Founded in Mt Garnet by Paddy and Kerry Knight over thirteen years ago Knights Transport is a family owned and run transport business.
Born in Innisfail and raised in Cooktown, Managing Director Paddy Knight has been involved in transport & earthmoving for over thirty years and has operated throughout Cape York, Far North Queensland, the Bowen Basin and Western Queensland.
The Knight name is well-known and highly regarded throughout heavy industry in Queensland and is synonymous with dependable professional client service and support.
Specializing in bulk haulage, earthmoving and mining support logistics Knights Transport has a fleet of modern, well maintained road trains and earthmoving equipment.
Capable of operating fully autonomously in remote regions, Knights also has all of the infrastructure needed to be self-sufficient in any environment such as mobile workshops, accommodation units, portable store rooms, staff amenities and support vehicles.
Knights Transport regards safety and professional conduct at all times as paramount and has well-established Safety, Health, Training Management Systems. Further to this Knights also has on staff a tertiary qualified Heath, Safety and Training Advisor to review, develop and oversee changes and improvements to these systems.
Knights transport is also Fatigue Management and Maintenance Management accredited through Trucksafe and is independently audited to ensure industry best practice.
With depots in Mt Garnet & Townsville, satellite offices in Mt Isa & The Sunshine Coast and a network of professional sub-contractors Knights Transport is big enough to deliver the highest levels of professional service regardless of project size and yet small enough to provide the one on one client support and communication that you can only get from a family business.
Knights Transport has the equipment, people and expertise to provide the following services.
: Semi, B Double and Road train side tippers up to and including quad units.
: Semi, B Double and Road train general transport.
: Semi and B Double watercarts.
: Oversize transport.
: Bulk commodities transport.
: Dig, load and haul packages for both civil and mining requirements.
: Wet and dry hire of earthmoving equipment.
: Full mining support packages including logistics, crushing and stockpiling.
: Full civil support packages including, road construction, re-sheeting works, earthworks, establishment and management of borrow pits.
: Project efficiency review and reporting.
: Asset suitability & utilization reviews.
Should you have any task big or small feel free to contact Knights Transport and allow us the opportunity to assist you with your project requirements.