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Media Releases
- Wellard back in the Middle East
- Wellard appoints Mr. Kanda Lu as new director Mr Greg Wheeler retires
- Sri Lanka shipping success sets the standard
- Dairy cattle exports to Sri Lanka returns and Australian cattle exports to Indonesia beefed up
- Wellard’s Beaufort River Meats leading the way in e-food safety integrity
- MV Ocean Swagman chalks up 100 voyages
- Wellard welcomes new substantial shareholder to its register
- WELLARD ANNOUNCES FIRST SHIPMENT OF BEEF CATTLE TO CHINA
- Half Year Results for the Period Ended 31 December 2016
- Wellard to develop Victorian Pre Export Quarantine facility to service China trade
- Wellard operations update – China and Sri Lanka
- Chairman’s Address: Annual General Meeting
- Appointment of Mr John Klepec as Independent Non-Executive Director of Wellard Limited
- Reschedule of Delivery of M/V Ocean Kelpie
- New Chief Operating Officer and Large Shipping Program
- New Chief Financial Officer
- M/V Ocean Shearer gains Australian approval
- Wellard releases preliminary FY2016 financial results
- Wellard Announces a Reschedule of Delivery of M/V Ocean Kelpie
- Vessel finance secured for M/V Ocean Shearer
- Wellard welcomes the M/V Ocean Shearer to the fleet
- Wellard appoints Brendan Wade as Chief Operating Officer
- Wellard offers premium priced forward contracts for bull calves
- Wellard sponsors MotoGP rider Andrea Iannone
- Wellard joins ASX 300 index
- MV Ocean Swagman returning to service
- Wellard committed to reducing energy use and emissions
- M/V Ocean Outback: a storm in a teacup
- Wellard completes large cattle purchase in WA
- MV Ocean Outback update January 10
- MV Ocean Outback update
- Wellard celebrates millionth milestone
- Wellard celebrates start of MV Ocean Kelpie construction
- Wellard lodges prospectus for IPO and listing on ASX
- Wellard’s Ocean Drover celebrates 1 million cattle milestone
- Wellard proud to fill WA’s Foodbank
- Wellard achieves Eid Al Adha success in Oman
- Wellard Agri renamed to Giovi Ltd
- Wellard to sponsor PGA rural achievement
- Wellard signs Joint Venture in China with Fulida Group
- Wellard teams up with the USA in ISDE
- Wellard welcomes China slaughter and feeder cattle health protocols
- Wellard sets cattle shipping record
- Click goes the Shearer at Wellard
- Wellard Management Restructure
- Wellard appoints new Meat Processing and Trading General Manager
- Wellard’s operations in Vietnam
- Wellard gets its own kelpie
- Wellard supports animal welfare in Vietnam
- Wellard closes $3.80/kg forward contracting program
- CEO Challenge to raise money for Youth Focus
- Changes to Vietnam supply chain
- Wellard buys a ute
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2013 Media Releases
- Motocross Champion Kurt Caselli
- Live Export Awards
- Lloyd’s List Asia Awards
- Bernie Brosnan Appointed to Manage Wellard South East Asia
- Connor Claims Women's Enduro Title
- Failures not industry wide
- Winner's Podium
- Wellard Teams Outperform
- International Six Day Enduro Event
- Wellard Riders Endure Tough Competition
- Government investigation finds Wellard compliant with ESCAS obligations
- Wellard’s Beaufort River Meat reaches processing milestone
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2012 Media Releases
- Wellard Star of the West Campdraft 2012
- Wellard Pakistan Update
- Wellard statement on Bahrain and Pakistan sheep issue
- 2012 Hyfield Poll Merino ram sale averages $919
- Australian sheep tested and deemed healthy
- Wellard’s successful tie-up with Team USA in ISDE
- Official opening of Singapore Maritime Gallery
- Wellard purchases Beaufort River Meats
- Wellard receives export approval for sheep shipment Australian sheep in Pakistan cleared of health concerns
- Wellard congratulates Santori on 50,000th ESCAS cattle
- MV Ocean Drover finalises unloading of sheep
- MV Ocean Drover commences unloading of sheep
- Wellard’s Garry Robinson and Catherine Marriott to speak at Meat Profit Day
- Introducing Helen Duncan, Eye Sea Competition winner!
- Wellard provides unique cattle voyage competition to WA beef industry
- Wellard wows Wagin!
