Type Subsidiary Headquarters Melbourne, Australia Number of employees 40,000 | Revenue 8.8 billion AUD (2014) CEO Michael Byrne (Jan 2017–) Founder Albert Toll | |
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Industry Transportation
Logistics Founded Newcastle, Australia, (1888; 129 years ago (1888)) Key people Michael Byrne (Managing Director)
John Mullen (Executive Chairman) Services Integrated Service Provider Profit A$293.1 million (2014) Subsidiaries Toll Priority, Toll Global Express, Toll New Zealand Parent organizations Japan Post Holdings, Japan Post Bank Profiles | ||
Toll Group, part of Japan Post, is a transportation and logistics company with operations in road, rail, sea, air and warehousing. With an Asia Pacific focus, Toll operates a network of 1,200 sites across 50 countries, providing customers with global reach.
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Operating divisions
The Toll Group has five operating divisions:
Toll Global Forwarding
Toll 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 Global Logistics
Toll Global Logistics provides specialist contract logistics. It offers transport, warehousing and value-added services including: freight transport services, distribution services, warehousing, cross docking, wharf services, supply chain services and finished parts logistics.
Toll Resources & Government Logistics
Toll Resources & Government Logistics provides logistics and supply chain services to the oil and gas, mining, energy and government and defence sectors in Australia, Asia and Africa.
Toll Global Express
Toll Global Express provides parcel and courier delivery services; freight transport services such as local and interstate linehaul movements; distribution services such as pick, pack and delivery; data and document services such as document management, data warehousing and print management services; and aircraft and airport services including ground and cargo handling, and aircraft charter.
Toll Domestic Forwarding
Toll Domestic Forwarding provides domestic road, rail and sea freight forwarding within Australia and New Zealand.
History
Toll was founded by Albert Toll in 1888 as a coal haulage business in Newcastle, Australia—hauling coal with horse and cart. At the time of Albert Toll's death in 1958 at the age of 95, he was operating a fleet of trucks in five locations.
In 1959 the Toll business was purchased by National Minerals. In 1962 it became part of mining conglomerate Peko Wallsend, which used Toll for all its transport activities. Under Peko Wallsend, Toll was developed into a national carrier. The company subsequently underwent a name change to Toll-Chadwick, and its new owners sought to integrate its businesses and expand into containerised shipping. By the mid-1980s, Toll-Chadwick had grown into one of Australia’s biggest transport operations outside the capital cities.
In 1986 Toll was sold to a management buyout team led by Managing Director Paul Little , Executive Director Mark Rowsthorn and Toll's first Chairman Peter Rowsthorn. In 1993 Toll listed on the ASX.
In 2010 Toll commenced the One Toll Program which integrated operations under the One Toll umbrella. Externally the program drove the common external appearance and branding, and internally it drove common processes, culture and values.
In February 2015, Japan Post, the state-owned postal service operator, made a A$6.5 billion cash takeover bid for the company, an offer Toll's board unanimously recommended. The transaction was completed in May 2015.
Timeline
Environmental record
Based on data published in 2013, Toll IPEC has 25 vehicles running on compressed natural gas, Toll Mining Services has 94 dual fuel clean air power systems and five liquefied natural gas systems, Toll IPEC has electric small passenger cars and light commercial vehicles, Toll Transitions has a small fleet of electric / petrol Toyota Prius hybrids, Toll Energy has several AB Triples and Toll has a fleet of high productivity vehicles and Hino hybrid vehicles.
Sponsorship
From 2008 to 2013 the company sponsored the Holden Racing Team.