Paul Fikkers

AWH is one of Australia’s leading logistics and warehousing specialists, providing storage, handling, freight forwarding and inventory management services for import, export and domestic distribution. AWH is also the world’s largest wool and independent cotton handler. AWH is co-owned by the international stevedore and global logistics company DP World Australia and Australia’s leading agri-business company Landmark. Originating in Geelong, with a heritage tracing back over 170 years, the business has been known as Australian Wool Handlers (AWH) since 1998. AWH has grown to become the largest independent logistics services provider to the Australian wool and cotton industries. Handling over 1 million bales of wool annually, with a 54% national market share, we also own and operate the 3 national wool selling centers. AWH is by a considerable margin the world’s largest wool logistics company. AWH also handles more than 1 million bales of cotton annually and utilises the skills of our specialist freight forwarding subsidiary, AWH Global, to manage the import/export coordination of over 450 million kgs of wool and cotton fibre annually, making us a key player in the national export economy. Providing a broad array of general logistics services to the agri-business, construction, renewable energy and retail/wholesale industry sectors, AWH’s operations and storage centres are AQIS and customs certified and located in all major Australian port cities, as well as in several strategic rural locations. At these locations across the country, AWH operates first-rate facilities controlling more than 720,000m2 of warehouse and 150,000m2 of hardstand. We work in conjunction with global freight networks to deliver a total end-to-end supply chain solution both domestically and internationally. awh.com.au