OUR HISTORY
Born out of seeing a growing demand for global logistics for dangerous and hard-to-ship cargo and to meet the ever-changing requirements and legislation of dangerous goods classification and transport, APG Freight brings together over 60 years of global logistics experience and specialised freight expertise.
APG Freight fills the gap in the transport and shipping sector for small to medium shipment of all goods, but specifically all classes of dangerous goods which includes sensitive testing equipment, Lithium batteries, chemicals, fuel samples, medical, military, mining, engine and aviation parts, with a specialisation on the Pacific region, APAC and Torres Straight. Well, and the rest of the world too of course.
With enough accidents and incidents happening around the transport of dangerous goods and often due to poor management, human error and not meeting latest regulations, the founders of APG Freight decided to provide a fast, affordable and reliable dangerous goods freight and global logistics service clients can fully rely on and trust.
The immediate success, year-on-year growth, ever-expanding client base and demands for their services, and the recent award recognition all stand testament for the professionalism, expertship, and unique place APG Freight holds.
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2017 Ideation and Planning Stage Commenced
Bringing their unique expertise and decades of specialised industry experience together the founders initiated the planning stage, laid the foundations for the company structure and set out the fundamental ethos, mission, vision and commitment to their target focus - to become the leading worldwide specialised dangerous goods freight company based in Brisbane Australia. Said and done!
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2018 APG Freight Opened its Doors
After the completion of the planning stage and after raising seed funding - and the long process of developing both brand and operational assets - APG Freight swung open its doors. And, to the delight of the entire APG Freight team starting out - the market response was overwhelmingly positive making it a successful start.
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2019 APG Freight Outgrew its First Warehouse
With demand mounting and growing demand from both freight forwarders, industry partners and direct clients APG Freight soon outgrew its original warehouse and office space requiring greater scope for operation, cargo handling, packaging and warehousing. So, a larger premises was secured and moved into.
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2020 Team Expansion and New Vehicles
In line with growing demand, the APG Freight team expanded by 40% and a number of vehicles were added to the fleet - including a Toyota tray truck and Mercedes Benz cargo van and new forklift.
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2021 The Second Move
With operations now in full swing and demand still on an exponential upward curve, space for handling of cargo, administration and to accommodate both the growing team and increasing amounts of specialised freight moving through the APG Freight warehouse - space was running out. The move to the a larger brand new warehouse became inevitable. Moving to the new warehouse APG Freight's found its new home in Tingalpa, Brisbane, Queensland.
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2022 Specialisation & Certification for Radioactives
There has always been a deep commitment to best practices, meeting international standard requirements and to ongoing professional development, training and expansion of certification at APG Freight. 2022 was the year we gained certification for all levels of radioactives, accreditation with IATA, completion of RnD and production of our own UN-certified DG packaging materials and IP, further team training and consequent winning of clients needing these specialised services. That this was a big is an understatement.
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2023 Doubling Warehouse Space, Awards & a New Website
On the back of one of the biggest years of growth, expansion and elevating the operation in 2022 - we ran out of space again and doubled our warehouse space with an adjoining warehouse - something we had anticipated and planned for at the time lof our last move. Now, we could remain settled in our main warehouse and offices but add much-needed warehouse space to meet the growing demand from our customers. We were also nominated for six business awards, claiming finalist status in one with others still in progress. And, in line with the unprecedented growth of APG Freight, we upgraded systems and developed a new website to cater to our ever-growing markets. And, all this before we even got half-way through the year yet!