Stobart Ports handles 150,000 containers every year

Key Facts

  • Stobart Group operates from 40 sites in the UK and Europe.
  • Eddie Stobart is the iconic name behind a huge road haulage fleet totalling over 2,250 tractor units.
  • If the Eddie Stobart fleet travelled in a single convoy, it would stretch for 50 miles in length.
  • Eddie Stobart Limited was incorporated in 1970 and celebrated its Ruby anniversary in 2010.
  • Each Eddie Stobart vehicle is identified by a unique girl's name.
  • Every Eddie Stobart vehicle has three little blue lights on the front to allow Stobart vehicles to be identified at night.
  • The first Eddie Stobart truck was named 'Twiggy' by Edward Stobart, after the 1960s supermodel.
  • An Eddie Stobart vehicle makes a delivery somewhere in the UK every 5.5 minutes.
  • Eddie Stobart has a dedicated training facility in Cheshire.
  • The distance travelled by the Eddie Stobart fleet each day is the equivalent to 24 laps of the Earth.
  • The Group has 37,000 tyres in use at any one time.
  • An Eddie Stobart vehicle is passed, on average, every 4.5 minutes when driving on the UK's major roads.
  • Stobart Group owns two airports, London Southend and Carlisle Lake District.
  • London Southend is the closest airport in the UK to mainland Europe.
  • It will take around 40 minutes from Southend Airport train station to the London Olympic 2012 venue.
  • It will take around 50 minutes to get from Southend Airport train station into central London.
  • Stobart Group has over six million square feet of warehousing space.
  • Stobart Ports handles 150,000 containers every year.
  • Stobart Ports brings goods into the UK from more than 100 countries around the world.
  • Annual container movements per annum are in excess of 36,000 – 16,000 more than the largest container ship can move in one journey.
  • There are 25,000 members in the Stobart Members Club.
  • The Stobart brand is among the most recognized in the UK, and has been named a British Superbrand for the past seven years.
  • There is over three million sq ft of new cutting-edge warehousing throughout the UK currently under development by Stobart Infrastructure.
  • Stobart Rail saves in excess of 33,000 lorry movements per year by conveying goods on its trains.
  • Stobart trains save 4,800 tons of carbon dioxide per year compared with road movements.