Operating from the rural town of Merbein, 15 km from the rural City of Mildura in Victoria, Wakefield Transport has revolutionized the movement of produce for the regions of Sunraysia and beyond in Victoria, NSW and SA.
The provision of a road/warehouse/rail intermodal hub and cold chain management of 40-foot reefer containers has resulted in greatly improved efficiency and quality of delivered produce.
Intermodal Service
The company handles the export and import of container freight to Melbourne and Adelaide by rail.
With coolrooms, warehousing and documentation services, the primary function is cold chain management of perishable cargo by rail to Port Melbourne.
Road Transport
Daily road transport services are available to Melbourne and Adelaide with less frequent services to other capitals. We pride ourselves on providing total logistics packages for our customer base with the added value of dealing with a company certified to ISO 9002.
Warehousing and Logistics
Wakefield’s provide 25,000 sq.m. of dry storage and 2,450 sq.m. of coolroom to add value to our customers freight tasks. The specially designed loading stations allow fruit transfers from coolroom to container without temperature fluctuations.
A bulkwine tanker division offers movement for millions of litres of wine between bulk storage facilities and the bottling plants.