OREANDA-NEWS. Stobart Group, the infrastructure and support services group, is pleased to announce that it has entered into an initial one-year "Major Incident Response" contract with the Environment Agency. The contract will be managed by Stobart Rail using logistics expertise across the Group.

Under the contract, the Group will be working together with the Environment Agency delivering resilience to defend communities threatened by flooding. Stobart Group will assist with logistics, storage and transport requirements with a flexible 24/7 response for an initial twelve months commencing on 30 September 2016.