Atlantic Container Line

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Atlantic Container Line
Founded1965;60 years ago (1965)
Founder Olof Wallenius
HeadquartersWestfield, New Jersey
Area served
 North Atlantic
Key people
Andy Abbott, CEO
Services Freight transportation
Parent Grimaldi Group
Website www.aclcargo.com
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Atlantic Cartier in Gothenburg
ConRo ship Atlantic Compass.jpg
Atlantic Compass on the Elbe
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Atlantic Companion arriving at Liverpool
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Generation 4 class Atlantic Sail

Atlantic Container Line is an American, previously Swedish, shipping company owned by the Italian Grimaldi Group. The company operates large roll-on/roll-off (RORO) container ships between Europe and North America.

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History

ACL was formed in Stockholm in 1965 by Olof Wallenius who created a consortium of four shipping companies, Wallenius Lines, Swedish America Line, the Rederi AB Transatlantic and Holland America Line. These were joined by Cunard and CGT in 1967. [1]

In 1976 ACL took over the Care Line, its ships, Mont Royal and Montmorency, and its direct route to Montreal. [1]

During the Falklands War the British registered Atlantic Conveyor and Atlantic Causeway were requisitioned by the Ministry of Defence. Atlantic Conveyor sank on 25 May 1982 after being hit by two Argentine Exocet missiles. She is the only British flagged merchant ship to be sunk by missile.

Fleet

Current ships

The new Generation 4 ships, introduced in 2015, are faster and more fuel efficient than their predecessors. They are still ConRO, combination roll-on/roll-off (RORO) and container, ships but with the accommodation in the middle of the ship rather than at the stern as in the previous generation. [2]

NameBuiltIn serviceTonnageNotes
Atlantic Star20152015-100,430  GRT
Atlantic Sail20162016-100,430  GRT
Atlantic Sea20162016-100,430  GRT
Atlantic Sky20172017-100,430  GRT
Atlantic Sun20172017-100,430  GRT

Previous ships

[3] [4]

NameBuiltIn serviceTonnageOwnerNotes
Atlantic Saga19671967–198712,231  GRT SALBroken up 1987
Atlantic Song19671967–198711,771  GRT OWBroken up 1987
Atlantic Span
Atlantic Service		19671967-1984
1984-1987		11,995  GRT TransatlanticBroken up 1987
Atlantic Star19671967–198715,055  GRT HALBroken up 1987
Atlantic Causeway 19691969–198614,946  GRT CunardBroken up 1987
Atlantic Champagne19691969–198515,351  GRT CGTBroken up 1985
Atlantic Crown19691969–198515,489  GRT HALBroken up 1985
Atlantic Cinderella19701970–198515,437  GRT OWBroken up 1985
Atlantic Cognac19701970–198515,351  GRT CGTBroken up 1985
Atlantic Conveyor 19701970–198214,946  GRT CunardSunk during Falklands War
Atlantic Premier19721978–198210,998  GRT SALEx Mont Royal. Broken up 2004
Atlantic Prelude19721978–198311,148  GRT OWEx Montmorency. Broken up 2005
Atlantic Project19781978–19815,466  GRT StenaChartered from Stena Line
Atlantic Prosper 19781978–19815,466  GRT StenaChartered from Stena Line, Sunk 2006
Atlantic Companion19841984-201557,225  GRT TransatlanticSold for scrap to Alang, India Sep 2015
Atlantic Concert19841984- 201657,225  GRT TransoceanLengthened in Japan 1987. Scrapped in 2016
Atlantic Compass19841984- 201657,225  GRT OWLengthened in Japan 1987. Scrapped in 2016
Atlantic Cartier19851985- 201757,225  GRT OWLengthened in Japan 1987. Sold for scrap 2017 to Alang, India
Atlantic Conveyor19851985- 201757,225  GRT CunardLengthened at Scott Lithgow's Clyde shipyard, Glasgow Scotland 1987. Sold for scrap 2017 to Alang, India

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Philip Parker. "The history of Atlantic Container Line". Archived from the original on September 8, 2010. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
  2. ↑ "ACL - Vessel Specifications". aclcargo.com. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
  3. ↑ Faktaomfartyg.se. "Atlantic Container Line" . Retrieved 17 November 2016.
  4. ↑ TyneBuiltShip. "Atlantic Conveyor". Tyne Shipbuilders. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
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