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Toga Group partners with Make-a-Wish Ireland
We are thrilled to announce that Toga Group has partnered with Make-A-Wish Ireland to help make a difference in the lives of children facing critical illnesses. This partnership marks an exciting new chapter as we work together to grant wishes and bring joy and hope to these brave children and their families. At Toga Group, we believe in giving back to the community, and this collaboration reflects our commitment to supporting causes that truly matter. Stay tuned for updates


New Trailers for Irish Sea Logistics
The first of two double deckers have entered service this week for our London office of Irish Sea Logistics. These trailers will connect our London, Birmingham and Dublin depots with daily departures in both directions. Despite being used by our UK subsidiary on UK operations, we have chosen our fellow Guaranteed Irish member here in Dublin, Hireco World Ireland to supply and maintain them for us. Keep an eye out for them!


Toga Group Opens Irish Pallet Hub in Birmingham.
Dublin headquartered Toga Group, which comprises freight forwarding, logistics and customs clearance companies in the UK and Ireland, has opened it’s new “Irish Pallet Hub” in Coleshill, Birmingham. The 160,000 sq. ft shared user facility in Hams Hall Distribution Park houses staff from Toga Freight and the Group’s UK subsidiary, Irish Sea Logistics Ltd and has started formal operations today. Speaking of the expansion, Robert Dickinson, Managing Director of Toga Group said;


Fleet investment on Toga’s GB to IE route
Following the opening of Toga Group’s UK Hub in Birmingham in November 2024, a significant investment in the route was announced by Toga’s Operations Director, Darragh Toner: “We’re seeking to control our costs more closely that was possible with a 100% sub-contracted fleet working our international line hauls. So we’ve decided to add a fleet of high volume, double-decker trailers that will operate between Birmingham and Dublin depots via the Port of Holyhead.” The SDC traile


Toga Supports Malahide Cricket Club for the 5th Year
Toga Group continues to support local sports and get involved in the community. Whilst Toga Freight is headquartered in South Dublin, where we support local soccer teams, Malahide Cricket Club is in North Dublin, close to where the customs clearance part or our group, Toga Customs Services Ltd, is based. This year it have us huge pride to sponsor the club with some scorers gazebos and parasols for the pavilion bar garden area. It is unclear whether the gazebos are designed to


Flying Start for Toga’s Irish Sea Logistics
The first few month’s of trading for Irish Sea Logistics, since being acquired by Toga Group have been exceptionally strong. An average of 8 groupage trailers per week are being loaded for shipping via Holyhead to Toga’s ACP bonded warehouse in Dublin, with another three trailers loading each week for shipping to Northern Ireland. Irish Sea Logistics’ Erith depot is a TSF Bonded warehouse, so all the groupage trailers bound for the Republic of Ireland are consigned to Toga Fr


Toga Freight attend System Alliance Europe AGM in Milan
Europe’s largest groupage network, System Alliance Europe (SAE e.G) gathered their 53 strong membership together on May 16th for their AGM Meeting at the luxurious Hotel dei Cavelleri in Milan, Italy, adjacent to the magnificent Duomo in the centre of this historic city, the members spent a few days getting to know each other and watching presentations from the new members and discussing partnerships with the more established members. The various presentations had the audienc


Toga Freight Services acquires London based Irish Sea Logistics Ltd and gains GB foothold.
It has been announced today that Dublin headquartered Toga Freight Services Ltd has acquired the equity of Irish Sea Logistics Ltd, a London based freight forwarder. The deal represents the 2 nd acquisition by Toga Freight Services Ltd in 2024. Irish Sea Logistics Ltd, as the name suggests, is a specialist forwarder operating between Great Britain and Ireland and is based in Erith, Kent and operates from a customs TSF Bonded warehouse from where groupage trailers are loade


Toga Customs Services say “Cheers” to New Business
A new era at Toga Customs Services has seen some new business arrive to cause “Good Cheer” in the office. The team in Swords have been processing customs clearances for wine and other alcohol products for a number of years, but the arrival of a new retail client has led to a stand alone department being created to handle the increased volumes. With in house experts with many years of experience in these products, Toga Customs is becoming the customs agent of choice for Irish


Toga Freight acquires Toga Customs Services
Dublin-based Toga Freight Services has acquired the equity of Toga Customs Services. Despite having similar names and working closely together for over 20 years, the two businesses have up to now operated separately and had different shareholders and directors. However, Toga Freight purchased 100% of the shares previously held by Toga Customs directors, Martin Gately and Mark Herridge on 6 March, allowing them to leave the business. Toga Freight Services was founded in 1978 b


