History
Marley's Transport started in the small country town of Nangeenan back in 1969 when Frank bought his first truck; an old Commer which he wasn't even old enough to drive!
He had been working on the standard gauge railway line from Doodlakine to Koolyanobbing and when we returned home he had managed to save up a bit of money. His father Tom suggested that he buy a truck which he promptly did, but as he didn’t have a licence Tom went and drove the truck while Frank took on the farm hand work his father had been doing.
Frank soon got his licence and one truck turned into two and along with his new wife Georgina they began the Marley’s Transport story which would go on to grow bigger and stronger along with their family.
Together Frank and Georgie worked very hard to build their transport business as well as a home which Frank built himself from scratch one room at a time. The underside of this also served as the workshop for the trucks and Georgie had to balance raising the kids, running the Nangeenan telephone exchange, cooking and cleaning for the drivers as well as running the business.
Frank worked to expand the business and fight the unfair transportation laws at the time in order to get a fair go, while at the same time slowly build the house and keep the not so modern trucks running.
Through Frank's actions and the media attention he raised the transport minister of the time agreed to deregulate the transport industry, it was a process that took 10 years but thankfully now means all transporters get a fair go and equally opportunity to compete.
From those early days with just one truck carting fertiliser from the Nangeenan rail-head to farmers, Marley’s has now expanded to a fleet of 70 trucks carting grain, fertiliser, lime, livestock, raw materials and finished animal feed as well as operating an intermediate warehouse facility at its modern depot at Hope Valley.
They have achieved this level of growth by being efficient, passionate and progressive. As the regulatory environment changed so did Marley's Transport. We have always been at the leading edge of technology, for instance operating the first four deck stock crate in Western Australia. We were also the first operator of a 10 axle rigid truck used for grain carting in WA. Currently we are importing Canadian designed and built trailers for their significant weight saving and operational excellence. As technology has advanced and progressed so has Marley's, we are always looking at ways we can add value and improve the services we provide.
With our proximity to many of the off line bins it was a natural progression to start carting from them. We won our first contract in the early 1980's and have been carting ever since. This long association with rail has allowed our business to become specialized and is reflected by the ongoing renewal of our off line bin contract.
Our long association with rail also extended to being the Merredin Esso agent in the 1980's and Bulk Fertilizer Service contractor in the Merredin and Southern Cross area unloading rail wagons.
Marley's Transport started in the small country town of Nangeenan back in 1969 when Frank bought his first truck; an old Commer which he wasn't even old enough to drive!
He had been working on the standard gauge railway line from Doodlakine to Koolyanobbing and when we returned home he had managed to save up a bit of money. His father Tom suggested that he buy a truck which he promptly did, but as he didn’t have a licence Tom went and drove the truck while Frank took on the farm hand work his father had been doing.
Frank soon got his licence and one truck turned into two and along with his new wife Georgina they began the Marley’s Transport story which would go on to grow bigger and stronger along with their family.
Together Frank and Georgie worked very hard to build their transport business as well as a home which Frank built himself from scratch one room at a time. The underside of this also served as the workshop for the trucks and Georgie had to balance raising the kids, running the Nangeenan telephone exchange, cooking and cleaning for the drivers as well as running the business.
Frank worked to expand the business and fight the unfair transportation laws at the time in order to get a fair go, while at the same time slowly build the house and keep the not so modern trucks running.
Through Frank's actions and the media attention he raised the transport minister of the time agreed to deregulate the transport industry, it was a process that took 10 years but thankfully now means all transporters get a fair go and equally opportunity to compete.
From those early days with just one truck carting fertiliser from the Nangeenan rail-head to farmers, Marley’s has now expanded to a fleet of 70 trucks carting grain, fertiliser, lime, livestock, raw materials and finished animal feed as well as operating an intermediate warehouse facility at its modern depot at Hope Valley.
They have achieved this level of growth by being efficient, passionate and progressive. As the regulatory environment changed so did Marley's Transport. We have always been at the leading edge of technology, for instance operating the first four deck stock crate in Western Australia. We were also the first operator of a 10 axle rigid truck used for grain carting in WA. Currently we are importing Canadian designed and built trailers for their significant weight saving and operational excellence. As technology has advanced and progressed so has Marley's, we are always looking at ways we can add value and improve the services we provide.
With our proximity to many of the off line bins it was a natural progression to start carting from them. We won our first contract in the early 1980's and have been carting ever since. This long association with rail has allowed our business to become specialized and is reflected by the ongoing renewal of our off line bin contract.
Our long association with rail also extended to being the Merredin Esso agent in the 1980's and Bulk Fertilizer Service contractor in the Merredin and Southern Cross area unloading rail wagons.
