Eimskip acquires the reefer logistics company Extraco
Eimskip has strengthened its position in worldwide reefer logistics services by acquiring 90% of the forwarding company Extraco Internationale Expeditie B.V. in the Netherlands, the company said in its press release.
Extraco was founded in 1991 and is located close to the port of Rotterdam, the largest port of Europe. It services importers of chilled and frozen commodities in the Netherlands, as well as providing import handling, warehousing, custom brokerage and distribution of bulk, chilled and frozen commodities in Europe. The company’s annual turnover amounts to approximately EUR 19 million.
Extraco employs 19 people and the majority of the company’s current management team will stay on board the company and own 10% share. The company will move into Eimskip’s office in Rotterdam to achieve synergies and will form a reefer logistics center with the other Eimskip identities there: European Transport Services (E.T.S.), Eimskip Reefer Logistics and Jac. Meisner.
This is the first of several accretive acquisitions that Eimskip will be making in its core markets in the coming months. This acquisition will strengthen and diversify the company’s freight forwarding services in the Netherlands.
About Eimskip
Eimskip was founded in 1914 and is a publicly traded company with its shares listed at Nasdaq Iceland. The company runs a network of 57 offices in 19 countries, operates 20 vessels and has around 1,600 employees. Approximately half of Eimskip’s revenue comes from operations outside Iceland. The company’s vision is to provide outstanding transportation services through a dependable transport system in the North Atlantic and an extensive worldwide network of reefer logistics services.