tasmania’s largest daf vehicle fleet
Rayner Transport are a family based company, employing 48 staff in a range of roles, including administration, warehousing and delivery. Specialising in bulk transport, refrigerated transport, and distribution and warehousing, Rayner Transport can create a tailored solution to meet your businesses specific needs.
history
Rayner Transport is based in Tasmania’s second largest city of Launceston, some 200km north of Hobart. The company traces its history back to 1 January 2000, when Chris started running a daily shuttle between the north coast towns of Burnie and Devonport, driving an ageing Isuzu with 800,000km on the clock.
overview
These days, many of the 27 Rayner-branded trucks are equipped with refrigerated and curtain-sided bodies that provide the flexibility to move products such as fruit juice and confectionary along with general freight. A seven-day per week fruit and vegetable service heads south to Hobart, for example, and similar chilled fresh products are carried to the Tasmanian north coast on a five-day week basis.
By understanding the unique characteristics of the apple isle, Rayner Transport has achieved some enviable growth over the past decade and a half, and realistic plans are in place to continue that trend into the future. “We won’t ever be the biggest,” says Chris. “But we are well placed to keep smaller operators that undercut rates without thinking ahead at bay. They do a great job but can give us a great headache as well. By choosing who we work with – both on the customer side and from a supplier perspective – our fate remains firmly in our own hands.
key personnel
Managing Director: Chris Rayner
Chief Financial Officer: Wendy Rayner
Chief Operations Manager: Paul Rayner
Company Development Manager: Gary Rayner
Financial Manager: Sarah Rayner
