American Cruise Lines

American Cruise Lines
Company typePrivate
IndustryTravel and Hospitality
Founded1973 (1973)
HeadquartersGuilford, Connecticut, U.S.
Area served
United States
Key people
Charles B. Robertson, President & CEO (2019-Present); Charles A. Robertson, Founder, Chairman & CEO (1973-2019)
ProductsCruises
Websitewww.americancruiselines.com

American Cruise Lines is the largest river and small-ship cruise line in the United States with its headquarters in Guilford, Connecticut. The line operates nineteen small U.S.-flagged cruise ships along the Eastern Seaboard (Maine to Florida, Hudson River, and Chesapeake Bay) and Western Seaboard (including Alaska and Puget Sound) as well as the Mississippi, Ohio, Cumberland, and Tennessee Rivers and the Columbia-Snake river system in the United States.