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From humble beginnings in 1948 moving fresh produce to Melbourne,
the company now freights a balance of fresh produce, wine, processed fruit
and juice, refrigerated and chilled goods as well as general freight from the
area. On the return trip our trucks will carry various types of freight to
the region, including fruit juice concentrate, overnight express freight and
general cargo. Where loading is not achieved in the region the trucks are
loaded to Our fleet comprises 80 linehaul prime movers and 135 trailers as
well as a host of ancillary delivery vehicles. The Fleet comprises Kenworth,
Western Star and Volvo Prime Movers, used in configurations from single
trailer semis to 2 trailer road trains. All of the trailers are on freight
and road friendly airbag suspensions and comprise chilled and dry Tautliners
and refrigerated vans. We have Depots in |
The
Fletchers' Story
Syd Fletcher
and his wife, Yvonne founded the business in 1948 and began their interstate
carrying career carting fresh produce to Melbourne Market at that time.
Protection for the Rail system had seen this avenue of freight banned prior to
this time. Once the freight service had shown producers the benefit of timely
arrival into the main markets the business began to grow. As the company
continued to grow, a depot was established in the nearby town of
At this time a relationship with
Berri Limited was commenced, requiring the freight of their local juices to
Capital Cities in
During this
period the linehaul freight service was extended to provide deliveries to all
Eastern State Cities as well as
From the humble beginnings in 1948
moving fresh produce to Melbourne the company now freights a balance of fresh
produce, wine, processed fruit and juice, refrigerated and chilled goods as
well as general freight from the area. On the return trip our trucks will carry
various types of freight to the region, including fruit juice concentrate,
overnight express freight and general cargo. Where loading in not achieved to
the region the trucks are loaded to
Our fleet comprises 80 linehaul
prime movers and 135 trailers as well as a host of ancillary delivery vehicles.
The Fleet comprises Kenworth, Western Star and Volvo Prime Movers, used in
configurations from single trailer semis to 2 trailer road trains. All of the
trailers are on freight and road friendly airbag suspensions and comprise
chilled and dry Tautliners and refrigerated vans. We have Depots in
Our linehaul fleet is consistently
being upgraded and improved with the latest in design and manufacture being
incorporated to ensure our clients enjoy good outturns of their product at
terminal destinations.We hold the industry sponsored Trucksafe accreditation
and have been keen supporters of this initiative since inception.
Our Company has
always been at the forefront of industry developments to ensure better
management of Staff, Vehicles and Freight, ultimately, providing a superior
service to our customers. Together with ongoing improvement in our equipment we
are also continuing training to drivers and staff in areas of product handling,
presentation and service to our pickup and destination terminals.
During 2002 Fletchers commenced a
program to further improve customer service by establishing State of the Art
Warehousing facilities in the Riverland, holding some 14,000 pallets of
finished product for distribution. The warehousing facility incorporates the latest
in RF technologies and Management software from JAIX to enable accurate
electronic picking and stock reconciliations. This innovation has been well
received by our major clients and is being duplicated in other main
distribution points
Our company philosophy has always
been to achieve growth through superior service to our clients and customers,
using well maintained and presented modern equipment together with trained
efficient staff dedicated to meeting customer expectations.
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Terms and Conditions of Cartage Contract
CONDITIONS OF CONTRACT
1.
Fletchers'
Freighters Pty Ltd
(Hereinafter called “the carrier”
which expression includes its servants; agents and sub-contractors) is not a
common carrier and it is agreed that the obligations of a common carrier are
expressly negatived. All goods carried
or other services performed shall be subject only to these conditions of
carriage and the carrier reserves the right to accept or refuse the carriage of
any class of goods or of any particular goods in any class at its discretion.
2.
The
carrier may arrange with any person or firm or company to undertake the
carriage of goods hereby contracted, for and such person firm or company, his,
their or its servants, agents and employees shall be entitled to the benefit of
these conditions to the same extent as a carrier.
3.
The
goods are carried subject and liable in every respect to the Bills of Loading
issued by and or conditions imposed by any steamship company, railway, port or
harbour authority or other carriers of the goods and are freighted at ordinary
rates unless otherwise instructed in writing by the consignor or his authorised
agent. Description of contents and
values must be declared on face hereof and extra freight paid thereon if
necessary.
4.
The
consignor shall be responsible for any damage or loss of goods while in the
carrier’s custody during storage or in transit by road, rail, steamship or
freighting or other means due to civil commotion, Act of God, Government
intervention, war strikes, seizure under legal process, accident, misadventure,
fire or water.
5.
Insurance
of the goods will be effected for the benefit of the consignor upon his written
instruction at his expense.
6.
The
consignor or his authorised agent shall not tender for carriage any explosive,
inflammable or otherwise dangerous or damaging goods unless a full description
of these goods is presented to the carrier and in default of the consignor so
doing he shall be liable for all loss and damage caused thereby.
7.
Unless
otherwise expressly agreed in writing or unless the goods are the subject of
insurance, instructions to the carrier and an insurance premium has been paid
to the carrier for that purpose no responsibility will be accepted by the carrier
for any loss of or damage to or misdelivery or non-delivery of goods, parcels,
packages, crates or cases, etc. or the contents thereof either in transit or in
storage or for any reason whatsoever.
8.
Goods
received for storage or other service are subject to a particular lien in
favour of the carrier which shall become effective in respect of such goods
until all charges incurred in respect of such services are paid in full by the
consignor or his authorised agent before delivery from storage.
9.
The
consignor will be and remain responsible to the carrier for all its proper
charges. The contract shall be deemed to
be made at the point of despatch where all charges shall be paid free of
exchange.
10.
All
charges are subject to surcharge or discount from time to time without notice.
11.
This
contract shall be covered by and construed to the law of the state of
12.
Freight
shall be considered carried whether the goods are delivered to the consignee or
not and whether damaged or others. Under
no circumstances will any payment for freight be refunded.
13.
The
goods are at the risk of the sender and not the carrier and unless expressly
agreed in writing subject to clause 14 hereof the carrier shall not be
responsible for any loss any reason whatsoever including without limiting the
foregoing the negligent or willful act or default of the carrier its servants
or agents or sub-contractor and this clause shall apply to all such loss or
damage to or deterioration of goods or misdelivery, or failure to deliver or
delay in delivery of the goods as aforesaid whether or not the same occurs in
the course of performance by the carrier of the contract or in events which are
in the contemplation of the carrier and/or the sender or in events which are
foreseeable by them or in events which would constitute a fundamental breach of
the contract or a breach of the fundamental term thereof.
14.
Notwithstanding
anything herein contained the carrier shall continue to be subject to any
implied warranty provided by the Trade Practices Act 1974 (as amended) if and
to the extent that the said Act is applicable to this contract and prevents the
exclusion, restriction or modification of that warranty.