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Logistics legend Eddie Stobart R.I.P.


Logistics UK is saddened to hear of the passing of Eddie Stobart, founder of the iconic haulage business, Stobart. Stobart is a longstanding member of Logistics UK and we send our condolences to all of Eddie's family and friends.

The founder of the UK’s most renowned lorry firm has died aged 95 on 25 November.

Eddie Pears Stobart launched the haulage company - Eddie Stobart in 1946 and the start's rapid rise led to drivers and passengers across the UK engaging in a game of 'Stobart spotting' every time anyone saw a Stobart truck.  

Born in 1929 in Cumbria, he launched the firm to distribute fertiliser in the 1950s, painting his first lorry the now-famous post office red and Brunswick green.

It was, however, his son Edward who turned the business into a multimillion-pound haulage empire and narional treasure after taking it over.

Keeping with the green and red colouring on the trucks, he transformed it into a 1000-vehicle international logistics firm by the time he sold it in the early 2000s.

Edward, who died in 2011 aged 56, also kept to his father’s tradition of naming the lorries after women, with the first four named after model Twiggy, Dolly Parton, Tammy Wynette and Suzi Quatro.

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Published On: 19/12/2024 12:00:00

 

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