28.11.2007 -Samskip has announced the acquisition of leading global reefer logistics company Icepak. The Icepak organisation has offices in Basildon in the UK; Merchantville, New Jersey and Seattle, in North America; and Sydney, Australia.
Icepak has been operating successfully for 15 years under the primary ownership of Debbie Woodliffe, Holly Coble and Paul Dean and during this time has grown and developed an internationally recognised reefer logistics brand along with a well respected and admired operational and service minded capability.
All three shareholders of Icepak remain with the business and on the board of the company, which will also include Peder Winther and Simon Dwyer, Managing Director Samskip UK. Debbie Woodliffe will join the Samskip Reefer & Forwarding Logistics board based in Rotterdam.