Toll Group’s new Queensland freight facility commences operation

Toll Group has opened the doors to a new $86 million facility located in Brisbane’s south.

The Karawatha-based depot is the largest pallets and oversize freight depot the Toll Group operates anywhere in the world.

The Premier of Queensland, the Hon. Campbell Newman MP, joined Toll Group Divisional Director Mal Grimmond to officially open the new facility earlier this week.

The 43,600 m2 facility, custom-built for Toll on a 13-hectare site, is the new national head office and depot for Toll NQX, and also houses Toll’s dedicated fleet services and contract logistics businesses.

Mr Grimmond said that while the new depot was more efficient and provided all sorts of benefits to employees and customers, the safety of the facility was a key feature in its design.

“The new depot has been designed to provide the absolute safest working environment for our people, which is essential in a labour-intensive industry such as transport and logistics,” Mr Grimmond said.

“We’ve purposely limited the interactions between pedestrians and forklifts as much as possible, and our unprecedented 2,000 square metre dedicated heavy vehicle workshop highlights the importance Toll places on the safety of its truck fleet, the safety of the people who drive them, and the safety of the communities they drive through. 

“As the largest transport company in Australia, we also have a role to play in helping educate people to share the road more safely, and we take this responsibility extremely seriously,” Mr Grimmond said.

Mr Grimmond noted that the suburb of Karawatha, 22 kilometres south of Brisbane’s CBD, with its immediate access to all major arterial routes throughout southeast Queensland was an ideal location to allow Toll to service its diverse range of customers.

Mr Grimmond thanked the Queensland Department of Transport & Main Roads, Brisbane City Council, Logan City Council, developer The GPT Group, architects Arqus, planners RPS, builders FDC Construction, security system provider Visium for their hard work in helping develop this landmark facility.