| Date | Company | Name | Flag | Type | Tonnage | Length | Beam | Passenger/Crew | Details |
| Oct-98 | Norwegian Cruise Line | Norway' | Bahamas | Cruiseship | 76,049gt | 2565/ | Formerly Atlantic liner'France'. Converted 1979 | ||
| Nov-98 | P&O | Grand Princess | Cruiseship | 109000gt | 951ft | 159ft | 2600/1100 | World's largest cruiship (11/1998) | |
| Nov-98 | Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd (RCCL) | Sovereign of the Seas | Liberia | Cruiseship | |||||
| Nov-98 | P&O | Arcadia | British | Cruiseship | 63524gt | 247m | 1549/650 | ||
| Jun-98 | RCCL | Vision of the Seas | Liberia | Cruiseship | 76000gt | 2417/783 | Cost US250 million. Speed 22.3 knots | ||
| 1998 | Disney Cruise line | Disney 'Magic' / 'Wonder' | Cruiseship | 85000gt | 294m | 33m | 2400/954 | ||
| Holland America Line | Rotterdam | Cruiseship | 62000gt | 237m | 34m | 1668/630 | |||
| Carnival | Carnival'Destiny'/'Triumph'/'Victory' | Panama | Cruiseship | <100,000gt | 272m | 38m | 3400/1058 | ||
| P&O | Sun/Dawn/Sea/Ocean Princess | Cruiseship | 77000gt | 261m | 33m | 2342/814 | |||
| Brittany Ferries | Quiberon | Sweden | ferry | 8314gt | 129 | 21 | 1140 | ||
| Brittany Ferries | Val De Loire | Sweden | ferry | 31395gt | 161 | 32 | 1684 |