New South Wales-based logistics and warehousing operator Coastal Transport Services is looking to expand its operations with new management at the helm.

Their main depot is located in Warnervale on the Central Coast, headed by Directors Kyle Elphinstone, Graham Ryall and Damien Hopley who took over the business in 2023.

“We met here at Coastal. We work really well together and have the same kind of aspirations,” Kyle says.

“When you work together, you’re likeminded, it’s an easy decision to team up and make the acquisition work.”

The expansion of the business has included the purchasing of more land at Warnervale to expand their logistics operation, with building set to start in January 2025.

In response to the increased demand, the trio have been scaling up their fleet, steadily adding UQ Quons to handle tasks ranging from delivering cranes to palletised freight and oversize loads.

“We picked up a couple of large contracts, so we bought a whole selection of UDs, and we want to continue that,” Kyle says.

“I started talking about UDs at the 2023 Brisbane Truck Show and I went and had a look at one at the show and I was really impressed by the product itself.

“Pretty much at that point, I made the decision that we were going to move away from a competitor product and go with UDs, particularly when we reviewed the total solution that was available to us through our local dealer VCV Newcastle with both service contracts and finance.

“The big things for us were comfort, safety, and fuel efficiency – the three main areas where UD were miles better than the competition. They have all the good modern tech on them as well.

“We’ve got a lot of trust with the Volvo product and it’s a lot of the same components which makes it a very easy decision to be able to go with UD. The UDs are quite simply a bloody good truck.”

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