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Datts Logistics

Name: Datts Logistics
Address: 71-73 Pipe Road, Laverton North, VIC, 3026, AU
Telephone: +61393982878

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Datts Logistics is a family-owned and operated transport and warehousing company based in Laverton North, Melbourne.

29/09/2026

Teamwork makes the dream work!

23/09/2026

Who you tipping for the big dance?

17/09/2026

Four years ago, Datts was two brothers and their cousin with a plan.

Tom, Marcus and Nick started the business in 2022 with more than 30 years of combined experience in transport and warehousing, and a belief that container logistics works better when the people running the company stay close to the work.

Last month the team moved into a purpose-suited site at Cherry Lane in Laverton North. Secure hardstand, two warehouse sheds and an enclosed breezeway, minutes from the Port of Melbourne.

The address changed. The way the place runs did not. The directors still know every job in the yard, most regular containers by number and every client by name.

Relationships built the first four years. They will build the next four too.

15/09/2026

Sideloader delivery in one line: the container comes off the truck and sits on the ground at your site.

No crane hire. No forklift rated to lift a loaded box. No crew standing on the dock unpacking against the clock while the driver waits.

The box lands, the driver leaves, your team unpacks when it suits them. Once it is empty, we come back, lift it and run it to the dehire.

For most importers that changes how the whole delivery day runs. Nobody rearranges staff around a truck arrival.

Our sideloaders run out of Laverton North, minutes from the Port of Melbourne, on the same Freighttracker system as the rest of the fleet. Wharf slot, delivery, dehire, one booking.

If you are bringing in full containers and losing hours to unpack windows, talk to Tom, Marcus or Nick.

09/09/2026

The Port of Melbourne moved a record 3.52 million TEU in the 2025-26 financial year, up 3.8 per cent.

Full overseas imports reached 1.4 million TEU, up 4 per cent, and the growth accelerated into winter with June throughput up 7.3 per cent on last year.

More boxes through the same gates means tighter time slots, busier container parks and less room for error on every collection.

That is the environment our wharf cartage operation is built for. The yard sits minutes from the port, with the West Gate Tunnel improving the run even further. HPVs and A-Doubles move more containers per trip, and every box comes back to one site where unpack, warehousing and distribution are already waiting.

Volumes are rising across the market. If your current cartage arrangement is starting to creak, we should talk before peak season tests it properly.

📞 03 9398 2878
📧 [email protected]

08/09/2026

Twelve-metre steel lengths do not fit through a standard unpack.

Oversized freight needs the right equipment and a plan before the container lands. Double-stacked pallets, machinery, glass facades and full-length steel all move through our yard on gear built for the job.

Sideloaders and retractable skels handle the boxes other fleets turn away. PBS-approved drop decks carry the oversize loads. Forklifts from 2.5 tonne up to 16 tonne cover everything from pallet work to heavy lifts, with a 45-tonne reach stacker placing loaded containers exactly where they need to go.

The result is oversized cargo handled once, handled properly and moved on without drama.

If your freight pushes past standard dimensions, talk to us before it ships.

📞 03 9398 2878
📧 [email protected]

03/09/2026

The most expensive part of a container job can be the box sitting empty in your yard.

Once a container is unpacked, the shipping line's clock keeps running. Detention charges build daily until the empty is returned to the right container park, and Melbourne's parks have their own hours, slot rules and redirections that can burn through the free days fast.

Managing that window well takes coordination. The unpack scheduled as soon as the box lands. The empty dehired to the correct park first time. The paperwork closed out before charges start.

Datts runs wharf cartage, unpacks and dehires from one site in Laverton North, minutes from the Port of Melbourne, so the handoffs that usually eat free days happen inside our own operation.

If detention charges keep showing up on your landed cost, the fix is usually in the schedule, not the invoice.

📞 03 9398 2878
📧 [email protected]

31/08/2026

BMSB season kicks off today. Measures will apply to targeted goods manufactured in or shipped from target risk countries from 1st of September 2026 through 30th April 2027.

If you are unsure how the season lands on your cargo, talk to us before you book the vessel.

📞 03 9398 2878
📧 [email protected]

27/08/2026

Good morning from Cherry Lane!

26/08/2026

Most freight forwarders don't need more suppliers. They need fewer handovers.

Every additional provider adds another schedule, another contact and another point where delays can occur. Managing wharf cartage, container handling, warehousing and distribution through one provider simplifies coordination and improves visibility.

From one Laverton North site, Datts connects each stage so freight keeps moving.

Address

71-73 Pipe Road
Laverton North, VIC
3026

Opening Hours

Monday	7am - 4pm
Tuesday	7am - 4pm
Wednesday	7am - 4pm
Thursday	7am - 4pm
Friday	7am - 4pm

Telephone

+61393982878

Website

https://datts.com.au/

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