Atlanship

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Atlanship SA
IndustryShipping
Founded1982
Headquarters,
Area served
Worldwide
ServicesFreight transportation
Website http://www.atlanship.eu/

Atlanship SA, founded in 1982, is a Swiss shipping company that specializes in transporting refrigerated fresh and concentrated orange juice. It is headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland with a representative office in Rotterdam. They provide full ship management services. [1] [2]

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The company today

Atlanship operational areas include South America, Europe, the United States, Japan and Korea.

In 2011, the Croatian shipyard Brodosplit, in the Adriatic port of Split, delivered the biggest ever orange juice carrier to Atlanship SA. The Orange Star is 190 metres long and 32 wide, and has a capacity of 35,750 tonnes. [3] This giant juice tanker is the replacement vessel for the old Orange Star which was in service from 1975 to 2010, and then sold for scrap in India. [4] [5]

The fleet

NameTypeIMOYear
Orange Blossom [6] Juice tanker IMO 84079311984, sold in 2015
Bebedouro [7] Juice tankerIMO 85037731986, sold in 2013
Orange WaveJuice tankerIMO 90571231993
Orange SkyJuice tankerIMO 92283702003
Orange SunJuice tankerIMO 93425802007
Orange StarJuice tankerIMO 95643842011
Orange OceanJuice tankerIMO 96753912014
Orange Blossom 2Juice tankerIMO 96754062014

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