Toga Freight joins Italy’s One Express Network
Bologna/Dublin, October 18th, 2023 – One Express, Italy’s number one network for palletised shipments, has appointed Toga Freight Services as their exclusive and sole member in the Republic of Ireland. The appointment completes European coverage for One Express with Italian shippers to Ireland now being able to enjoy a “customs free” transit to the most westerly part of the EU. One Express has become the best Pallet Network in Italy in just 15 years and is now the leading ex


Toga Freight joins System Alliance Europe
Brexit winner Toga Freight Services joins general cargo cooperation System Alliance Europe Düsseldorf/Dublin, 25th September 2023 – System Alliance Europe eG (SAE) is expanding its network to include Toga Freight Services, a renowned, owner-operated logistics company based in Dublin, Ireland. As the 50th member, Toga Freight strengthens the presence of the general cargo cooperation on the Island of Ireland and in the EU. The cooperation between SAE and Toga enables seamless


Management Buy Out completed at Toga Freight
September 25 th , 2023 – Dublin, Ireland Management of Toga Freight Services complete MBO It has been announced today that the board of Toga Freight Services Ltd, consisting of Robert Dickinson, Muriel Corish and Darragh Toner, have completed a management buyout and acquired the full shareholding of the company, facilitating the retirement from the business of co-founder and majority shareholder, Martin Gately. Toga Freight Services was founded in 1978 by Peter Toner and Mart


Customs Clearance gets faster!
Toga Customs Services Ltd, the specialist customs clearance division within TOGA Group, are proud they they have managed to fine tune their processes sufficiently that the Customs Declaration and Clearance process is no longer a cause for delay in moving goods between Great Britain and Ireland. Whilst Toga Customs Services manage the customs clearance process for Toga Freight, the long established market leader and freight forwarding division within TOGA Group, they also prov


Toga Freight achieves ISO 14001:2015 certification
Toga Freight is delighted to have been accredited with ISO 14001:2015 having been independently assessed and certified by Qualitas Veritas. Along with our existing AEO accreditation and ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management Systems certification, this underlines our commitment to high standards, quality control and efficiency.


Toga Freight achieves ISO 9001:2015 Certification
Toga Freight is delighted to have been accredited with ISO 9001:2015 having been independently assessed and certified by Qualitas Veritas. Along with our existing AEO accreditation and ISO 14001:2015 Environment Management certification, this underlines our commitment to high standards, quality control and efficiency.


Toga to Exhibit at MultiModal 2023
Toga Group have announced that as a part of a strategic sales push that is taking place throughout 2023, they will be exhibiting at one of Europe’s leading Supply Chain exhibitions in the NEC, Birmingham in June 2023. Multimodal attracts thousands of visitors from across the industry and many of industry and retails senior freight and logistics buyers attend the event. The show takes place from June 13th to 15th and Toga will be inviting all their customers to come and meet t


TOGA to Exhibit at Major Dublin Supply Chain Event
Toga Group have announced that they will be exhibiting at the National Manufacturing & Supply Chain Expo, being held in Dublin in May 2023. Both divisions of Toga Group, Namely Toga Freight Services Ltd and Toga Customs Services Ltd will be in attendance on our custom built stand, and will be happy to discuss import, export and customs matters with the large expected show attendees. The show takes place on May 23rd and 24th in Hall 8 of the RDS. So please come and visit us on


TOGA launches new Export service to Great Britain
TOGA Freight is delighted to announce a new export service has started from their Dublin 12 distribution centre. Departing daily at 6pm, we can offer next day delivery to Manchester and most of the M6 and M62 corridors in Great Britain, and a 48 hour service to the rest of GB. The service caters for pallets, part loads and full load shipments and comes with a complete customs clearance package. Any duty, VAT or customs fee formalities due on arrival in Great Britain are also


Fleet Update for Dublin City
As a part of our national fleet update program, we have introduced a number of new, smaller delivery vehicles to complement our existing Dublin based C&D fleet. With ongoing difficulties getting access to some shopping streets in Dublin City, many of which were pedestrianised or converted to part cycle ways during the COVID pandemic, the need for smaller vehicles became paramount. These 8 pallet capacity vans, with curtain sides and tail-lifts are ideal for our growing retail
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