Top 25 Livestock Transporters

Beef Central profiles Australia’s 25 largest stock transport operators

Welcome to Beef Central’s Top 25 Livestock Transporters feature, profiling one of the most important, and often overlooked links in the complex Australian meat and livestock supply chain. See today’s..Read More

Jon Condon and James Nason, 21/12/2013

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How seven-deck road trains came to the north

Triple road trains are a powerful symbol of the size and scale of Australia’s northern cattle industry, but even larger four-trailer combinations are now in use as transport operators  strive..Read More

James Nason, 15/12/2013
No. 1: Road Trains of Australia

Over the past 30 years road trains bearing the acronym RTA have become as common a sight across the red dirt roads of northern Australia as Brahman cattle, big skies..Read More

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James Nason, 15/12/2013
No. 2: Martins Stock Haulage

Five years ago Gordon Martin celebrated three milestones which demonstrated how much his business had grown since he bought a single tipper to cart gravel for NSW’s Merriwa Shire in..Read More

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James Nason, 14/12/2013

No. 3: Frasers Transport

Long-standing relationships mean a lot to the nation’s third largest livestock transport company, which next year celebrates its 70th year in business. Frasers Transport, established in 1944, may be the..Read More

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Jon Condon, 13/12/2013
No. 4: O’Sullivans Livestock Transport

Gavin O’Sullivan started O’Sullivans Livestock Transport in his hometown of Elmore in 1970 with the purchase of an International prime mover and a 34-foot, two-deck trailer, carting sheep and cattle..Read More

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James Nason, 10/12/2013
No. 7: Trans Australian Livestock Transport

Investing in a fleet to growth with a major South Australian red meat processor has helped a family-owned business to build a substantial presence in Australia’s livestock transporting sector. ..Read More

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James Nason, 07/12/2013

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No. 12: Stockmaster

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James Nason, 03/12/2013
No. 18: Robertson’s Transport

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Beef Central, 27/11/2013