Burnie Freight Services

Devonport hosts the Spirit of Tasmania RoRo terminal while Burnie handles industrial sea cargo through the Port of Burnie. Most interstate general freight lands at Devonport via the Spirit; Burnie is the industrial seaport. QFM uses whichever route best fits each load.

Mainland freight from Melbourne sails overnight on the Spirit of Tasmania to Devonport, then runs 45 minutes west on the Bass Highway into Burnie — typically two business days door to door. Direct shipping lanes through the Port of Burnie suit larger and palletised loads.

Through our carrier network freight on-forwards to Devonport, Somerset, Wynyard, Smithton, Ulverstone, Penguin and south to Queenstown on the West Coast — timber, trade and institutional freight across the NW coast.

Yes — Burnie's economy leans heavily on timber processing, engineering and port services. QFM handles pallet and carton inputs and outputs: engineering parts, packaging, fit-out materials and palletised finished timber goods. Raw logs move on dedicated forestry carriers.

Share pickup suburb, delivery address, dimensions (L × W × H), weight and any Bass Strait, port-precinct or NW coast on-forwarding notes through our quote request page. QFM will return a Bass Highway quote aligned with the appropriate Bass Strait route.