ANDREW J. ABBOTT
President & CEO
Atlantic Container Line

Mr. Abbott holds a Bachelor’s degree in International Economics from Georgetown University and an MBA from Columbia University. He also did several years of economics studies at the German universities of Heidelberg, Rostock and Berlin.

He began his maritime career in New York as a Marketing Analyst with Atlantic Container Line (ACL) in 1977. Between 1979 and 1983, he held commercial management positions at Waterman Steamship Corporation and Orient Overseas Container Line. He returned to ACL in 1983 and rose through the ranks to senior management positions in both New York and Southampton, England. In 1999, he was appointed President & Chief Executive Officer of ACL.

ACL has been operating on the North Atlantic since 1967 and is a division of the Grimaldi Group of Naples, Italy.