Bibby Line Group is a diverse, international business, operating in multiple countries, employing around 1,300 colleagues, and managing over £1billion of funds.
Our sectors include financial services, marine and infrastructure.
Our purpose is to grow the long-term value of the Group. Guided by our shared values, we are custodians of the family business for future generations, creating a diverse Group of innovative companies that develop colleagues, delight customers and give back to communities.
One of the UK’s oldest family owned business, we have over 200 years’ experience of providing personal, responsive and flexible customer solutions.
The foundations of Bibby Line Group date back to 1807 when John Bibby began trading as a shipowner in Liverpool.
Our 200+ year history of anticipating and meeting customer needs is both our foundation for success, and the inspiration which teaches us to always be looking and thinking ahead.
The past has shown us that strong values and a willingness to learn, innovate and adapt will always ensure our future in a rapidly changing business landscape.
Our interactive history timeline highlights some of the key events over the last 200+ years.
At Bibby Line Group, we believe long-term success is about more than financial performance. As a family-owned business with over 200 years of history, creating lasting value for our colleagues, customers, communities and the environment is central to who we are.
Our Compass Resilience Framework focuses our efforts on four key areas: Environment, Community, People and Customer. Across these areas, we have set ambitious sustainability goals and identified 12 Trailblazer focus areas to help us realise our vision: “A family business known for creating a better future together”.
We regularly review our progress against these goals as we work towards a more sustainable and resilient future.
Read more in our Compass Resilience Framework.
Compass Resilience Framework
Keep up to date on what is happening across Bibby Line Group.
Our news and content hub pulls together the latest Group press releases, key news stories from across our divisions and selected social media updates.
For over 200 years, we have been a proud family business. Today, our vision is to be ‘A family business, known for creating a better future together’, and recenty we invited colleagues and the Bibby family to share what they beleive makes Bibby special as a family-owned business.

Over its 200+ year life span, Bibby Line Group has branched out and created subsidiaries in various different sectors, as well as taking on the role as parent company for established, quality businesses. Each company we look after has found success in their own right, and we are excited about where they will head next.
Our brand is proud of its history and we maintain our brand quality throughout our work but Bibby Line Group makes sure it keeps evolving. We continue to develop our work approach to keep up with modern needs. Every customer, colleague and business partner matters to us, and delivering the best possible service to suit your needs, is at the core of Bibby Line Group.
Across Bibby, we live our values every day with commitment and integrity:
We partner with customers for long term success
We redefine what’s possible
We deliver what matters, when it matters
We support each other to be our best