references to primary sources . please improve this by adding secondary or tertiary sources . september 2012 learn how and when to remove this template message philly shipyard inc. formerly called aker philadelphia shipyard inc. type subsidiary industry shipyard founded 1996 headquarters philadelphia pennsylvania united states area served united states key people kristian rokke executive chairman steinar nerbovik managing director number of employees 1000 2014 parent converto capital fund majority owned by aker asa website www.akerphiladelphia.com the shipyard aker philadelphia shipyard philly shipyard formerly aker philadelphia shipyard is a commercial shipyard located in philadelphia pennsylvania united states on part of the site of the philadelphia naval shipyard . the commercial yard began after the united states navy had ended most of its operations at the site . the yard is a listed company on the oslo stock exchange and part of the aker group controlled by kjell inge r kke . the yard targets producing ships within the jones act for domestic shipping primarily product tankers and container ships . the yard was started as a cooperation between kv rner and the city of philadelphia the commonwealth of pennsylvania and the government of the united states . rebuilt and opened in 2000 the yard delivered its first ship in 2003 mv manukai a container cargo ship for matson line and the first of four sister vessels built for matson through 2006 . in 2005 control of the yard passed to aker which bought the troubled kv rner firm . aker american shipping asa was formed and listed on the oslo bors . in 2007 aker american shipping was split into two companies the shipbuilding company aker philadelphia shipyard and the ship owning company aker american shipping today american shipping company . in january 2013 the shipyard completed construction of fourteen product tankers for subsidiaries of american shipping company amsc overseas shipholding group osg and crowley . on september 29 2011 aker philadelphia signed a contract with seariver maritime inc. the shipping subsidiary of exxonmobil for the construction of two aframax oil product tankers for delivery in 2014 . at 820 ft. in length and measuring over 115 000 tons deadweight they will be the largest ships yet built by the yard . on august 14 2013 philly.com reported that aker signed a joint business venture with crowley maritime corp of jacksonville fl to construct 8 product tankers with an option for 4 additional tankers . the venture was valued at 500 million and is expected to continue work at the yard through 2017 . 1 on november 7 2013 aker philadelphia shipyard announced an agreement to build two 3 600 teu containerships for matson navigation with deliveries in 2018 . on june 10 2014 the shipyard announced the planned establishment of philly tankers a jones act shipping company . the shipyard has firm contracts to build two eco design product tankers and options for two additional new builds . on june 11 2014 aker philadelphia shipyard has delivered the first of two aframax tankers to seariver maritime exxon mobil corporation s u.s. marine affiliate . this tanker has 820 foot long and designed to transport 800 000 barrels of alaskan north slope crude oil from prince william sound alaska to the u.s. west coast . also this vessel is equipped with double hull protection the latest navigation and communications equipment and an energy efficient engine . on september 30 2015 aker philadelphia shipyard delivered the ohio the first of four next generation 50 000 dwt product tankers that it is building for crowley maritime corporation . on october 1 2015 the shipyard began production activities on two 3 600 teu aloha class containerships that it is building for matson navigation company.the contracts for the vessels were originally signed in 2013 for a total value of 418 million . on december 1 2015 at an extraordinary general meeting shareholders of aker philadelphia shipyard asa oslo akps approved a proposal to change the company s name to philly shipyard asa . accordingly aker philadelphia shipyard inc. apsi the sole operating subsidiary of akps was likewise changed its name to philly shipyard . on december 23 2015 philly shipyard completed the construction of the texas for crowley maritime corporation . texas it s the 22nd vessel built by philly shipyard . it s the next generation 50 000 dwt product tanker . on april 15 2016 shipyard delivered the louisiana . louisiana joins sister ships ohio and texas which were received by crowley in 2015 . the 600 foot tanker has a carrying capacity of 14.5 million gallons of crude oil or refined products . 2 external links edit official website aker group web site 1 wikimedia commons has media related to philly shipyard . references edit loyd linda august 14 2013 . aker has deal to build up to eight tankers . philly.com . p. 1 . http articles.philly.com 2013 08 14 business 41378655 1 kristian rokke aker shipyard seariver maritime inc louisiana . retrieved 7 july 2016 . v t e aker group companies aker asa aker american shipping aker arctic aker biomarine aker capital aker floating production aker holding aker material handling aker seafoods aker solutions molde fotball as defunct companies aker maritime aker yards kv rner resource group international aker drilling people kjell inge r kke leif arne lang y see also category aker group coordinates 39 53 18 n 75 11 16 w 39.888301 n 75.187844 w 39.888301 ; 75.187844 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title philly shipyard & oldid 743597800 categories shipyards of the united statesmanufacturing plants in the united statesmanufacturing companies based in philadelphiacompanies listed on oslo axesshidden categories articles lacking reliable references from september 2012all articles lacking reliable referencescommons category without a link on wikidatacoordinates not on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate 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