Atlantic Container Line


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

History

ACL was formed in 1965 by a consortium of four shipping companies, Wallenius Lines, Swedish America Line, the Transatlantic Steamship Company and Holland America Line. These were joined by Cunard and CGT in 1967.
In 1976 ACL took over the Care Line, its ships, Mont Royal and Montmorency, and its direct route to Montreal.
During the Falklands War the British registered and 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 and container, ships but with the accommodation in the middle of the ship rather than at the stern as in the previous generation.
NameBuiltIn serviceTonnageNotes
Atlantic Conveyor19851985-Built at Swan Hunter U.K. lengthened at Scott Lithgow's Clyde shipyard, Glasgow Scotland 1987
Atlantic Star20152015-
Atlantic Sail20162016-
Atlantic Sea20162016-
Atlantic Sky20172017-
Atlantic Sun20172017-

Previous ships

NameBuiltIn serviceTonnageOwnerNotes
Atlantic Saga19671967–1987SALBroken up 1987
Atlantic Song19671967–1987OWBroken up 1987
Atlantic Span
Atlantic Service		19671967-1984
1984-1987		TransatlanticBroken up 1987
Atlantic Star19671967–1987HALBroken up 1987
19691969–1986CunardBroken up 1987
Atlantic Champagne19691969–1985CGTBroken up 1985
Atlantic Crown19691969–1985HALBroken up 1985
Atlantic Cinderella19701970–1985OWBroken up 1985
Atlantic Cognac19701970–1985CGTBroken up 1985
19701970–1982CunardSunk during Falklands War
Atlantic Premier19721978–1982SALEx Mont Royal. Broken up 2004
Atlantic Prelude19721978–1983OWEx Montmorency. Broken up 2005
Atlantic Project19781978–1981StenaChartered from Stena Line
Atlantic Prosper19781978–1981StenaChartered from Stena Line, Sunk 2006
Atlantic Companion19841984-2015TransatlanticSold for scrap to Alang, India Sep 2015
Atlantic Concert19841984- 2016TransoceanLengthened in Japan 1987. Scrapped in 2016
Atlantic Compass19841984- 2016OWLengthened in Japan 1987. Scrapped in 2016
Atlantic Cartier19851985- 2017OWLengthened in Japan 1987. Sold for scrap 2017 to Alang, India