Australian Register of Companies · Entity record
MAINFREIGHT AIR & OCEAN PTY LTD
formerly MAINFREIGHT OWENS INTERNATIONAL PTY LTD · until 2018-05-15
formerly ABERCARN HOLDINGS PTY. LTD. · until 2018-05-15
formerly MAINFREIGHT INTERNATIONAL PTY LTD · until 2018-05-15
· dates as recorded at register entry; earlier renames may predate
REGD
Registered
PROPRIETARY
Registered
19 June 1989 | 38th year
Status
Trading: ASIC registered, ABN active, GST registered
Lifeline · 1989 to present · 37 years
observed
derived
suspect
▸Corporate family
Solid label = declared by a filer. Dotted label = inferred by CompanyIQ from shared ABR submission groups.
▸Trading names · 5 names against this ABN
MAINFREIGHT INTERNATIONAL
declared to ABR against this ABN
Business name
MAINFREIGHT OWENS INTERNATIONAL
declared to ABR against this ABN
Business name
Mainfreight Perishables
declared to ABR against this ABN
Business name
PALTANK
declared to ABR against this ABN
Business name
ISS EXPRESS LINES
declared to ABR against this ABN
Trading name
Every name here is declared to the ABR against this ABN; they are names, not legal entities, and none carries an ACN of its own.
Economics & workforce
GST active since 1 July 2000.
26 years of continuous registration. No cancellation or re-registration.
Transport, Postal and Warehousing
Size band 250-499
Self-declared by employer to WGEA; not verified or re-classified.
491
Australian employees, 2024-25 reporting period. Reported to WGEA every year since 2023.
Cohort
Of 3,555 VIC companies registered in 1989, 94% survive; this one has outlived 6% of its birth cohort
CompanyIQ cohort index · ASIC Company Dataset, all registrations 1989–2026
Government contracts
$15,000
across 1 contract
One notice between October 2025 and November 2025.
| Signed |
Agency |
Category |
Value |
| 2025-10-30 |
Geoscience Australia |
Freight forwarders services |
$15,000 |
Each row shows the final value for its contract family (amendment-aware, not the value first published). Data window: Oct 2025 to Nov 2025.