Samskip buys Kloosterboer Group coldstore companies

Samskip buys Kloosterboer Group coldstore companies    Reykjavik-based Samskip agreed Sunday to acquire a number of coldstore companies belonging to the Dutch Kloosterboer Group for an undisclosed amount.
   The activities acquired by Samskip amount to about 30 percent of the Kloosterboer Group and include:
   * Kloosterboer Terminal, Kollafjordur, the Faeroe Islands.
   * Kloosterboer Terminal, Aalesund, Norway.
   * Kloosterboer Coldstores, Ijmuiden, Holland.
   * Part of Kloosterboer Coldstores, Rotterdam, Holland.
   * Kloosterboer Shipping, Ijmuiden.
   * Fish related activities of Kloosterboer International Forwarding, Rotterdam and Kloosterboer Services in Rotterdam.
   “The combination of Samskip and Kloosterboer will strengthen our ability to offer a comprehensive global service to the seafood industry ranging from discharging fishing vessels and storage to transport and delivery across a wide area covering Scandinavia, Northern Europe, North America and Asia,” said Asbjorn Gislason, president of Samskip.
   Recently Samskip acquired Dutch intra-Europe shipping and intermodal operator Geest North Sea Line.