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ACL announces new con-ro fleet
Atlantic Container Line has signed a contract with Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding to build the five “largest con-ros in the world”
Atlantic Container Line has signed a contract with Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding to build what it says will be the five largest ror-o/containerships (con-ros) in the world. The G4 (Generation 4) vessels will replace ACL’s existing fleet of G3 con-ros operating in the company’s transatlantic service.
The new vessels will be the first of their type ever built. They will be bigger, faster, greener and more efficient than their predecessors. The G4’s will have a container capacity of 3800 TEU plus 28,900 m2 of ro-ro space, with a car capacity of 1307 vehicles. Speed will be increased by 10%, yet fuel consumption per TEU will be reduced by 50%.
The new ships will continue to employ cell-guides on deck. This feature, says ACL, will allow it “to extend an enviable record…[our] ships have never lost a container over the side during the last 30 years.” All five vessels will be delivered in 2015.
The innovative design was the brainchild of International Maritime Advisors (IMA) of Dragoer, Denmark, who successfully solved the problem of high ballast on con-ro vessels.
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