The business began by moving coal with horse and cart, and by the time of Albert's death at 95 in 1958, Toll was running a range of fleet trucks from five different locations.

By the mid-1980s, Toll-Chadwick had evolved into one of Australia’s most significant transport companies, operating beyond the nation’s capital cities.

[2] After its listing on the ASX, Toll progressively built its reach and service capabilities via a program of strategic acquisitions.

[10] In 2009 Toll acquired Express Logistics Group, one of New Zealand's largest freight forwarding companies.

In the same year Toll acquired Logistic Distribution Systems (LDS), a Dubai-based international freight forwarding company.

[19] In 2020, Toll divested its logistics business in the United States, maintaining its freight forwarding operations; and on 1 September 2021, the Toll Global Express business in Australia and New Zealand was sold to Allegro Funds and rebranded Team Global Express.

[20] In 2023, Toll acquired a business in Australia, ASQ, an operator of uncrewed aircraft systems (drone), and became the majority shareholder in its joint venture in Dubai, CWT-SML.

[21] Today, Toll has dual headquarters in Melbourne and Singapore, with contract logistics operations across the Asia Pacific and a global freight forwarding business.

[22][23] Toll provides international freight forwarding and supply chain management services that range from airport-to-(air)port and door-to-door freight forwarding movements to complex supply chain services and project movements involving over-dimensional, out-of-gauge, and heavy haulage cargo.

[1] Headquartered in Singapore, Toll Global Forwarding operates in four regions: Australia and New Zealand; Asia; Europe, Middle East, and Africa; and North America.

In 2023, Toll Global Forwarding managed around 500,000 air and ocean freight shipments.Toll provides warehousing and transportation contract logistics across the Asia Pacific region, including Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand, India, China, Taiwan and Korea.

[1] Toll specialises in customised supply chain solutions, supported by innovation centre control tower systems across the region.

In 2022, Toll opened a $20 million innovation center in Singapore to lead advancements in supply chain solutions.

[39][40] In 1979, IPEC commenced operating services between Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane using chartered East-West Airlines Fokker F27 Friendships.