Toll Today March 2011 - TOLL Group

Global Express
Toll IPEC Opens New
A$46 Million Logistics
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TOLL IPEC OFFICIALLy CELEBrATED THE oPEninG OF ITS NEWEST FREiGHT HanDLinG FaCiLiTy AT
THE STaTE-oF-THE-aRT CEnTRE WAS OFFICIALLy OPENED By COuNCILLOr CHaRLiE Zannino, MAyOr
1 L-R: Councillor
Charlie Zannino being
shown the new facility
by Toll IPEC’s GM
Rodney Johnston.
2 The new reception
at Hazelmere.
3 The official opening
of the site. L-R:
Kenton Muller,
Rodney Johnston,
Councillor Charlie
Zannino and
Shane O’Neill.
4 A panoramic view
of the new depot.
The new 5.4 hectare site at
Hazelmere showcases the latest
in freight distribution technology
and infrastructure. It consolidates Toll
IPEC’s former Forrestfield facility and
the Courier Australia operations
bringing 430 employees under one roof.
Toll IPEC’s new Hazelmere depot
follows the commissioning of a similar
facility in the Brisbane suburb of
Larapinta, opened in February 2010.
The new Perth depot located in one
of the city’s fastest growing industrial
suburbs, continues an ongoing
upgrade of network facilities to ensure
improved productivity and enhanced
service at Toll IPEC.
The new facility is designed to handle
a range of freight types including,
hanging fashion garments, fragile
and sensitive freight, overnight priority
and express road freight. It includes
six dock levellers for rear end loading
and unloading, plus space to handle
a large number of side load trailers.
In total the site is designed to process
up to 60 B-doubles a day.
During the official opening, Divisional
Director, Shane o’neill said, “It is less
than 10 years since Toll IPEC built its
previous depot in Forrestfield. Over that
period Toll IPEC has expanded rapidly
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and its new depot in Hazelmere is
a clear reflection of both Toll IPEC’s
success and overall economic
growth achieved in WA.
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