In transit · Air
Air freight
Consolidated and direct uplift on scheduled carriers out of Melbourne, Sydney, Hong Kong and Ho Chi Minh City. Charter when the launch date can't move.
- Next flight out
- Consolidated
- Charter
- Dangerous goods
Freight forwarding · Customs · Warehousing · Road
Your freight moves. Your contact doesn’t.
Interstate Logistics runs air, ocean, customs, warehousing and road under one accountable team. You talk to one person from booking to delivery, on every lane we serve.
Why one operator
An average import changes hands eleven times. Yours changes hands once.
Most forwarders subcontract the legs they don't own and hand you a new contact at every border. We plan the whole move, hold space on the carriers ourselves, clear it with our own brokers and deliver it on our own trucks.
So when a container sits at the wharf on a Friday night, the person who answers your call is the person who can fix it.
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24/7Operations desk
Services
Every leg, run by us.
Six services, one booking, one tracking view. Pick the legs you need or hand us the whole route.
In transit · Ocean
Ocean freight
Full and part containers on trans-Pacific, intra-Asia and Europe lanes, with space protected on weekly sailings so peak season doesn't roll your cargo.
- FCL
- LCL
- Reefer
- Out of gauge
Cleared · Customs
Customs brokerage
Licensed brokers in every country we operate in. Classification, duty planning and pre-lodgement done before the vessel berths, not after it sits.
- Licensed brokers
- Pre-cleared
- Duty deferral
- Biosecurity
Warehoused · 3PL
Warehousing & 3PL
Bonded and general storage beside the port, with pick and pack, kitting and same-day dispatch into your carrier of choice or ours.
- Bonded
- Pick & pack
- Cross-dock
- Inventory API
Special moves · Project
Project cargo
Out-of-gauge and heavy-lift moves with route surveys, permits and escorts arranged by the same people who quoted the job.
- Heavy lift
- Route survey
- Permits & escorts
- Breakbulk
Linehaul · Road
Domestic & linehaul
Metro delivery and interstate linehaul on our own fleet, so the last leg is tracked by the same number as the first.
- Metro
- Interstate
- Container drayage
- Tailgate
Why Interstate Logistics
Built for the shipper who is tired of chasing.
One point of contact
A named operator owns your account and every leg on it. No handoffs at the border, no “that’s a different department.”
Tracked by leg, not by guess
Flight, vessel, clearance, warehouse and truck all post to one timeline. You see what we see, as it happens.
Landed cost, quoted once
Freight, duty, terminal fees and delivery on one line. If the number moves, you hear why before it does.
Compliance handled
Licensed brokers, biosecurity accreditation and dangerous goods certification in-house, so nothing waits on a third party.
24/7 operations desk
Staffed in Melbourne and Hong Kong so someone is awake wherever your cargo is. Call at 2am and a person answers.
Our own trucks at both ends
Pickup and final delivery on Interstate Logistics vehicles in Australia, New Zealand and Southern California.
From our customers
“We used to have four forwarders and a spreadsheet. Now we have one number and a tracking page my warehouse team actually opens.”
“A panel shipment got held at biosecurity on a Saturday. Their broker had it released by Monday morning without me lifting a finger.”
“The landed-cost quote was the landed cost. First time in eight years of importing that the invoice matched the estimate.”
Carrier network
Space held on the airlines and shipping lines you already know, booked under our contracts.
Qantas FreightCathay CargoSingapore Airlines CargoEmirates SkyCargoQatar Airways CargoKorean Air CargoAir New Zealand CargoVietnam Airlines Cargo
MaerskMSCCMA CGMEvergreenOcean Network ExpressHapag-LloydCOSCOYang Ming
Insights
What's moving the market this month.
Trans-Pacific GRIs: what September's increases mean for your Q4 stock
Carriers filed general rate increases on the Asia to US West Coast lane. Here's how to time bookings around them.
Read the noteAustralia's updated timber packaging rules, explained for importers
The new biosecurity conditions for pallets and crates, and the two documents that stop a container being ordered for treatment.
Read the noteWhen air beats ocean: a landed-cost worked example
A real 2.4-tonne electronics order costed both ways, including inventory carrying cost. The answer isn't the one most buyers expect.
Read the noteQuestions
Before you book.
Anything not answered here, ask your operator. They'll know.
Which lanes do you cover?
Anything touching Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, mainland China, Vietnam, Thailand, the United States, Germany or the United Kingdom, where we have our own staff. Other origins and destinations run through vetted agents under our management.
How is a quote priced?
As a landed cost: freight, origin and destination charges, customs, duty and GST estimates, and delivery, itemised on one page. If a line is an estimate we say so and show the range.
Can you handle customs if I ship with another forwarder?
Yes. Customs brokerage and warehousing are available on their own. Many customers start there and move the freight across once they've seen how we work.
What happens when a shipment is held?
Your operator calls you before the system emails you. They'll tell you why it's held, what's needed and how long it will take. Our brokers work directly with the border agencies to release it.
Do you store goods long term?
Yes. Bonded and general storage is charged weekly per pallet or cubic metre, with pick and pack, relabelling and dispatch on request.
How do I track a shipment?
One tracking page per booking, updated at every leg: flight or vessel, clearance, warehouse receipt and delivery. Milestones can also be pushed to your system by email or API.
What's the minimum shipment size?
None. We consolidate small air and LCL shipments weekly on our main lanes, and full containers or charters when the volume calls for it.
How fast do you respond to a quote request?
Within one business day for standard lanes, usually the same afternoon. Project cargo and unusual routings take longer because we cost the route properly first.
Get a quote
Tell us what's moving. We'll tell you how, and what it costs, within one business day.
Call, any hour
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Head office
14 Freight Drive
Tullamarine VIC 3043, Australia
Where we have our own people
- Melbourne
- Sydney
- Auckland
- Hong Kong
- Shanghai
- Ho Chi Minh City
- Bangkok
- Los Angeles
- Dallas
- Frankfurt
- London