I.C.E. Service Group

What I.C.E. Service Group does

I.C.E. Service Group, Inc. is a privately held, SBA self-certified small business headquartered in Moon Township, Pennsylvania, that provides multi-modal logistics, transportation, and material management services for hazardous, radioactive, and industrial waste customers across North America. Founded in 2007 by principals with prior experience at MHF Logistical Solutions, the company combines rail, truck, and marine transportation with a privately marked fleet of railcars (gondolas, ABC cars, flatcars, boxcars, hoppers, tank cars, coil cars) and IP-1 rated intermodal containers in 20-28 cubic yard capacities, alongside owned transloading facilities and custom-engineered AAR-approved loading plans.

The company serves three primary verticals: commercial nuclear power (operating and decommissioning plants, including the first Category 2 rail shipment from NorthStar Vermont Yankee to WCS and the first Class 7 large component shipment to the Texas Compact Waste Facility); federal government environmental programs (USACE, USEPA, DOE) including Superfund, FUSRAP, and decommissioning/demolition sites; and industrial/construction bulk logistics (bio-fuel, steel, machinery, aggregate, paper). In 2017 it acquired Strategic Packaging Systems assets to form I.C.E. Packaging Company, LLC (d.b.a. SPS), extending into soft-sided nuclear waste packaging (Lift Liner) and railcar liners.

I.C.E. earns revenue through transactional shipment fees (rail, truck, marine), equipment sales and leasing of containers and railcars, professional services for logistical support and waste management coordination, and time-and-materials staff augmentation placing niche technical personnel (Radiation Safety Officers, QA Managers, Project Managers) at customer sites. Pricing is custom and project-quoted, often under multi-year contracts. Distribution is wholly direct, leveraging long-standing contractual relationships with all four Class 1 railroads (CSX, NS, BNSF, UP) plus short-line/regional carriers. The company has maintained a zero-incident, zero lost-time safety record since 2007 and earned the CSX Chemical Safety Excellence Award in 2020. Field offices span New Jersey, South Carolina, and South Florida alongside PA headquarters and a packaging subsidiary in Madisonville, Tennessee.

Name

I.C.E. Service Group

Legal name

I.C.E. Service Group, Inc.

Website

https://iceservicegroup.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

I.C.E. Service Group is a privately held North American logistics firm that specializes in rail, truck, and marine transportation of hazardous, radioactive, and industrial waste, serving commercial nuclear plants, federal environmental agencies, and industrial customers with owned IP-1 containers, a private railcar fleet, and turnkey decommissioning support.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Hazardous and Radioactive Waste Transportation Services

NAICS

Hazardous Waste Collection (562112), Hazardous Waste Treatment and Disposal (562211), Remediation and Other Waste Management Services (5629), Waste Collection (5621)

SIC

Hazardous Waste Management (4955), Arrangement Of Transportation Of Freight & Cargo (4731), Refuse Systems (4953)

akta.pro primary industry

Hazardous Waste Transportation & Logistics (Manifesting, Packaging, Spill Response) (BPALAFAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Radioactive Materials Transport (Class 7) (TLACANAG), Hazardous Waste Handling, Transport & Disposal (RCRA/TSDF) (IMAIAGAC), Waste transportation & logistics (packaging, routing, carriers, transport operations) (EUAKAGAE), Hazardous Waste Collection & Transportation (Manifested, DOT/ADR, Packaging) (EUAIAFAA)

Keywords

• Nuclear waste transportation
• Hazardous materials logistics
• Rail transportation services
• Radioactive waste disposal
• Transloading services

Headquarters

HQ city

Ambridge

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Transportation Services: I.C.E. generates revenue through rail, truck, and marine transportation of hazardous materials, radioactive waste, and general industrial cargo across North America, including the U.S. Virgin Islands and Caribbean. Services include over-dimensional and heavy-haul shipments, with billing tied to shipment scope, distance, and equipment requirements.
2. Equipment Sales & Leasing: Revenue derived from the sale and leasing of intermodal containers (IP-1 rated), railcars (gondolas, ABC cars, flatcars, boxcars, hoppers, tank cars, steel coil cars), and related transportation equipment. Leasing options include both long-term and short-term arrangements.
3. Logistical Support & Fleet Management: Turnkey and stand-alone logistics services including equipment evaluation, tracking and tracing, shipment expediting, supplier contract negotiations with railroads and marine carriers, repair bill auditing, and ad valorem tax management. Billed per service engagement or as part of comprehensive project contracts.
4. Staff Augmentation: I.C.E. provides short-term and long-term professional staffing for both private/commercial customers and government projects (USACE, USEPA, DOE). Staffing covers niche technical roles including Radiation Safety Officers, Quality Assurance Managers, Project Managers, Health & Safety Officers, and Transportation Managers. Billed on a time-and-materials or project rate basis.
5. Waste Management Support Services: Revenue from managing the identification, transportation, and disposal coordination of hazardous, radioactive, and non-hazardous waste streams, including RCRA, TSCA/PCB, low-level radioactive, and TENORM/NORM materials. Services include waste profile completion, government agency interaction, manifest and bill of lading preparation, and on-site coordinators.
6. Transloading & Transferring Services: I.C.E. earns revenue by transloading and transferring materials between rail, truck, and marine transportation modes at temporary or permanent facilities. The company also provides design and consulting services for the construction and operation of transloading projects.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

I.C.E. Service Group provides multi-modal (rail, truck, marine) transportation of hazardous, radioactive, and industrial materials across North America, complemented by sale and leasing of IP-1 intermodal containers and a privately marked railcar fleet, transloading services, waste management coordination, logistical support and fleet management, and staff augmentation for niche technical roles. The company primarily serves commercial nuclear power plants, federal agencies (USACE, USEPA, DOE), and environmental remediation contractors.

