Part-load and multi-drop cold runs, ten minutes from depot
EZ Trans provides refrigerated transport for Geebung, Virginia and Zillmere manufacturers from our Kedron depot, about ten minutes away. The focus here is part-load work: single pallets and small consignments consolidated into multi-drop chilled runs, so a producer sending six pallets a week does not fund a dedicated truck.
Geebung and Virginia are full of businesses too large for a courier and too small for a line-haul contract. A sauce maker on Robinson Road, a small-batch dairy or a chilled snack producer in the Virginia pocket might dispatch four to eight pallets in a week, across three days, to three different buyers. Our temperature-controlled transport here is built around that shape of freight.
The depot at Kedron is roughly 7 km from Geebung, about ten minutes down Sandgate Road or Gympie Road outside peak. That figure is what makes part-load economics work in this pocket: a short repositioning leg means your pallets can join a run already heading their way, instead of paying for a vehicle to make the trip on their own.
Rarely. A dedicated vehicle is priced on the whole vehicle, so a producer with six pallets pays for the empty space as well as the stock. The usual result is either a cost the margin cannot carry, or holding product back until a truck can be filled, which is worse again for anything chilled.
Part-load work removes that choice. Your pallets join a larger chilled movement, share the running cost of the vehicle and reach the buyer on the day the order was placed. What you trade away is timing precision: you nominate a window, not an hour of departure.
Consolidation is a depot function before it is a transport one. Pallets from several Geebung, Virginia and Zillmere consignors come into the Kedron yard, are held in temperature-controlled storage, then loaded in reverse delivery order so the first drop sits nearest the door. Ten minutes of proximity is what makes it work: the collection leg finishes early enough to build a full afternoon load.
The same handling allows order preparation on the way through, so cartons picked to a store order, relabelled and re-palletised sit with our pick, pack and distribution work instead of being squeezed onto a factory dock. The reasoning is in our post on how warehousing improves supply chain efficiency.
Most Geebung accounts start in the first column and move right as volume becomes predictable. The comparison is about control rather than cost, since every quote is built on freight type, temperature, quantity, timing and storage.
| Option | Suits | Timing control | Flexibility week to week | Handling touchpoints |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single pallet part-load | One or two pallets to a regular buyer | We set the window to fit an existing run | High, a quiet week costs nothing | Loaded, staged at depot, delivered |
| Consolidated multi-drop | Four to ten pallets across several buyers | Morning or afternoon block, order set by route | Add or drop a delivery point easily | One load, several door openings |
| Dedicated vehicle | Full loads, or freight that cannot share space | You set departure and arrival | Lower, the vehicle is committed to you | Loaded once, delivered direct |
Read the touchpoints column closely, because each transfer is a door opening and a temperature decision, not just a lift.
Robinson Road is the spine of this work. It runs east to west through the Geebung and Virginia industrial pockets, feeding the units off Bilsen Road and the yards behind Newman Road. The level crossing where Robinson Road meets the Shorncliffe rail line is the local catch, since a stopped train holds a loaded vehicle for minutes at a time.
From there the routing is straightforward. Sandgate Road and Zillmere Road connect the pocket to Nudgee and the Gateway Motorway, which opens the airport precinct, Murarrie and the bayside, while Gympie Road runs the other way toward the depot. Zillmere and Taigum sit on the same loop off Handford Road, inside the areas we cover.
Sharing a vehicle does not mean sharing a standard. Food Standards Australia New Zealand is explicit that potentially hazardous food must be at 5C or colder, or 60C or hotter, and that those limits apply during receipt, storage, display and transport. A consolidated run touches three of those stages, so each is its own checkpoint.
The Australian Cold Chain Guidelines, issued by the Australian Food and Grocery Council in 2017, are the framework most grocery buyers reference across handling, transport and storage. Safe Food Production Queensland separately notes that accreditation is a legal requirement under the Food Production (Safety) Act 2000 for certain activities, including transporting meat, eggs, dairy, seafood or horticulture produce. Where a client’s product sits inside one of those schemes, we plan the run around the handling and temperature requirements of the freight.
From the Geebung and Virginia estates, take Robinson Road to Sandgate Road, then run south through Nundah and Wooloowin to Kedron, or use Gympie Road if the crossing is down. The yard is at 2/21 Castle Street, about ten minutes away. The directions to our Kedron depot page covers gate access.
Every area we cover is listed on the service areas index.
Around 7 km, or roughly ten minutes on Sandgate Road or Gympie Road outside peak. That proximity is why consolidation works in this pocket: a collection round through Geebung and Virginia finishes early enough for the same pallets to go out on a delivery run the same day.
Yes. Single-pallet collections are standard work here rather than an exception. The pallet is collected, held in the correct band at Kedron if needed, then loaded onto a multi-drop run heading toward the buyer. You supply the temperature requirement, the destination and the day it needs to land.
It waits in a controlled space, not on a dock. Pallets are staged at the correct temperature between collection and loading, usually hours rather than days. If a delivery has a hard window that consolidation cannot meet, a dedicated run is the better answer and we say so at quoting.
Yes. Zillmere Road and Sandgate Road connect the precinct to Nudgee and the Gateway within a few minutes, which opens the airport precinct, Murarrie, Hemmant and the bayside without crossing the city. The one delay to plan around is the Robinson Road level crossing when a train is through.
Yes, they sit on the same northside loop as Geebung and Virginia. Handford Road and Sandgate Road tie the pockets together, so a producer in Zillmere and a buyer in Nundah can be served on one run. Add the addresses at booking and we sequence the drops by route.
Give us your weekly pallet range, the temperature band and where the freight has to land, and we will work out whether a part-load, a multi-drop run or a dedicated vehicle suits you. You can book a Geebung collection or call the depot.
