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Jones Act shipbuilder Aker Philadelphia Shipyard, Inc. (APSI) has delivered the second of two Liberty-class Aframax tankers to ExxonMobil U.S. marine affiliate SeaRiver Maritime.The 802-foot, 115,000 dwt tanker, named Eagle Bay, will be used to transport up to 800,000 barrels of Alaskan North Slope crude oil from Prince William Sound, Alaska to the U.S. West Coast. The vessel is equipped with double hull protection, the latest navigation and communications equipment, and an energy efficient engine, according to APSI.

Destined to deliver Alaskan crude oil to the U.S. west coast, the Eagle Bay was named on Jan 12 at Aker Philadelphia Shipyard and is the second of two U.S.-flag crude oil tankers built at the shipyard for ExxonMobil affiliate, SeaRiver Maritime. In June, the sister-ship Liberty Bay was delivered. Both ships will replace existing double-hull tankers operating on the Alaska-West Coast route and are the largest vessels ever built at Aker Philadelphia, according to the shipyard. The two vessels can carry up to 800,000 barrels of oil and are powered by a single six-cylinder MAN B&W 6S60MC-C8.2 Tier 2 engine which will burn ultra-low sulfur fuel oil in order to meet emissions requirements while in ECAs. ExxonMobil says the two ships came at at an aggregate price of $400 million and have helped to create upwards of 1,200 jobs in the Philadelphia region.