Toll Holdings history

Albert’s company was bought by National Minerals in 1959, and it was no longer in the Toll family’s control.

In 1962 it was purchased by mining conglomerate Peko-Wallsend.

In 1969 it merged with HH Chadwick to form Toll-Chadwick, and its new owners sought to integrate its businesses and expand into containerised shipping.

After being rebranded Toll Transport in 1985, the next year it was sold in a management buyout to Paul Little and Peter Rowsthorn with five depots and 125 trucks.

In 1986, Toll was bought by its management team, led by then Managing Director Paul Little and Toll's first Chairman, Peter Rowsthorn.

In 1991 it began operating in Tasmania with the purchase of Tasmania Express.

In 1998 it acquired Ipec from Mayne Nickless.

In 2002, Toll purchased BHP's stevedoring business, took a 50% share in Pacific National that took over the FreightCorp and National Rail Corporation businesses, acquired the Brambles Shipping business, including the ships Tasmanian Achiever and Victorian Reliance and the Mayne Express business.

In July 2006 Toll acquired Patrick Corporation in a hostile takeover.

In 2009, Toll took a 55% stake in the Toll Royal Railway, a joint venture with Kith Meng's Royal Group to takeover over the dilapidated metre-gauge network in Cambodia.

In 2012, Toll acquired a one-third shareholding in Bowmans Rail.

In 2014, they earned Aus $8.7 billion in revenue.

On 28 May 2015, Toll formally became a division of Japan Post.