- Wellard consultant Catherine Marriott Awarded RIRDC Rural Women’s Award
- RIRDC Rural Women’s Award winner Catherine Marriott joins Wellard
- Live export to Qatar all smooth sailing
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2011 Media Releases
- Wellard celebrates first air shipment to China and maritime shipment from Brazil
- Silver for new TERRA TRAC crawler tracks fitted to CLAAS LEXION combine harvester
- Wellard Agri to host FarmDay 2011
- Federal Government suspension of slaughter cattle exports to Indonesia
- Dairy cattle exported to Indonesia
- Wellard Information Seminars “An industry window for WA farmers”
- Federal Government lifts suspension
- Wellard submits application to resume cattle exports to Indonesia
- Wellard receives permission to export cattle to Indonesia
- Australian Senate Livestock Export Review
- Wellard sets new live cattle ship record
- Wellard, EFIC and Rabobank develop dairy cattle export opportunities to Sri Lanka
- Wellard head stockman to represent Western Australia as a Beef Champion
- Wellard Technologies Automation Division to become part of Sage Automation
- Farmer Inquiry into the live export industry released
- Wellard Star of the West Campdraft Set for Big 2011
- Wellard sets new live cattle ship record - Again
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2010 Media Releases
- Maiden voyage of MV Ocean Outback emulates MV Ocean Swagman success
- Additional animal health safeguards to be applied on cattle shipments
- Wellard Technologies awarded Queensland Rail tender
- Hyfield Poll Merino Stud – On-property Sale
- Hyfield ewes off to NSW as part of Perth LambEx
- It's ewe that matters
- MV Ocean Shearer completes successful Egypt shipment
- MV Ocean Drover reaches centenary voyage milestone
- New forward contracts set live export price floor
- Ship shape success rates
- Wellard enjoys more success with the ladies
- Egypt cattle shipment on the MV Ocean Shearer
- Cattle set sail for Egypt
- Queensland graziers say “selamat siang” to Indonesian cattle industry
- MV Ocean Swagman sets sail on maiden voyage
- Top student swaps text books to Wellard Agri spray rigs
- Animal welfare on board the MV Becrux under the camera’s microscope
- Wellard welcomes Standard Chartered Private Equity investment
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2009 Media Releases
- Big machinery movement in the West
- Wellard Star of the West Campdraft 2009
- Wellard 30th Anniversary
- Beefing up live cattle export management
- Wellard’s tour at the RFDS new facilities
- Dr Kevin Bell appointed to Wellard partnership at Murdoch University
- Wellard invests in live export shipping fleet
- Only upside in forward contracts for export wethers and rams
- In the presence of the Prince
- Wellard's drive to support vets help animals
- Live export prices for sheep resist the dip
- Gold sponsorship for the International Quadrangular
- Live export prices for sheep resist the dip
- Wellard donates to Victorian Bushfire Appeal
- MV Becrux to the rescue
- Wellard's drive to support vets help animals
- 2008 Media Releases
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2013 Media Releases
- First Shipment to China - Video
- Brazil Trade Resumption
- WLD HY17 Cover Announcement
- Appendix 4D and HY18 Report
- The Wellard Leader
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Overview
Wellard is a world leader in the production and distribution of livestock and grain, Wellard Rural Exports is Australia’s largest livestock exporter and ship owner.
Rural Trading
Wellard Rural Exports has supplied quality dairy and beef cattle and sheep and goats to the world for more than 30 years, and its investment in the live export industry is without peer. Based in Fremantle, Western Australia, the company’s operations cover every aspect of the export chain, including feed milling, livestock aggregation, road transport, feedlot facilities throughout Australia and modern shipping.
The company’s flagship carrier, the MV Ocean Drover (formerly the MV Becrux), is a purpose-built livestock carrier capable of carrying 75,000 sheep or 18,000 cattle to major markets around the globe. She was commissioned in 2002.
Two new, technologically advanced, purpose-built vessels, the MV Ocean Swagman and the MV Ocean Outback, were launched in 2010. They offer unparalleled levels of safety for the livestock, crew and vessel, and can transport 7000 cattle, 25,000 sheep, or a combination of both.
Wellard’s Western Australian abattoir, Beaufort River Meats, processes up to 2500 sheep and lambs a day, enabling Wellard to meet customer demand for both livestock and chilled meat.
In addition to its Australian processing operations, Wellard also:
- breeds, backgrounds, lotfeeds and processes beef cattle in the Philippines (selling Wellard branded beef)
- operates a beef cattle breeding program joint venture in Indonesia
- supplies cattle for and manages a dairy joint venture in Sri Lanka, and