river cruise companies:

  1. Phoenix Reisen
  2. (Reiseburo Mittelthurgau) - Thurgau Travel
  3. 1avista Reisen
  4. Aqua Expeditions
  5. Mayfair Cruises Egypt
  6. Pandaw
  1. Amina (2024), Alisa (2023)
  2. Song Hong Pandaw (2023)
  1. 180-210
  2. 20

TUI River Cruises

  • 2024
  • 2025

Thurgau Travel

Thurgau Gold (135 m, 91 cabins, 182 pax)2023

MOL Mitsui Ocean Cruises Japan

Mitsui Ocean TBN (2026) pax 620MHI 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.

Ferries - CruiseMapper

Ferry CompanyShip Name (launch year)Vessel CapacityBuilding Cost /million (Shipbuilder)

P&O FERRIES

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)

IRISH FERRIES

TBN (2022)

63000 tons, 2800 pax

Xiamen Shipbuilding Industry (China)

VIKING LINE

Viking Glory (2022)

63500 tons, 2800 pax, 922 cabins, 300 cars

EUR 194M/ Xiamen Shipbuilding (China)

DFDS SEAWAYS

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 trucksGSI-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)

STENA LINE

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

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BALEARIA

Rusadir/fka Honfleur (2022)

LOA 187 m, 1680 pax, 550 cars, 130 trucks

EUR 195M (FSG Germany)

FINNLINES

Finnsirius (2023 July), Finncanopus (2023 Dec)

hybrid powerplant, 1A-Super ice-class, LOA 235 m, pax 1100, cargo 5100 lanemeters

CMI Jinling Weihai (China)

TT-LINE Germany

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)

TT-LINE Tasmania

Spirit of Tasmania IV (2024), Spirit of Tasmania V (2025)

LNG-powered, length 212 m, 1800 passengers, 600 cars, 301 cabins

EUR 240M each/ RMC (Rauma Finland)

GNV-Grandi Navi Veloci

GNV Bridge (2021)

32580 tons, 1000 pax, 230 cars (116 trucks), length 203 m (666 ft)

Cantiere Navale Visentini (Italy)

MOBY LINES

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)

TALLINK-SILJA

MySTAR (2022)

49000 tons, 2800 pax, 150 cars, length 212 m (696 ft)

EUR 230M (Meyer Turku, RMC-Rauma Finland)

WASALINE

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

HAVILA SHIPPING

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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