Atlantic Container Line (ACL)

ACL’s fastest transatlantic freight service makes first arrival in Ireland

The inaugural fast shipping service between North America and Ireland, a collaboration between Atlantic Container Line (ACL) and BG Freight Line (BGFL), has made its first port calls to Dublin and Belfast.

The two shipping lines have joined forces to offer exporters and importers in Ireland and Northern Ireland the fastest transatlantic access to North America.

“Today sees a real breakthrough with our new transatlantic freight services to and from Dublin and Belfast now up to two weeks faster...

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Atlantic Container Line and Peel Ports ink 15-year contract extension

Atlantic Container Line (ACL), a Grimaldi Group Company, has agreed a new 15-year contract extension for container and roll-on/roll-off operations at the Port of Liverpool until 2035. ACL is already the largest ocean carrier operating at Liverpool’s Royal Seaforth Container Terminal (RSCT) and the port’s longest serving container carrier. This new agreement demonstrates ACL’s confidence in the growing volume of transatlantic trade between the UK and North America and ACL’s commitment to the...

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Atlantic Sun christening ceremony

On October 10, the christening ceremony and plaque presentation for the Atlantic Sun, a Con-Ro (Container and Roll on Roll Off) vessel, were held at Berth 17 in Port Newark. Officials from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey joined customers of the ocean carrier, Atlantic Container Line (ACL) and the ship’s Godmother, Katherine LoBue, to celebrate this monumental occasion.

The ship was built in 2016 in China and is the 4th generation of ACL’s Con-Ro vessels. The Atlantic Sun is the...

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