KVAERNER PHILADELPHIA SHIPYARD

Kvaerner Philadelphia Places $60 Million Worth Of Supply Orders

Kvaerner Philadelphia Shipyard, part of the Anglo-Norwegian engineering and construction group, to date, has placed supply orders for nearly $60 million with local and regional businesses in and around Philadelphia for ship construction materials and services. Additional amounts are spent regularly with local suppliers to support the shipyard's daily operations. "This is evidence that the promises made to tax-payers in 1998 are now starting to have a real impact in the community," said Ron McAlear, newly appointed President & CEO of the Kvaerner Philadelphia Shipyard. "We're in the process of establishing a strong supplier network that can service the yard in the years to come. Work on the construction of the yards' first ship - a container vessel - started at the end of March this year. The first ship is being built by Kvaerner for later sale into the market place and will also be used as an extension of the employee training program. Construction and development work of the yard now nears completion and the facility currently employs a total staff of 400.

MARAD Approves Title XI Funding Containerships

The U.S. Maritime Administration (MARAD) issued a Bulletin announcing that it has approved Title XI funding for two U.S.-flag containerships. The ships are will be built in the Kvaerner Philadelphia Shipyard for Matson Navigation Company.

Kvaerner and Aker Join Forces in Shipbuilding

Kvaerner announced that it has agreed with Aker RGI Holding to establish a jointly owned shipbuilding management company. Together, the two groups own 12 shipyards in Europe, and one in the USA and Brazil. These yards have a total of some 13,500 employees with combined revenues of $2.2 billion. Kvaerner and RGI have on a number of previous occasions stated the intention to merge their respective shipbuilding operations in the future

Kvaerner Makes Commitment to Philadelphia Shipyard

Even if Kvaerner Group is unsuccessful in selling its Philadelphia operation, Europe's largest shipbuilder does not plan to leave the shipyard high and dry. The firm announced it will sell or close its 13 shipyards around the world due to low profits, but would try to find a buyer for the Philadelphia shipyard. If a buyer is not found, "then Kvaerner must continue," said Harald Rafdal, CEO of Kvaerner Philadelphia Inc

History Repeats Itself In the “City of Brotherly Love”

A new development within the realm of U.S. Shipbuilding — the new Kvaerner Philadelphia Shipyard (KPSI) is poised to be one of the most efficiently outfitted commercial shipyards in the world. The shipbuilding company, which occupies approximately 114 acres on what used to be the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, utilizes a section of the former Naval yard, which was closed down in 1996 by the U.S. Government due to lack of funds

Kvaerner Drops Plan To Dump Shipyards

Kvaerner ASA has postponed a planned sale of its Masa-Yards Finnish shipbuilding unit in a new setback to its goal of exiting shipbuilding. Kvaerner said it had failed to find a right buyer for Masa-Yards, which specializes in building cruise ships and has an order reserve of $2.6 billion, and would instead concentrate on raising the unit's profitability. "Talks (about a sale of Masa) have not led to a satisfactory agreement," the company said in a statement

Andrew E. Gibson: A Life Dedicated To Maritime

Andrew Edward Gibson died on July 8, 2001, at the age of 79 in Short Hills, New Jersey. His final decade, after a life of notably active achievements, had been primarily devoted to scholarship, at the Naval War College where he taught, and in work with Kings Point Professor Arthur Donovan, in the preparation of a history of United States maritime policy, published in 1999 as The Abandoned Ocean, and of a to-be-published history of containerization.

New Repair Yard to Set up Shop in Philly

Reports indicate that a company that has repaired cruise ships plans to set up a second operation in Philadelphia. The new shipyard will be called PennShip Service. Under an agreement, PennShip will lease the site next to the Aker Philadelphia Shipyard. The sites are part of the former Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, which closed in 1996. Source: AP

Pemamek Wins Contract

Pemamek Oy Ltd was recently awarded a contract of Aker Philadelphia Shipyard, construction and delivery of a micro panel line. Commissioning in early 2013, the new modern micro panel line replaces the existing one. This new line will increase the shipyard’s productivity and therefore improve Aker Philadelphia Shipyards positioning at the market. Additionally, Pemamek Ltd contracted a yearly maintenance contract for the equipment and software for fully support in periodical

Aker Philadelphia Shipyard, 10th Tanker

Aker Philadelphia Shipyard (Oslo:AKPS), a leading U.S. commercial shipyard, cut steel on Hull 014, the tenth product tanker in the series of twelve to be built for American Shipping Company (Oslo:AMSC). Production of this vessel begins a few days after the successful delivery of Hull 010, the Overseas Boston. A small ceremony was held this afternoon to commence production and was attended by representatives of Aker Philadelphia Shipyard, OSG