21 Facts About Toll Group

Toll Group is an Australian-based subsidiary of Japan Post Holdings with operations in transportation, warehousing and logistics in road, rail, sea and air.

In 1888, Albert Toll began a horse-and-cart coal hauling business in Newcastle.

The Toll Group business was purchased by National Minerals in 1959.

In 1989 it was rebranded Toll Group Express after entering the interstate market and moved its headquarters from Newcastle to Melbourne.

In 1996, Toll Group Express purchased Brambles Transport Industries, followed by eight TNT transport and logistics businesses in 1997.

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In 2001, Toll Group took over competitor Finemores and the road transport interests of Wesfarmers taking its fleet to over 6,000 vehicles.

In July 2006 Toll Group acquired Patrick Corporation in a hostile takeover.

Toll Group agreed to sell the division to Allegro Funds in April 2021.

Toll Group Global Forwarding provides international freight forwarding and supply chain management services that range from complex supply chain services through to port-to-port freight forwarding movements.

Toll Group has a diverse fleet that can move freight in a range of sizes and configurations.

In 2009 Toll acquired Express Logistics Group, one of New Zealand's largest freight forwarding companies.

In 2009 Toll Group acquired Logistic Distribution Systems, a Dubai-based international freight forwarding company.

In 2010 Toll Group acquired United States freight forwarder Summit Logistics.

In 2011 Toll Group acquired SAT Albatros, a Dubai-based provider of sea-air services.

In China, Toll Group can deliver within 48 hours to 70 percent of the cities in Pan-China region.

In Thailand, Toll Group can reach all provinces within 72 hours and cover over 4,000 drop points.

Toll Group operates more than 20 logistics facilities in mainland China and delivers to over 1,600 cities across China.

In 1998, Toll Group sponsored the establishment of a V8 Supercars team by then CEO Paul Little.

Paul Little Racing competed for seven years as a minnow team with Anthony Tratt driving, before the team was closed and Toll Group began sponsoring front-runners HSV Dealer Team with Rick Kelly and Garth Tander winning the 2006 and 2007 drivers' championships, before moving in 2008 with Tander to the sister Holden Racing Team until the end of the 2013 season.

In 2013, Toll Group was announced as a sponsor of the Amy Gillett Foundation, an Australian cycling advocacy group promoting road safety.

In 2016, Toll Group partnered with Driver Reviver, a community program advocating safe driving behaviour by encouraging motorists to take breaks while driving long distances.