Built by drivers.
Run by operators.

From Minchinbury to the whole continent

Marcus Webb spent fourteen years running linehaul subcontract work between Sydney and Melbourne before founding FreightLine Australia in 2009 from a leased yard in Minchinbury, Western Sydney. The original fleet was three Kenworth T609 prime movers, two drivers, and a shared office space next door to a tyre supplier. The invoice system was a spreadsheet. The promise was simple: quote clearly, depart on time, and deliver what you said you would.

That model built a quiet reputation with food manufacturers and building material suppliers in New South Wales and Victoria. By 2012, word-of-mouth referrals from existing clients accounted for more than 80% of new enquiries. In 2013, FreightLine opened its Brisbane depot at Carole Park in Queensland's south-west and grew the fleet to 34 vehicles — still without a sales team, and still without a rate card.

NHVAS accreditation for Mass, Maintenance, and Basic Fatigue Management arrived in 2017, the same year as the launch of FreightLine's refrigerated division. The reefer expansion was a direct response to demand from pharmaceutical distributors and fresh produce clients who needed documented cold chain management — not just trucks with cooling units — and who valued a carrier that understood the regulatory obligations that came with temperature-sensitive freight.

Western Australia and South Australia followed in 2020, completing the national footprint. Darwin and Hobart were added to the depot network in 2021 and 2022 respectively. Today, FreightLine's seven-depot network employs 214 people and operates over 180+ vehicles. The operations manager still picks up on the second ring. Quotes still come back within two hours. And issues — when they happen — are still communicated before the client has to ask.