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Lindsay Australia’s transport division
operates under the brand name, Lindsay Transport. Established in 1953 as
Lindsay Brothers Transport, the Transport division has progressively expanded to become one of
Australia’s leading refrigerated transport companies.
The business transports around 1 million tonnes of freight over 45 million
kilometres p.a. and operates from 16 freight terminals located along
Australia’s eastern seaboard.
An end to end services package provided to over 5,000 customers along
the east coast of Australia integrates linehaul; dry and general freight;
refrigerated freight; express parcel service; local pick-up and delivery;
and warehousing, cold storage and distribution.
The business’ modern transport fleet, which comprises around 700
vehicles and trailers (including 180 prime movers) is utilised by major
customers including:
• Simplot Australia
• Cadbury Schweppes
• IGA Supermarkets
• Woolworths
• Coles
An underlying strength of Lindsay Transport
is its fleet’s flexibility; achieved through maintaining a balanced
mix between refrigerated, chiller and freezer vans and other trailers.
This provides higher utilisation rates than fleets which concentrate
solely on dry and general freight.
Lindsay Transport is Hazard Analysis and Critical Control
Point (HACCP) compliant to meet the increasingly demanding levels of
compliance by supermarkets and other retailers for stringent food safety
levels.
A feature of Lindsay Transport's service delivery platform and a cornerstone
of its continuing competitiveness is its use of purpose-built equipment
to handle all facets of the food transportation chain. It’s embrace
of new technology and willingness to innovate ensure Lindsay Transport
remains at the forefront of industry advances in refrigerated transport
equipment. Among the numerous innovations introduced by Lindsay Transport
over the years are:
• New generation computer controlled
engines and high humidity trailer refrigeration;
• Maximum trailer cubic;
• Multi-temperature distribution vehicles;
• 45 foot and 48 foot refrigerated vans; and
• B double vans
In addition to its transport operations, Lindsay
Transport operates a selected number of supplementary business enterprises
which contribute to group earnings:
• Lindsay Fuel Services
– a 250,000 litre fuel storage system based at the Coffs Harbour
terminal is used to supply service stations in
the Coffs Harbour area, as well as a range of industrial, transport
and farming customers.
• Brick and Tiles – agency agreements
with Austral Brick and Pioneer Roof Tiles to supply products to the
Northern Rivers residential building market, utilising Lindsay
Transport vehicles.
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