Emma Maersk Enters Service as the World's Largest Container Ship

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• Marine09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  Icon of the Seas Enters Service as World's Largest Cruise Ship

  Port of Miami, Miami, Florida, USARoyal Caribbean International

  

  Starts 01/27/2024CONFIRMED86% CONFIDENCE2.7 years agoHappened as dated, per the source^[1]: "She entered service on 27 January 2024 out of the Port of Miami in the United States."

  Royal Caribbean's Icon of the Seas, the largest cruise ship ever built, entered service out of Miami after roughly two and a half years of construction in Finland.

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• Marine09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  Royal Caribbean Takes Delivery of Symphony of the Seas

  Saint-Nazaire, FranceRoyal Caribbean International

  

  Starts 03/23/2018CONFIRMED88% CONFIDENCE8.5 years agoRoyal Caribbean Press Center reported official delivery from STX France on March 23, 2018.^[1]

  Symphony of the Seas, then the world's largest cruise ship, was officially delivered to Royal Caribbean International at the STX France shipyard in Saint-Nazaire.

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• Marine09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  MV Solitaire Enters Service as the World's Largest Pipelay Vessel

  Wallsend, Tyne and Wear, United KingdomAllseas

  

  Starts 01/01/1998CONFIRMED87% CONFIDENCE28.7 years agoAllseas^[3]' own fleet page states Solitaire has operated "since her launch in 1998"; only the year is documented, not an exact day.

  MV Solitaire, converted from a 1972 bulk carrier into a 300-metre pipelaying ship, entered service for Allseas in 1998 and became the world's largest and most powerful pipelay vessel.

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• Marine09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  Norwegian Epic Delivered as One of the World’s Largest Cruise Ships

  Saint-Nazaire, FranceNorwegian Cruise Line·…

  

  Starts 06/17/2010CONFIRMED90% CONFIDENCE16.3 years agoCruise Industry News^[2] reported Norwegian Cruise Line took delivery of Norwegian Epic on 17 June 2010.

  Norwegian Cruise Line took delivery of the 153,000-ton Norwegian Epic from the STX France shipyard in Saint-Nazaire, at the time the largest ship ever built there.

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• Marine09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  Oasis of the Seas Departs on Her Maiden Voyage From Port Everglades

  Port Everglades, 1850 Eller Dr, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316, USARoyal Caribbean International

  

  Starts 12/05/2009CONFIRMED91% CONFIDENCE16.8 years agoWikipedia^[2] and contemporary cruise-industry coverage agree Oasis of the Seas departed Port Everglades on her maiden voyage on December 5, 2009.

  At over 360 meters long and 225,282 gross tons, Oasis of the Seas was the largest passenger ship ever built when she left Port Everglades on December 5, 2009. Built by STX Europe in Turku, Finland, for Royal Caribbean International, she introduced the industry's first open-air "neighborhood" ship design.

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• Marine09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  Wilhelmsen Launches Tønsberg as the World's Largest Ro-Ro Ship

  Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Nagasaki Shipyard, Nagasaki, JapanWilhelmsen Group

  

  Starts 10/02/2010CONFIRMED84% CONFIDENCE16.0 years agoWikipedia's^[4] MV Tønsberg article gives the launch date as 2 October 2010, built by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries for the Wilh. Wilhelmsen Group and noted as the largest RoRo ship in the world when built.

  Wilh. Wilhelmsen launched the 265-meter Tønsberg at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries' Nagasaki shipyard, the largest roll-on/roll-off vessel ever built at the time. The ship carries luxury cars, SUVs, and outsized construction equipment across the world's oceans.

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• Marine09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  Paul R. Tregurtha Enters Service as the Great Lakes’ Largest Ship

  Lorain, Ohio, USAInterlake Steamship Company

  

  Starts 05/10/1981CONFIRMED85% CONFIDENCE45.4 years agoWikipedia's^[3] MV Paul R. Tregurtha article gives 10 May 1981 as the ship's maiden voyage, following its 4 February 1981 launch as the William J. DeLancey.

