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worldwide sea carriage.

Overview

ARC is the largest US-flag

carrier, and the third largest US-flag shipping line overall operating in international trade. The company was founded in 1990, with headquartered in

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and it is part of

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group, along with

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and

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. The company's tonnage results composed of 8 US flagged ships. All ARC vessels participate in the Maritime Security Program (MSP) and Voluntary Intermodal Sealift Agreement (VISA), providing to the US armed forces sea transportation from and to the US and Europe when the space on board is not utilized by commercial cargo. The company specializes in maritime transport and distribution of cargo such as automobiles, trucks, trailers,

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s, heavy construction machineries and further types of rolling freight, including

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. The main trade lanes are United States to Europe and Europe to the United States, specifically scheduling the Northern European ports of

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, and the US East coast ports of

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, Brunswick,

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Facts and accidents

On 2 June 2015, a fire started on board of ARC owned ''mv Courage''. The vessel was sailing from

when the flames broke out in the cargo hold, damaging vehicles and structure. The crew was able to contain the fire while at anchor, about 40 nautical miles from Southampton. On 24 February 2017, ARC owned ''mv Honor'' faced an onboard fire in the

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while sailing in between the ports of

and

. The fire was kept under control by the 21 Crew members and was extinguished before the Coast Guard and fire brigades reached the vessel. The ship was then requested to proceed back into Southampton harbour for further inspection. On 8 August 2018, a fuel spill happened near

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due to the collision of ARC owned ''mv Endurance'' against the ''Savage Pathfinder'' tugboat. 13,000 gallons of fuel were dispersed in the sea, however the spillage was secured and clean up started hours after the accident.

Gallery

File:Car_carrier_Integrity.jpg, Integrity File:Car carrier Independence II 2010-05-29 1.jpg, mv Independence II File:Car carrier Resolve (IMO 9080297) entering Port of Bizerte - Tunisia - 29 Jan. 2013.jpg, mv Resolve File:Endurance, Fremantle, 2015 (12).JPG, mv Endurance File:Car carrier Courage 2.jpg, mv Courage File:Car carrier FREEDOM en quai à Casablanca.jpg, mv Freedom File:Patriot aft Port of Antwerp 11-Oct-2005.jpg, mv Patriot File:Liberty p1 Port of Antwerp 01-Jan-2005.jpg, mv Liberty

References

{{United States-flag shipping companies Shipping companies of the United States Ro-ro shipping companies Car carrier shipping companies Companies based in Morris County, New Jersey Parsippany-Troy Hills, New Jersey Transport companies established in 1990

Overview

Facts and accidents

See also

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