Product overview

I.C.E. Service Group is a logistics and transportation services company offering a comprehensive suite of services for the Industrial, Construction, and Environmental industries. The company operates a unified service platform combining rail, truck, and marine transportation with specialized equipment (containers and railcars), waste management support, staff augmentation, and transloading services. The product portfolio includes multiple IP-1 rated intermodal containers (20-28 cubic yard capacity), cargo containers, and various railcar types (gondolas, ABC cars, flatcars, coil cars, tank cars, boxcars, hoppers). A subsidiary, I.C.E. Packaging Company (d.b.a. Strategic Packaging Systems), provides soft-sided waste packaging solutions including the Lift Liner product line.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Rail Transportation Services Rail transportation services across North America using a privately marked railcar fleet and IP-1 intermodal containers to deliver hazardous materials, radioactive waste, and a wide range of industrial cargo for commercial nuclear, environmental remediation, and government customers.
• Truck Transportation Services Truck transportation services across North America via a network of flatbeds, drop deck trailers, low-boy trailers, vans, tanker trailers/trucks, and dump trucks for time-sensitive shipments and movements not directly rail-served, including over-dimensional and heavy-haul loads.
• Marine Transportation Services River and ocean marine transportation services across North America, including international shipments to and from the U.S. Virgin Islands and the Caribbean Islands, coordinated through I.C.E.'s logistics team.
• Logistical Support and Fleet Management Turnkey and stand-alone logistics support including equipment evaluation, tracking and tracing, shipment expediting, supplier contract negotiations with railroads and marine carriers, repair bill auditing, and ad valorem tax management for enterprise and government customers.
• Staff Augmentation Services Short-term and long-term professional staffing of niche technical personnel (Radiation Safety Officers, Quality Assurance Managers, Project Managers, Health & Safety Officers, Transportation Managers, and others) for government and commercial customers.
• Waste Management Support Services Identification, profiling, transportation, and disposal coordination of hazardous, radioactive, and non-hazardous waste streams including RCRA, TSCA/PCB, low-level radioactive, and TENORM/NORM materials, with manifest and bill of lading preparation, government agency interaction, and on-site coordination.
• Transloading and Transferring Services Transloading and transferring of materials between rail, truck, and marine transportation modes at temporary or permanent facilities, including design and consulting services for the construction and operation of transloading projects.
• IP-1 Intermodal Container Equipment Line (20 to 28 Cubic Yard) Sale and lease of I.C.E.'s IP-1 rated intermodal container line in 20, 23, 25, and 28 cubic yard capacities, featuring gasketed lids and doors, forklift pockets rated per 49CFR 173.410, and weather-tight containment for radioactive, hazardous, and bulk materials.
• Intermodal, Cargo, and Custom-Modified Containers Sale and lease of intermodal containers (with and without tarp tops/Strong Tight designs), standard and customized 20' and 40' cargo containers, and custom-modified containers engineered to project-specific payloads, sizes, and radiation shielding requirements.
• Privately Marked Railcar Fleet Equipment (Gondolas, ABC, Flatcars, Boxcars, Hoppers, Tank Cars, Steel Coil Cars) Sale and lease of a privately marked railcar fleet including low side and high side gondolas, Articulated Bulk Container (ABC) cars, flatcars, 50' to 60' boxcars, covered hoppers (3,300 to 6,350 cubic feet), tank cars (10,000 to 33,000 gallons), and longitudinal covered steel coil cars, customizable with interior tie-downs, steel or fiberglass lids, and specialized bracing.
• Soft-Sided Waste Packaging (Lift Liner and Railcar Liners) via I.C.E. Packaging Company / SPS Soft-sided IP-1 waste packaging solutions including Lift Liner bags (12,000 to 55,000 lbs per unit), railcar liners, and dewatering systems, manufactured by the I.C.E. Packaging Company, LLC subsidiary (d.b.a. Strategic Packaging Systems) for nuclear, hazardous waste, and energy industrial facilities.
• Custom 20 ft. Intermodal Containers with Integrated Stainless Steel Water Tanks Custom 20 ft. 32 CYD top/end loading intermodal containers with integrated 4,200-gallon stainless steel water tanks, designed as secondary containment for nuclear power plant refueling outages to support both dry active waste shipments and on-site liquid storage.

