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to sit down together and work through all of those small problems. It’s a busy port, and the larger community real- izes how important it is to the state. Jim has done a great job down here. Their numbers get better every year. Ro/ro is a great commodity. It creates a lot of labor.”
ACL’s success over its 50-year history has been measured by
doing things differently from all its competitors. ACL has the most unique ships, sails to ports like Baltimore
and transports oversized cargo that others cannot carry. Combined with the Grimaldi Group’s ever-expanding service network, the new G4s will enable ACL to provide even more services to more places as a high- quality container and roll-on/roll-off operator for many years to come.
Guido Grimaldi, grandson of the founder, traveled from Italy to attend the ceremony.
We now have three services running
from Baltimore to Northern Europe, the Mediterranean and also West Africa, so our commitment to the Port is big and has continued like this for a long time.” –Guido Grimaldi
“The first call here was 1967, so
it’s been a long time,” he said. “We now have three services running from Baltimore to Northern Europe, the Mediterranean and also West Africa, so our commitment to the Port is big and has continued like this for a long time.”
Jim White remembers when he worked on the docks, saying you “could set your watch” to the arrival of the ACL vessels. The Port owns a 52 percent market share of all roll-on/ roll-off cargo handled on the East
Coast. The Port also ranks first in the U.S. for the import and export of automobiles.
“ACL is going to continue to
be very successful at the Port of Baltimore,” White said. “On the East Coast, we have dominance with ... heavy cargo, like project cargo, farm equipment, construction machinery. That’s what our Port is all about. These ships are built for that type of cargo. ACL is the best in the ro/ro business.”
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