1965 headquarters westfield new jersey area served north atlantic key people andy abbott ceo services freight transportation parent grimaldi group website www.aclcargo.com atlantic cartier in gothenburg atlantic compass on the river elbe atlantic container line is an american shipping company owned by the italian grimaldi group . the company operates large roro container ships between europe and north america . contents 1 history 2 fleet 2.1 current ships 2.2 previous ships 3 references history edit acl was formed in 1965 by a consortium of five shipping companies wallenius lines swedish america line the transatlantic steamship company and holland america line . these were joined by cunard and cgt in 1967 . 1 during the falklands war the british registered atlantic conveyor and atlantic causeway were requisitioned by the ministry of defence . the atlantic conveyor sank on 25 may 1982 after being hit by two argentine exocet missiles . fleet edit current ships edit the new generation 4 ships are faster and more fuel efficient that their predecessors . they are are still conro combination ro ro and container ships but with the accommodation in the middle of the ship rather than at the stern as in the previous generation . 2 name built in service tonnage notes atlantic concert 1984 1984 57 225 grt lengthened in japan 1987 atlantic compass 1984 1984 57 225 grt lengthened in japan 1987 atlantic conveyor 1985 1985 57 225 grt built at swan hunter u.k. lengthened at a clyde shipyard scotland 1987 atlantic cartier 1985 1985 57 225 grt lengthened in japan 1987 atlantic star 2015 2015 100 430 grt atlantic sail 2016 2016 100 430 grt atlantic sea 2016 2016 100 430 grt previous ships edit 3 name built in service tonnage notes atlantic saga 1967 1967 1987 12 231 grt broken up 1987 atlantic song 1967 1967 1987 11 771 grt broken up 1987 atlantic span atlantic service 1967 1967 1984 1984 1987 11 995 grt broken up 1987 atlantic star 1967 1967 1987 15 055 grt broken up 1987 atlantic causeway 1969 1969 1986 14 946 grt broken up 1987 atlantic champagne 1969 1969 1985 15 351 grt broken up 1985 atlantic crown 1969 1969 1985 15 489 grt broken up 1985 atlantic cinderella 1970 1970 1985 15 437 grt broken up 1985 atlantic cognac 1970 1970 1985 15 351 grt broken up 1985 atlantic conveyor 1970 1970 1982 14 946 grt sunk during falklands war atlantic premier 1972 1978 1982 10 998 grt broken up 2004 atlantic prelude 1972 1978 1983 11 148 grt broken up 2005 atlantic project 1978 1978 1981 5 466 grt chartered from stena line atlantic prosper 1978 1978 1981 5 466 grt chartered from stena line sunk 2006 atlantic companion 1984 1984 2015 57 225 grt sold for scrap alang india sep 2015 references edit philip parker . the history of atlantic container line . archived from the original on september 8 2010 . retrieved december 2010 . check date values in access date help acl vessel specifications . aclcargo.com . retrieved 25 july 2016 . faktaomfartyg.se . atlantic container line . retrieved december 2010 . check date values in access date help retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title atlantic container line & oldid 739244106 categories shipping companies of the united statescontainer shipping companiesgrimaldi grouphidden categories cs1 errors dates navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages deutschsuomisvenska edit links this page was last modified on 13 september 2016 at 15 53 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view