Quantifiable outcome

• Zero rail transportation incidents, zero railcars delayed for nonpayment, and zero lost-time incidents since 2007 across 100% of managed projects
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Strategic Packaging Systems (SPS) / I.C.E. Packaging Company, LLCcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIn August 2017, the Principals of I.C.E. Service Group, Inc. purchased the assets of Strategic Packaging Systems, LLC and formed I.C.E. Packaging Company, LLC d.b.a Strategic Packaging Systems (SPS), located in Madisonville, TN. SPS is committed to Mr. Beale's original mission of providing innovative, safe, cost-effective, and reliable industrial waste packaging. I.C.E. and SPS have collaborated on hundreds of projects, including soft-sided IP-1 bags for nuclear waste and custom container solutions. Since 2017, the partnership has sold hundreds of thousands of bags, achieved the highest production and retention levels, and introduced new packaging solutions to the market.
• CSX Transportation (CSX)coreOthersI.C.E. maintains contractual relationships with CSX Transportation as one of its primary Class 1 railroad partners. CSX honored I.C.E. with the Chemical Safety Excellence Award for 2020, recognizing I.C.E.'s shipment of over 600 railcar loads of hazardous materials without a non-accident release. CSX is one of four major Class 1 railroads I.C.E. works with.
• Norfolk Southern Corporation (NS)coreOthersI.C.E. maintains contractual relationships with Norfolk Southern Corporation as one of its Class 1 railroad partners for rail transportation services across North America.
• Burlington Northern Sante Fe (BNSF) RailwaycoreOthersI.C.E. maintains contractual relationships with BNSF as one of its Class 1 railroad partners for rail transportation services across North America.
• Union Pacific (UP)coreOthersI.C.E. maintains contractual relationships with Union Pacific as one of its Class 1 railroad partners for rail transportation services across North America.
• Waste Control Specialists (WCS)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWCS, operating the Texas Compact Waste Facility in Andrews, TX, is a key strategic partner for I.C.E. I.C.E. was the first to complete a Category 2 radioactive material shipment via rail to WCS from the NorthStar Vermont Yankee Decommissioning Project, and was also the first to deliver the first-ever Class 7 large component shipment to WCS's facility. I.C.E. and WCS established a transportation plan compliant with 10 CFR Part 37.
• Alaron Nuclear ServicesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAlaron Nuclear Services served as a teaming partner alongside I.C.E. to support scheduled nuclear power plant outages, specifically for the Low Pressure Rotor Replacement Project. I.C.E. provided transportation, packaging, and technical staffing while Alaron contributed nuclear services expertise for the overall project strategy.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Stericycle: Stericycle is a major regulated waste services company (medical, hazardous, and sharps waste) with a North American transportation and disposal network. Comparable in regulated waste logistics, though its focus is primarily smaller-quantity generator waste rather than large-scale nuclear shipments.
• Veolia North America (Hazardous Waste): Veolia operates hazardous waste treatment, transportation, and disposal facilities across North America, including radioactive waste services. Comparable as a broad incumbent in hazardous waste handling, though its business is diversified across many environmental service lines.
• Clean Harbors: Clean Harbors is North America's largest hazardous waste management company, offering collection, transportation, treatment, and disposal of RCRA and radioactive materials. Comparable as a broad incumbent in hazardous and radioactive waste logistics with significantly greater scale and asset base.

Direct peers

• EnergySolutions: EnergySolutions is a leading U.S. provider of nuclear services including decommissioning, waste management, and transportation of radioactive materials. Directly comparable as a turnkey nuclear waste logistics and disposal counterpart, though larger and vertically integrated into disposal facilities.
• Heritage Environmental Services: Heritage is a mid-market provider of hazardous waste transportation, treatment, and disposal with rail-served facilities. Comparable as a private hazardous waste services peer with rail logistics expertise and treatment/disposal integration.
• Holtec International: Holtec is a major nuclear industry supplier providing spent fuel storage, transport casks, and decommissioning services. Comparable as a nuclear-focused peer with deep NRC regulatory expertise and direct involvement in Class 7 transportation, though also manufactures heavy cask hardware.
• Perma-Fix Environmental Services: Perma-Fix provides nuclear, mixed waste, and hazardous waste treatment and disposal services, including transportation coordination. Comparable as a niche nuclear/hazmat waste services peer serving federal and commercial customers.
• NAC International: NAC International specializes in nuclear fuel cycle logistics, transport casks, and radioactive material packaging. Comparable as a specialist peer in Class 7 packaging and transport engineering, though focused on the front-end fuel cycle rather than back-end waste.

Emerging players

• Triumvirate Environmental: Triumvirate is a private hazardous waste management company providing transportation, disposal, and emergency response services across North America. Comparable as a private mid-market peer in hazardous waste logistics, though it is not active in radioactive/Class 7 shipments.
• Hull & Associates / Hull Risk: Hull & Associates provides environmental remediation and compliance services, including site work at former nuclear and industrial facilities. Comparable as a federal/government environmental contractor supporting USACE, EPA, and DOE cleanup projects where I.C.E. also provides staff augmentation and transportation services.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A1 record

Investments

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