page_title: G4-class freighter
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: G4-class freighter / History
caption_attribution_description: English: The new ConRo ship Atlantic Sail comes from the Port of Hamburg Deutsch: Das neue ConRO-Schiff Atlantic Sail kommt vom Hamburger Hafen Français&#160;: Le nouveau navire ConRo Atlantic Sail vient du Port de Hambourg
context_page_description: The G4 class is a series of five combination roll-on/roll-off container ships that are operated by the Atlantic Container Line and entered service in the mid-2010s. They are named Atlantic Star, Atlantic Sail, Atlantic Sea, Atlantic Sky, and Atlantic Sun.
context_section_description: Early design work for a new ConRO design began at International Maritime Advisors, which finished the basic plans in 2008.  Knud E. Hansen modified the design to ACL specifications, and in July 2012 the construction contract for five ships was awarded to Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding.  Construction began with steel-cutting for the first ship, at the time unnamed, in September 2013. In October 2014, ACL announced the names of the ships in the fleet, having selected them from employee suggestions.
  The first ship of the class, Atlantic Star, was launched in November 2014 and was planned to enter service in mid-2015, but ACL did not take delivery of the vessel until October 2015 and her maiden voyage did not occur until early 2016.  The remaining four ships were delivered over the course of 2016, beginning with Atlantic Sail in April.
  The entire fleet had originally been planned to enter service in 2015, but construction at the shipyard was delayed due to challenges building to the brand new design.  Immediately following their entry into service, problems with the quality of major components license-built in Asia to European designs were identified, requiring drydocking of the vessels for replacement of the faulty parts.
caption: Atlantic Sail
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