{"id":703,"date":"2014-10-31T10:21:00","date_gmt":"2014-10-31T10:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rescuenotes.ca\/?p=703"},"modified":"2014-10-31T10:21:00","modified_gmt":"2014-10-31T10:21:00","slug":"new-acl-vessels-named-by-haligonian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rescuenotes.ca\/?p=703","title":{"rendered":"New ACL vessels named by Haligonian"},"content":{"rendered":"
 Construction is progressing on Atlantic Container Line’s new G4 vessels, which will be the largest RORO\/Containerships in the world. The G4 vessels will replace ACL’s existing fleet of G3’s operating in the company’s transatlantic service.<\/span><\/div>\n

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The new G4 Fleet is being named<\/span> <\/span>Atlantic Star<\/i>,<\/span> <\/span>Atlantic Sail, Atlantic Sea<\/i>,<\/span> <\/span>Atlantic Sky<\/i>and<\/span> <\/span>Atlantic Sun<\/i>.<\/span> <\/span>Andrea Cox<\/span><\/span>, who started with ACL in<\/span> <\/span>September 1996<\/span>, submitted the winning names. Andrea is a Customer Service Representative at ACL’s Halifax Customer Service Center. Andrea said she chose the names based on her daily experience with customers. <\/span><\/p>\n


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When the construction of the G\u20104’s began 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 received. Each ACL country manager and department manager picked his\/her favorite 25 sets of 5 names. The most frequently selected 25 name sets were submitted to Grimaldi Group Management in Italy<\/span><\/span>, who chose the winner. <\/span><\/div>\n

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The new G4 vessels will be bigger, faster, greener and more efficient than their predecessors. The G4’s will have a container capacity of 3,800 TEUs plus 28,900 square meters of RORO space, with a car capacity of 1307 vehicles. The new ships will continue to employ cell\u2010guides on deck, a feature that will allow ACL to extend its enviable record of never losing a container at sea in over 30 years. The first ACL G4 will enter service next summer, followed every two months by a sister vessel until the entire ACL fleet is replaced.<\/span><\/div>\n

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