Keystone Shipping Company

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Keystone Shipping Company
TypePrivate
Founded1919 (1919)
FounderCharles Kurz
Headquarters
Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania
,
United States
Key people
Donald Kurz, Donald Kurz Jr.
ServicesTransportation, logistics
Websitewww.keyship.com

Keystone Shipping Company is an American shipping and transportation company headquartered outside of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The company operates a fleet of ships for both dry bulk cargo and tankers.

Keystone Shipping Company has a fleet of over 20 ships. The fleet consists of: tankers, dry bulk ships, tugboats, tank barges, and roll-on/roll-off ships. Keystone Shipping Company tanker fleet transports crude oil and other petroleum products to both coasts in the United States.[1]

History

Foundation and early years

Keystone Shipping Company was founded by Charles Kurz. Before Keystone Shipping Company, Charles Kurz was a shipping agent, commodities trader, and ship owner.

Since World War I, the Keystone Shipping Company has been active in the worldwide support of the United States Armed Forces. Keystone Shipping Company is part of the Ready Reserve Fleet program. Keystone Shipping Company headquarters is in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania.[2]

World War II

Keystone Shipping Company was a major tanker operator during World War II, operating over 60 tankers, including Type T2 tankers. Keystone Shipping Company operated a fleet of tankers for the War Shipping Administration. Each Keystone Shipping Company tanker had a merchant crew of about 9 officers and 39 men.

Key Lakes

Key Lakes, Inc. of Duluth, Minnesota is a subsidiary of Keystone Shipping Company operating on the Great Lakes with 20 ships. Key Lakes operated tankers, dry bulk ships, tugboats, tank barges, and roll-on/roll-off ships.[10][11]

Alaska Tanker Company

The Alaska Tanker Company was founded in 1999 by Keystone Shipping Company, OSG America Operating Company, and BP Oil Shipping Company.[12][13][14] Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc. (NYSE: OSG) purchased all the shares of Alaska Tanker Company on March 12, 2020, and it is now a subsidiary of Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc. of Tampa.[15] Alaska Tanker Company transports Alaskan crude oil with four 190,000-ton tankers. The company is headquartered in Beaverton, Oregon.[16]

Ships:[17]

  • Alaska Explorer
  • Alaska Frontier
  • Alaska Legend
  • Alaska Navigator

Keystone Shipping Company ships

See also

References

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