Published at 14:47, Tuesday, 29 January 2013

TRANSPORT Minister Norman Baker has praised the logistics giant Stobart Group’s rail-freight operation.

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The company, which began life as the Eddie Stobart road haulage business in Cumbria, now has an international rail-freight operation and owns Southend Airport in Essex.

Its plans to redevelop Carlisle Airport go back before city councillors on Thursday.

Mr Baker visited 3MG, Stobart Group’s Multimodal Gateway in Widnes, Cheshire, yesterdayMON JAN 28 following the Government’s announcement on high-speed rail links to the North West and Leeds.

He was greeted by operating officer William Stobart and Stobart Rail managing director Liam Martin.

Mr Baker said: “Stobart is doing a very important job in the region with the extensive rail freight operation here at 3MG.

“With the West Coast Mainline freed up for more freight capacity as a result of HS2, there is a great opportunity for businesses such as Stobart in the North.”

Stobart Rail Freight, in partnership with Tesco, runs the largest fast-moving-consumer-goods rail operation in the UK with a network stretching from Inverness to Valencia in Spain.
 

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