Atlantic Container Line
Andrew J. Abbott
President & CEO
ACL’s G4 vessels’ cargo capacity include:
- A 420 Ton Quarter Ramp With Simultaneous Loading & Discharge of Oversized Cargo
- 28,900m2 for containers, RORO, Breakbulk & Oversized Cargo
- 1,300 vehicles
- 3,800 TEUs container capacity
- Specially designed container cell guide racking system
ACL’s Featured Services:
- Weekly Transatlantic Container and RORO Service to and from seven North American and European Ports
- Unique North American port directly serving Baltimore and Halifax, N.S.
- One of the few ocean carriers to call Liverpool, UK
Unique Capabilities:
- Dedicated weekly container & feeder service to/from Dublin & Belfast, Ireland as well as Gothenburg, Sweden
- Connections and easy access to interior France and Germany
- RORO connection to/from Finland & Sweden
Since 1967, ACL has been a specialized transatlantic carrier of containers, project and oversized cargo, heavy equipment and vehicles with the world’s largest combination G4 RORO/Containerships.
ACL is the only Atlantic carrier that can transport both containers and oversized cargo on the same ship.
ACL’s Container/RORO fleet includes the Atlantic Star, Atlantic Sun, Atlantic Sea, Atlantic Sail and Atlantic Sky. The container capacity is 3,800 TEUs, plus 28,900 square meters of RORO space and a car capacity of 1,300+ vehicles.
The G4 fleet employs ACL’s specially designed container cell-guides on deck. This unique feature allows the Company to extend its enviable 40+ year record of ACL ships never losing a container over the side. All containers on deck are secured in a unique cell guide racking system—always safe and locked in place despite the rough weather on the North Atlantic.
ACL’s fleet of five vessels dramatically improves the Company’s competitiveness on the North Atlantic. The G4s demonstrate to our customers that our Parent Company, the Grimaldi Group, continues to do things differently than all of its competitors. We employ unique ships, go to unique ports and carry cargo that others cannot carry.
The Company’s headquarters are in Gothenburg, Sweden, with a corporate office in Westfield, NJ and offices throughout Europe and North America. ACL offers weekly transatlantic sailings and is also the North America Agent for the Grimaldi Group for services between North America and West Africa and between North America and the Mediterranean. ACL also offers oversized cargo service between North America to the Middle East, Far East and Oceania.
