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Best Freight Forwarders Companies in New South Wales, Australia

The 79 best Freight Forwarders companies in New South Wales, Australia in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Qube.

79companies tracked
$1.1Bdisclosed funding
0unicorns
3have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · FREIGHT FORWARDERS × NEW SOUTH WALES

Our analysis of 100 Freight Forwarders companies

$9.9b in tracked funding; 81% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2021.

100companies analysed
81%cloud-native stacks
2021funding peak (by rounds)
1unicorns
2001median founding year
161kcombined LinkedIn audience
79%of audience held by top 3
5companies hiring publicly (12 mo)

Ranked: Best Freight Forwarders companies in New South Wales

#CompanyDisclosed fundingLast roundStageFounderFoundedTech stackRecent signals
1Qube
Integrated port services
$1.1B108 mo agoAcquired—2004WordPress Block EditorWordPressMySQL+331 expansion
2CargoMaster
Provider of air and ocean freight forwarding services
$4M151 mo agoSeed—2002WordPress Block EditorWordPressMySQL+27—
3NP Fulfilment
Internet first provider of freight forwarding, warehousing, and other services
—51 mo agoSeedRodney B
CEO
2002WordPressMySQLPHP+23—
4Brambles
Supply-chain logistics company
—167 mo agoPublicGraham Chipchase
CEO
1875HighchartsamChartsGoogle Maps+20—
5ACFS
Provider of road freight logistic, warehousing, and other services
——Unfunded—2005PythonSalesforceTailwind CSS+7—
6Acli
Provider of international freight forwarding, customs brokerage, and logistics solutions
——Public—2001——
7ags world transport
AGS World Transport provide premier logistics services to clients worldwide.
——Acquired—1985——
8AirRoad
Offers road freight distribution, transport and supply chain management services
——Funding RaisedMalcolm Thorpe
Managing Director
1989WordPressMySQLPHP+22—

Top 4 Freight Forwarders companies in New South Wales

#1
Acquired · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2004 · 1001 employees
$1.1Braised
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Qube Ports & Bulk provides a diverse range of integrated port services, bulk material handling and bulk haulage services. Offers logistics services, management and expertise extending from port and facility development, vessel management, warehousing and distribution, stevedoring services for general cargo and dry bulk commodities for both import and export supply chains. Qube acquired majority ownership of P&O Trans Australia in April 2011. 

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 53k LinkedIn followers — 32.8% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 expansions announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Jun 2017Post IPO$26.9M
  • Jun 2017Post IPO$240M
  • Mar 2016Post IPO$230.7M
  • Feb 2015Conventional Debt$605.1M
Investors
CPP Investments, The Carlyle Group, AMCIL
Tech stack
AmchartsAosApache Http ServerCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-Js
#2
Seed · Mosman, New South Wales · founded 2002
$3.9Mraised
▾

Provider of air and ocean freight forwarding services

Funding rounds
  • Oct 2013Seed$3M
  • Jun 2012Seed$910K
Investors
Lerer Hippeau, Betaworks, SV Angel, Index Ventures, Seedcamp, Hudson River Angels
Tech stack
Animate.CssBackbone.JsCloudflareCloudflare Browser InsightsCore-JsFont Awesome
#3
Seed · Regents Park, New South Wales · founded 2002
—raised
▾

Provider of order fulfillment services intended to ensure speedy delivery of goods from retailers to consumers. The company provides payment processing gateway, packaging, assembly, third-party logistics, storage, pick & pack, distribution, and real-time online reporting, enabling clients to deliver the goods easily.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 659 LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
  • Mar 2022Seed—
Founders & team
Rodney BCEORodney BartleyOwner
Investors
W23
Tech stack
CloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCookieyesCore-JsElementorFacebook Pixel
#4
Public · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 1875 · 2798 employees
—raised
▾

Brambles is a supply-chain logistics company operating in more than 50 countries, primarily through its CHEP and IFCO brands. The group specializes in the pooling of unit-load equipment and associated services, focusing on the outsourced management of returnable pallets, crates, and containers across multiple industry supply chains such as consumer goods, dry grocery, fresh food, retail, and general manufacturing. The group also operates specialist container logistics businesses serving the automotive, aerospace and oil and gas sectors. The company employs more than 14,000 people and owns approximately 500 million pallets, crates and containers through a network of more than 850 service centers. In 2020, the company recorded annual revenues of $4.9 B and a net profit of $458 M

