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History

The Rocke family has been associ-

ated with the transportation business

since 1857 when Martin Rocke saw

an opportunity to cart supplies for gold

miners. The family tradition continued

with the third generation of the family

switching from horses to a truck soon

after World War I.

World War II saw the business thrive

after it was awarded a number of gov-

ernment contracts. The fourth gener-

ation of the family, headed by Peter

Rocke went on to become the largest

waterfront carrier on the eastern sea-

board of Australia in the 1980s and

early 1990s.

Peter’s sons, Michael, Matthew and

Paul decided to branch out on their

own and in 2003 started Rocke Broth-

ers, a company that specialises in wa-

terfront transport and associated ser-

vices.

The fifth generation of the family rep-

resented by the three brothers, Mi-

chael, Matthew and Paul were hon-

oured at the 2013 Australian Freight

Industry Awards with the Personality

of the Year Award for the strong con-

tributions that they have made to the

transport industry.

Facilities

Rocke Brothers has two depots, one

in Brooklyn and the other in Geelong.

It has outgrown its old depot in Lara

and will move out of it by the middle of

2016. The depot in Brooklyn is about

10 acres in size with most of the area

being hardstand. The company has a

total of about 130 employees and it

shifts approximately 80,000 contain-

ers per year.

It has a large fleet to cater to the re-