Samskip announces a new strategy for profitable growth
Organisational changes within the Samskip group bring the combination of four business units under the umbrella of two brands
Within the Samskip group organisational changes take place in these days. The main goal of the restructuring is to simplify and streamline the operations and business approach, as well as to further strengthen the companies position to even better take advantage of the many opportunities at its disposal.
The following changes were announced last week:
The shipping and multimodal systems of Samskip Hf (North Atlantic business) and Samskip Multimodal will be combined under the single Samskip brand, thus creating an even stronger market position for the business. Pulling together these two systems will further reinforce our already strong operational excellence.
All Samskip dry and reefer forwarding activities will be combined under the new brand Samskip Logistics. This will include FrigoCare, thus creating one coherent and strong business. In recent years the forwarding businesses have been developed under both the Samskip and Samskip Icepak Logistics brands. The forwarding services have been operated through the various country organisations under the Samskip brand.
No changes will be made to Samskip‘s Executive Management consisting of Ásbjörn Gíslason, Kristinn Albertsson and Jens Holger Nielsen.
Ólafur Ólafsson, Chairman of the Board of Samskip Holding BV: „These changes are part of preparing the company for the next steps, further growth in potential markets. In 2013, Samskip generated a profit of EUR 12.5 million with a turnover of EUR 560 million, and this is expected to exceed EUR 600 million this year with profits rising further.“
A new CEO has been appointed for Samskip Hf (Samskip‘s North Atlantic business). The identity of this new CEO will be revealed shortly. The CEO will report to the Board of Directors of Samskip hf. The Board of Directors of Samskip hf will consist of Jens Holger Nielsen (Chairman), Asbjorn Gislason and Vesna Nevistic. Vesna is also a newly appointed Board member of Samskip Holding where she joins Ólafur Ólafsson and Hjörleifur Jakobsson.
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