American Shipping Company ASA is the new name of the company formerly known as Aker American Shipping ASA.

25.06.2008

The name change took place at an extraordinary general meeting in Oslo on June 25, 2008. The new name reflects that the US shipping company no longer is an Aker company, after Aker ASA in June reduced its ownership in the company from 53.2 percent to 19.9 percent.

This web site will be updated and relaunched to reflect these changes in July 2008.

American Shipping Company’s mission statement:
"To be the preferred ship leasing partner to the U.S. Jones Act Market"

American Shipping Company ASA owns and leases world-class quality vessels for operation between ports in the United States. The company has a partnership with Aker Philadelphia Shipyard, the most modern and advanced U.S. commercial shipyard, which is building a series of 12 product tankers. Visit www.akerphiladelphia.com for more information about the shipyard.

When the current series of tankers is completed in 2011, American Shipping Company will own the most modern product tanker fleet in the United States, and it will be the first company in the United States to own shuttle tankers for use in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.

American Shipping Company ASA.