  Launched as the William J. DeLancey and later renamed Paul R. Tregurtha, the Great Lakes' longest ship began hauling cargo with its maiden voyage on 10 May 1981.

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• Marine09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  MSC Meraviglia Megaship Delivered at Saint-Nazaire Shipyard

  Saint-Nazaire, FranceChantiers de l'Atlantique

  

  Starts 05/31/2017CONFIRMED88% CONFIDENCE9.3 years agoMSC Cruises' own press release states the Meraviglia was delivered and came into service on 31 May 2017 ("MSC CRUISES CELEBRATES THE COMING INTO SERVICE OF MSC MERAVIGLIA").^[1]

  MSC Cruises took delivery of the 315-metre, 171,598-tonne MSC Meraviglia from the STX France shipyard in Saint-Nazaire, one of the largest cruise ships ever built, carrying more than 5,700 guests.

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• Marine09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  Meyer Werft Delivers the Norwegian Breakaway Cruise Ship

  Meyer Werft Shipyard, Industriegebiet Süd, Papenburg, GermanyMeyer Werft

  

  Starts 04/25/2013CONFIRMED87% CONFIDENCE13.4 years agoMeyer Werft’s^[2] own press release "Meyer Werft delivers Norwegian Breakaway" gives 25 April 2013 as the delivery date.

  Meyer Werft delivered the Norwegian Breakaway, then the largest ship it had ever built, from its Papenburg shipyard to Norwegian Cruise Line after an 18-month build. Her maiden voyage was the transatlantic crossing to New York, where she was christened; seven-day Bermuda cruises out of New York followed from 12 May 2013.

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• Marine09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  MV Faust Launches as One of the World's Largest Car Carriers

  1 Aju-dong, Geoje-si, Gyeongsangnam-do, South KoreaWallenius Wilhelmsen

  

  Starts 02/24/2007CONFIRMED75% CONFIDENCE19.6 years agoWikipedia's^[3] MV Faust article states she was launched on 24 February 2007 by Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering.

  MV Faust can carry up to 8,000 cars across her multiple decks, making her one of the largest roll-on/roll-off vehicle carriers ever built. Launched by Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering in 2007, she has weathered rogue waves and icy seas while ferrying vehicles for Wallenius Wilhelmsen.

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• Marine09/20/2026@BuildDesk

  The Houston Ship Channel's Project 11 Widening Finishes

  Houston Ship Channel, Galveston Bay reach near Morgans Point, TexasPort Houston

  

  Starts 12/31/2029ESTIMATED63% CONFIDENCEin 3.3 yearsPort Houston's project page describes "expediting the process to complete the work in 2029", a year rather than a day, so it sits at the end of that year.^[1]

  Project 11 widens the channel by 170 feet along its Galveston Bay reach, from 530 to 700 feet, and deepens upstream segments to 46.5 feet so the largest container ships can pass one another. Dredging began in 2022; Port Houston finished its own segments in October 2025 and the US Army Corps of Engineers is completing the rest, with the spoil building bird islands, marsh and oyster reef.

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• Mining09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  Polymetal Installs Its Record 1,100-Tonne Gold Autoclave at Amursk

  Amursk, Khabarovsk Krai, RussiaPolymetal International

  

  Starts 08/17/2020CONFIRMED87% CONFIDENCE6.1 years agoInternational Mining reported on 17 August 2020 that Polymetal's 1,100-tonne autoclave vessel had been installed on schedule at the Amursk POX-2 site.^[1]

  Belgian engineering firm Coek Engineering built the world's largest gold-processing autoclave, a 1,100-tonne titanium-lined pressure vessel, and shipped it 25,000 km from Antwerp to Polymetal's Amursk POX-2 plant in Russia's Far East. The vessel was installed on schedule in August 2020.

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