Philly Shipyard ASA operates as a commercial shipyard that builds and repairs vessels for the United States Jones Act market and government. It owns a shipbuilding facility, which provides ocean-going merchant vessels, including containerships, product tankers, and aframax tankers. The company was formerly known as Aker Philadelphia Shipyard ASA and changed its name to Philly Shipyard ASA in November 2015. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Oslo, Norway. Philly Shipyard ASA is a subsidiary of Aker Capital ASA.