Samskip to buy US perishables forwarder Rimar Consultants

Samskip has announced plans to acquire New Jersey-based forwarder Rimar Consultants to bolster its US and reefer business.

Subject to agreement with Rimar’s owner Richie Maddalena, the acquisition and intended merger would add an annual 10,000-12,000 teu of business to Samskip Logistics’ US operations.

Samskip Logistics’ chief executive Ásbjörn Gíslason said the proposed merger would bring indirect cost savings, better procurement and economies of scale.

“Rimar has strong relations with key carriers, truckers and trans-load vendors, and this will strengthen procurement and benefit ...