Aker Philadelphia Shipyard

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Aker Philadelphia Shipyard formerly Kværner Philadelphia Shipyard is a shipyard located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States on the site of the defunct Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, which closed in 1995.

The yard is part of Aker American Shipping, a company listed on Oslo Stock Exchange and part of the Aker Group controlled by Kjell Inge Røkke. The yard has a close cooperation with Aker Yards. The yard targets producing ships within the Jones Act for domestic shipping, primarilly product tankers and container ships.

Origianlly the yard was started as a cooperation between the now defunct Kværner and the City of Philadelphia, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the Government of the United States. Kværner's ownership was transferred to Aker after Aker bought Kværner in 2005 due to Kværner's economic problems. The yard was rebuilt and opened in 2000. The yard's first delivery was MV Manukai, a container cargo ship for Matson Line, completed in 2003 as the first of four identical sisters built for Matson from 2003 through 2006.

Aker Philadelphia delivered the first of 10 planned oil products tankers to Shell Oil in February, 2007. The 10 ships are being built for Aker American Shipping Inc., the immediate parent company of Aker Philadelphia Shipyard, and will be leased out to various operators, including Shell Oil. The tanker contracts will keep the yard fully booked through 2012.

[edit] Ships

• Manukai (2003)- container ship for Matson Line
• Maunawili (2004) - sister ship to Manukai
• Manulani (2005) - sister ship to Manukai and Maunawili
• Maunalei (2006) - sister ship to Manukai, Maunawili, and Manulani
• Overseas Houston (2007) - oil products tanker for Shell Oil
• Overseas Long Beach (2007) - oil products tanker for BP

[edit] External links

• Aker American Shipping web site
• Aker Group web site

[edit] References

• History of Aker Philadelphia Shipyard official site

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