Atlantic Container Line is an American shipping

Shipping

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 company owned by the Italian

Italy

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 Grimaldi Group

Grimaldi Group

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.

The company operates large RORO

RORO

Roll-on/roll-off ships are vessels designed to carry wheeled cargo such as automobiles, trucks, semi-trailer trucks, trailers or railroad cars that are driven on and off the ship on their own wheels...

 Container ships between Europe and North America.

History

ACL was formed in 1965 by a consortium of five shipping companies, Wallenius Lines

Wallenius Lines

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, Swedish America Line, The Transatlantic Steamship Company and Holland America Line

Holland America Line

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. These were joined by Cunard

Cunard Line

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 and CGT

Compagnie Générale Transatlantique

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 in 1967.

During the Falklands War

Falklands War

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 the British registered Atlantic Conveyor and Atlantic Causeway were requisitioned by the Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)

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. The Atlantic Conveyor sunk on 25 May 1982 after being hit by two Argentine

Argentina

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 Exocet

Exocet

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 missiles.

Current ships

ACL operates a fleet of five RORO container ships

Name	Built	In service	Tonnage	Notes
Atlantic Companion	1984	1984-
Atlantic Concert	1984	1984-
Atlantic Compass	1984	1984-
Atlantic Conveyor	1985	1985-
Atlantic Cartier	1985	1985-

Previous ships

Name	Built	In service	Tonnage	Notes
Atlantic Saga	1967	1967–1987		Broken up 1987
Atlantic Song	1967	1967–1987		Broken up 1987
Atlantic Span Atlantic Service	1967	1967-1984 1984-1987		Broken up 1987
Atlantic Star	1967	1967–1987		Broken up 1987
Atlantic Causeway	1969	1969–1986		Broken up 1987
Atlantic Champagne	1969	1969–1985		Broken up 1985
Atlantic Crown	1969	1969–1985		Broken up 1985
Atlantic Cinderella	1970	1970–1985		Broken up 1985
Atlantic Cognac	1970	1970–1985		Broken up 1985
Atlantic Conveyor	1970	1970–1982		Sunk during Falklands War Falklands War The Falklands War , also called the Falklands Conflict or Falklands Crisis, was fought in 1982 between Argentina and the United Kingdom over the disputed Falkland Islands and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands...
Atlantic Premier	1972	1978–1982		Broken up 2004
Atlantic Prelude	1972	1978–1983		Broken up 2005
Atlantic Project	1978	1978–1981		Chartered from Stena Line Stena Line Stena Line is one of the world's largest ferry operators, with ferry services serving Scotland, Sweden, Northern Ireland, Denmark, Norway, England, Wales, Ireland, Germany, the Netherlands and Poland. Stena Line is a major unit of Stena AB, itself a part of the Stena Sphere, a grouping of Stena AB,...
Atlantic Prosper MV Finnbirch MV Finnbirch was a Swedish roll-on/roll-off ship built in 1978 as Stena Prosper.-History:Finnbirch was built at Hyundai Heavy Industries in South Korea and delivered to her owners Stena RoRo on 2 February 1978. In 1988 the ship was sold to Finnish Rettig, and in 1995 to Bore Line...	1978	1978–1981		Chartered from Stena Line Stena Line Stena Line is one of the world's largest ferry operators, with ferry services serving Scotland, Sweden, Northern Ireland, Denmark, Norway, England, Wales, Ireland, Germany, the Netherlands and Poland. Stena Line is a major unit of Stena AB, itself a part of the Stena Sphere, a grouping of Stena AB,... , Sunk 2006