Painted Lady
“Atlantic Star” painted on the stern against ACL’s iconic RORO ramp!
News
Star Floating 11-18-14
As the progress of two of the five, G4 Containership/RORO vessels are under construction, the recently named Atlantic Star was floated during a ship building inspection.
ACL Announces Names of G4 Vessels
Construction is progressing on ACL’s new G4 vessels. When the construction of the G-4’s started in 2013, ACL’s parent company, the Grimaldi Group, decided that ACL’s employees would hold a contest to name the new vessels. Over 5,000 name proposals were … Continue reading
All G4 steel cut, keel laid, block fabrication underway
JULY 16, 2014….The steel has been cut and the keel laid for all five G-4 vessels. Block fabrication piecework for the first G-4 vessels is currently underway. Delivery of the initial G-4 vessel of ACL’s fleet is expected by May … Continue reading
G4 Construction Begins
The official steel cutting ceremony took place this week in Shanghai for Atlantic Container Line’s five G4 (Generation 4) RORO/Containerships, marking the begin of actual construction. Since signing a contract with ACL in July 2012 for the construction of these … Continue reading
Hull Testing
It’s been a little over 2 months now since we announced our plans for the new G4’s. Our shipyard, Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding (HZS) has been very busy on the details of the design work, working with ACL to specify component manufacturers and testing the hull form. Once the manufacturing process … Continue reading