Progressing nicely, Atlantic Star is floated as construction continues at Hudong Zhonghua Shipyard in Shanghai, China. The G4 fleet of 5 will expand the Company’s capacity to handle containers, vehicles, oversized cargo, breakbulk & project cargo.
What is known to the yard as H1696A is ACL’s soon to be Atlantic Sail. Progressing nicely! Seen here is forward position of the second vessel in a series of 5 builds.
After the launching to float ceremony, “Atlantic Star” on the water. Look at this long, sleek beauty! Notice ACL’s iconic colors of white and blue! Sitting still now, but soon RORO cargo slinking up the ramp and containers easing into … Continue reading
Ceremony at “Atlantic Star’s” launching January 27, 2015 15.40 hrs, Shanghai!
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.
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
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
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