A
lan Barnes, Presi-
dent and CEO of the
ICECORP Logistics
Group, a full-service Cana-
dian logistics company, start-
ed in the business, in Eng-
land, some 46 years ago. He
joined a multinational logis-
tics company through an ap-
prenticeship program where
he remained for two years;
thereafter relocating for them
to the Middle East for four
years as the sales delegate in
the gulf area.
From there, he came to Canada
and was based in Toronto for
10 years. In 1989 he branched
out and started his own busi-
ness. In 1990 he bought the
Livingston International fre-
ight division of Livingston
International and ICECORP
was born. Today they’re a pri-
vately owned company with
the shareholders and directors
operating the daily business.
“There were about 25 of us at
that point, we’ve now grown
to 160 people and operate in 4
provinces – Ontario, Quebec,
Alberta, and British Colum-
bia,” says Barnes. The firm
has 9 facilities in total and 8
divisions. The firm special-
izes in air, ocean, and land
transportation. Their ser-
vices include International
and North American freight
services, customs clearance,
warehousing distribution, and
trade and customs consulting.
They also provide niche ser-
vices such as logistics servic-
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