Toll's US operation in the gun over unfair labour allegations
Toll's dispute with Teamsters will come to a head when the company faces a hearing accused of flouting labour laws
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Toll's takeovers man to go next year
Stephen Stanley, the man Paul Little entrusted with Toll’s vaunted takeover strategy over the past decade, will leave the firm on June 30, the firm says today.
Having arrived in 1999 as head of development in his late 30s, Stanley bows out as Director of Strategy, Mergers and Acquisitions having been involved with some of the pivotal purchases in the company’s as it grew from a domestic trucking and logistics giant to a global transport and freight forwarding power.
There was no mention of a successor.
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New German MD for Toll
Toll Global Forwarding has appointed Siegfried Nottelmann its Managing Director in Germany
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We will stay off roads says Asciano boss
New Asciano CEO John Mullen has scotched any thought that the rail and port terminals company might consider entering the trucking market.
Fresh from driving the company’s strategic review, Mullen explained its new vision to the firm’s annual general meeting today – and it explicitly did not include road transport.
The company would be the country’s “leading provider of critical logistics services within essential infrastructure-based supply chains”, he says.
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Devonport named as Toll's new CFO
Toll looks internally to fill position of chief financial officer, turning to Grant Devonport from its global resources division
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Little reflects on Toll and challenges ahead
Outgoing Toll Managing Director Paul Little reflects on the company and the challenges ahead
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Carbon tax holds no fears for Toll
A carbon tax on trucking from July 1, 2014 holds no fears for the nation's largest transport and logistics firm
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Kruger sees no end to Toll acquisitions
Toll Holdings incoming chief executive Brian Kruger will continue with the company’s aggressive acquisition strategy once he officially takes the title in January, he has told ATN.
Kruger, who has already settled into the company’s outgoing boss Paul Little’s office, says the company is proactively looking for acquisition opportunities in the global forwarding sector.
“If we see a good opportunity come on the market and we think we can get value from a market-related synergy or cost-related synergy or utilisation benefits, then we’ll obviously have a look at it,” Kruger says.
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Challenging conditions confront new Toll MD
Challenging conditions confront Toll, but its new managing director says the business is well-placed to prosper and continue acquisition drive
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CILTA Awards recognise emergency efforts
Queensland Government's Emergency Management Division cleans up at last week’s Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport Australia Awards
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Albo extends hand to industry on national regulations
Transport minister invites Toll, the ATA and ALRTA to attend government meeting that will decide future of national transport regulations
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Thanks Paul, here’s $1.5m for your efforts
Toll Managing Director Paul Little will receive more than $1.5 million upon leaving the business on January 1 next year
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Patrick boss Garaty to hand over reins
Asciano is to lose the boss of its Patrick container terminals and stevedoring division, Paul Garaty, early next year.
Despite trenchant recent criticism of Patrick in Sydney from the trucking, container shipping and freight forwarding sectors, Asciano CEO John Mullen praised the outgoing director, who took up the Patrick post only in January.
“The Patrick businesses have achieved significant improvements in performance over the last 18 months under Paul’s leadership and given the depth of the senior management team in the ports division, we are confident this performance will continue and that it will be business as usual with our customers and stakeholders," Asciano CEO John Mullen says.
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Priestley's Gourmet Delights ramps up NZ efforts
Innovative Brisbane-based dessert manufacturer steps up New Zealand operations as it prepares to break into the Chinese market
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Exclusive: Echo to launch in Australia
Transport and logistics veteran John Goodwin brokers a deal to bring leading US web-based 3PL Echo to our shores
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Toll cops lashing over US operations
Senator launches swingeing attack on Toll's US operation for its treatment of truck drivers
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Toll puts emphasis on slashing emissions
Nation's largest transport and logistics operator puts heavy focus on greener operations to meet emissions reduction target
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Tasmania looks for options as Agility withdraws
O’Byrne says other operators will take up Bell Bay slack but concern is high on road and cost impacts
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Toll weathers the storm to post $294m profit
Toll weathers a string of natural disasters and tough economic conditions to post $294.8 million profit
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TERBERG EURO sets new standards
Heavy Duty Tractor supplier TERBERG launches the YT220 EURO Yard Tractor
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