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ACL AWARDED QUEST FOR QUALITY

Logistics Management’s 40th Annual Quest for Quality Awards was announced in its August issue and Atlantic Container Line (ACL) ranked top performer for 2023. Over the course of four decades, LM’s Quest for Quality has been regarded in the transportation and logistics industry as the most important measure of customer satisfaction and performance excellence. To […]

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ENTIRE FLEET RECEIVES U.S. COAST GUARD’S QUALSHIP 21 CERTIFICATION

ACL is excited to announce that the U.S. Coast Guard has awarded a QUALSHIP 21 certificate to its entire fleet of container/RORO vessels: Atlantic Star, Atlantic Sky, Atlantic Sail, Atlantic Sun and Atlantic Sea. The U.S. Coast Guard makes every effort to ensure safe, secure, and environmentally sound maritime commerce and offers this program to […]

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ATLANTIC STAR & ATLANTIC SAIL RECEIVE US COAST GUARD AMVER AWARDS

Atlantic Container Line received two prestigious AMVER Awards for its two G4 vessels, the Atlantic Star and the Atlantic Sail in recognition of outstanding dedication to the Automated Mutual-assistance Vessel Rescue System in support of world maritime safety. Amver is a worldwide voluntary vessel reporting system operated by the U.S. Coast Guard to enhance and […]

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DIAGEO HONORS ACL AS GLOBAL AWARD WINNER

ACL came together virtually on December 13th for Diageo’s Global Supplier and Agency Awards Ceremony. In October ACL received Diageo’s Regional 2022 Global Brand Supply Procurement Supplier Award Winners for Service Excellence. Each regional Global Brand Supplier was then entered into Diageo’s Global category, and ACL was further presented with the Diageo Global Service Award […]

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ACL HONORED AS DIAGEO’S TOP PERFORMING PARTNER

Diageo, a multinational alcoholic beverage company, headquartered in London, England, honored its supplier and agency partners at the 2nd Annual Supplier Awards at the end of October. ACL was one of Diageo’s 2022 GBS Procurement Supplier Award Winners for Service Excellence. The Company recognizes and celebrates the outstanding contributions of its external partners to their […]

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ACL PARTICIPATES IN ROUTES OF REMEMBRANCE, WREATHS ACROSS THE ATLANTIC

ACL was honoured to take part in the Routes of Remembrance cause this week. ACL’s G4 vessel, Atlantic Sea, which departed from Liverpool on Friday, August 26, 2022, carried the thirty Poppy Wreaths to Halifax, Nova Scotia where they will be placed in memorial in Halifax for the Remembrance Tour. Routes of Remembrance honours the […]

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Liverpool to commemorate 40-year anniversary of Falklands loss

Liverpool, England – In the spring of 1982, the British Government requisitioned merchant vessels to be part of a Royal Navy task force sailing to the Falkland Islands. Included were Atlantic Conveyor and Atlantic Causeway (owned by Cunard and operated by Atlantic Container Line (ACL), who were also partly owned by Cunard at the time). […]

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Cargo to/from Russia and Belarus

Due to the current situation, we must suspend the carriage of all cargo originating or destined for Russia and Belarus. The need to properly comply with an increasing number of sanction as well as the growing port restrictions leave us no other option. We will continue to monitor the situation carefully.

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Spring Thaw Period 2022

Please prepare for the Spring Thaw period this year to begin on March 15, 2022 and last through the end of May 2022. It is important to note that the Atlantic Star AST8622 will be the last A Service to call Halifax prior to travel restrictions for this region. This will be the final vessels […]

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