Centurion Transport has completed a major consolidation of its Queensland operations, relocating its Brisbane activities into a new centralised facility at Richlands. The move brings together four previously separate locations — Rocklea, Redbank, Wacol, and Spring Hill — into a single hub designed to enhance operational efficiency and service delivery across the state.
Consolidation Details
The Richlands facility replaces Centurion’s dispersed Brisbane footprint with a purpose-built central hub that consolidates warehousing, freight handling, and distribution operations under one roof. The Wacol location remained operational for approximately four weeks following the announcement to ensure a seamless transition of services.
The consolidation is a strategic efficiency play rather than a reduction in capacity. By centralising its Queensland operations, Centurion eliminates the logistical overhead of managing freight movements between multiple suburban depots, reducing transit times for cross-dock operations and improving asset utilisation across its Queensland fleet.
Queensland Network
The Richlands hub serves as the operational centre for Centurion’s broader Queensland network, which includes branches in Emerald, Mackay, Rockhampton, and Townsville. From this base, the company provides a comprehensive range of services including heavy haulage and specialised transport, line haul and general freight, crane services, over-dimensional transport, and warehousing solutions.
Centurion’s Queensland operations have grown significantly since the company expanded beyond its Western Australian base through strategic acquisitions, including Rocky’s Own Transport and other regional operators. The state’s resource-rich Bowen Basin and growing industrial corridors provide a natural extension of Centurion’s core competency in mining and resources logistics.
Broader Context
The facility consolidation reflects a pattern seen across Australian logistics operators in 2025, where rising property costs and the need for operational efficiency are driving companies to centralise dispersed depot networks into larger, more capable facilities. For Centurion — a company that operates over 20 distribution centres and 2,000 vehicle assets nationally — the Richlands investment signals a commitment to its east coast growth strategy.
The new hub also positions Centurion to better service the growing demand for heavy haulage and project logistics in Queensland’s mining regions, where the distance between Brisbane and key mining precincts in the Bowen Basin and North Queensland requires efficient staging and consolidation of freight before long-haul dispatch.