The CGM owned Atlantic Service, seen arriving at Rotterdam 5.10.85, was the first vessel to join the Atlantic Container Line (ACL) fleet. She was one of four G-1 vessels originally ordered for their transatlantic service, and had been delivered to founder member Rederi A/B Transatlantic as Atlantic Span in 1967.
ACL became the largest operator in the trade and ordered additional vessels and in 1976 lengthened and widened the G-1's to increase container capacity from 700 TEU to 1,154 TEU.
In 1984 she transferred to the partner company and was renamed as a prelude to the introduction of the new G-3 class (since lengthened to G-3L), that today are in the process of being replaced.
Once the new vessels were delivered, the Atlantic Span was retired and broken up in Taiwan in November 1987.
ACL history link:
http://www.aclcargo.com/history.php