Stobart Group joins Multimodal

In September 2007, The Westbury Property Fund merged with Eddie Stobart Group, one of the most recognised brands in the UK to form the newly named Stobart Group Limited.

The merger brings together two companies which see huge commercial and environmental benefits of combining road haulage and storage with rail freight and waterborne transport systems, thereby offering customers a truly multimodal transport and logistics solution.

Westbury brings a port development site in Runcorn, a rail freight operating business and a rail terminal and warehousing business in Widnes. Eddie Stobart has a modern, well-invested fleet of more than 900 trucks (tractor units) and 1,500 trailers, each christened with its own, unique female name. The combined business also has more than 3 million square feet of storage space across a network of over 29 operating sites (including 10 customer sites) across the UK and one in Belgium - as well as its own rail division.

Stobart Group has an established portfolio of long-term, big-brand customers, including Tesco, Coca-Cola, Johnson & Johnson and Sara Lee, employing more than 2,400 people across the UK - principally in Carlisle, Daventry, Runcorn, Widnes and Warrington.