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 55k LinkedIn followers — 34.4% of this cohort's audience
Founders & team
Graham ChipchaseCEOTom GormanChief Executive OfficePhillip AustinCEO
Investors
AUI, AMCIL, Argo Investments, Djerriwarrh, Whitefield
Tech stack
Amazon Web ServicesAmchartsAzureBootstrapCloudflareCloudflare Bot Management

Funding & investor landscape

$1.1Btotal disclosed funding
2companies funded
6disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
AMCIL2 rounds
AUI1 rounds
Argo Investments1 rounds
Betaworks1 rounds
CPP Investments1 rounds
Direct Capital1 rounds
Djerriwarrh1 rounds
Hudson River Angels1 rounds
Index Ventures1 rounds
Lerer Hippeau1 rounds

Notable founders

Rodney B
CEO · NP Fulfilment
Rodney Bartley
Owner · NP Fulfilment
Graham Chipchase
CEO · Brambles
Tom Gorman
Chief Executive Office · Brambles
Prism market signals · Australia · country-scoped Prism corpus, 2,924,179 docs

Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage

Share of Freight Forwarders coverage by sub-theme.

Regulatory-risk over time rising

Funding & growth over time

funding rising · growth rising

RESEARCH SIGNALS · Australia

How research on Logistics & Supply Chain Tech is moving in Australia

A read on the academic research around Logistics & Supply Chain Tech — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 67 Australia-affiliated papers.

top research entities
  • Monash University6
  • RMIT University6
  • Department of Commerce6
  • UNSW Sydney4
  • Deakin University4
leading researchers
Leclère, David · Spillias, Scott · Rouet Pollakis, Sibylle · Sesha Prasad, Sowdamini · Newstead, Stuart · Watson, Linda · Allen, Trevor · Keall, Michael
▲ Breakthroughs12 · 18%
▲ 0%→40% share
0 median citations75% since 2021mostly methods-led
Breakthroughs are rising (0%→40% of field), led by Fleet management.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Fleet management4
  • Resilience (materials science)2
  • Carbon footprint2
  • Supply chain optimization2
  • Optimization problem2
Landmark A novel robust optimization approach for supply chain resilience: The role of flexibility and collaboration · 6 cites
◆ Advancements30 · 45%
▲ 0%→35% share
2 median citations53% since 2021mostly methods-led
Advancements are rising (0%→35% of field), led by Fleet management.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Fleet management4→7
  • Supply chain optimization2→4
Landmark Optimization-Based Approaches for Bioethanol Supply Chains · 124 cites
▼ Concerns15 · 22%
▲ 0%→10% share
0 median citations47% since 2021mostly empirical
Concerns are rising (0%→10% of field), led by Fleet management.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Fleet management9
  • Global Positioning System3
  • Transport engineering3
  • Supply chain management3
  • SAFER3
Landmark Cooperative Positioning for Vehicular Networks: Facts and Future · 226 cites
RESEARCH HOTSPOTS · Australia

Where logistics supply chain is researched across Australia

Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.

Melbourne21 · +0.34
Hot · Fleet managementOpportunity · Crashworthiness
Sydney10 · +0.54
Hot · Fleet management
Brisbane7 · +0.26
Hot · Fleet management
Canberra5 · +0.54
Hot · Fleet management

Common questions

How many Freight Forwarders companies are there in New South Wales, Australia?
Radar tracks 79 indexable Freight Forwarders companies headquartered in New South Wales, Australia that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Freight Forwarders companies in New South Wales, Australia?
The Freight Forwarders companies in New South Wales, Australia on this list have raised a combined $1.1B in disclosed equity funding across 2 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Freight Forwarders company in New South Wales, Australia?
Qube is the highest-funded Freight Forwarders company in New South Wales, Australia, with $1.1B in disclosed equity funding.
How many Freight Forwarders companies in New South Wales, Australia are funded?
2 of the 79 Freight Forwarders companies in New South Wales, Australia on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Freight Forwarders unicorns are there in New South Wales, Australia?
None of the Freight Forwarders companies in New South Wales, Australia on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in New South Wales, Australia Freight Forwarders companies?
The most active investors in New South Wales, Australia Freight Forwarders companies on this list include AMCIL, AUI, Argo Investments, Betaworks, CPP Investments.
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