Containertransport from northern Europe

[Arvidsson-Källqvist]

Today was a troublesome day sadly, here comes why:

This morning I was loading a container from Kiel that goes to Stavanger - Norway. Everything just looks fine:


In the afternoon, I'm riding the E39 just some kilometers before the Hirtshals ferry harbour, when this happened:


I didn't had any accidents before, altough I'm driving this truck for almost 2 years (in real life) Until this day I was lucky:


I was not driving fast, with 80 I guess, but the other truck which I was following suddenly started breaking heavily, and I could not stop. I quickly took a turn to the left, to avoid the collison, but my truck became uncontrolable, and first I hit the road barrier and after that I hit this truck in the middle:


I canceled the job. I was close to the Hirtshals port so the trailer went away with the ship and from Kristiansand a Norwegian truck took it to Stavanger. My Volvo came home to Kiel on a trailer, now it's in a service, the whole front panel of the cab has to be changed completely. Until that, I'm gonna drive this little thing:

[stummer]

Nice story mate - hope yout rig will be repaired soon.
You give variety to the "pictures only" threads.

[Arvidsson-Källqvist]

I'm back again, this time with some pictures of my first trip with this Daf:

Just after picking up a container from Hamburg, destination is Aarhus - Denmark:


After some hours I'm arriving to the terminal in Aarhus, ready to unload:


From here we're going south with another container to Strasbourg, this destination was a bit unexpected. But anyway I'm just crossing the Vejlefjordbroen:


But my driving hours are finished so I stop for the night in Padborg:


Early morning shot from the A7 between Hamburg and Hannover:


We arrived to Strasbourg exactly at midnight, I detached, and went to sleep, next morning I've got the new job: to pick up a container from Mannheim and from there back to Denmark to Kolding:


Which is actually great because that means this night I'm sleeping at home in Kiel:


And next morning I'm crossing Kiel Kanal. From here Kolding it's just a two hours drive. Then I detach and and for the afternoon I'm home again:


Oh, and the next job is gonna be a unique one...

[Arvidsson-Källqvist]

It's been quite a while since the last time I posted here, so it's time to bring some new images, mostly random pics from different journeys:

So, after some weeks in a service in Göteborg, my Volvo came home fully restored from the accident in Denmark:


First job was picking up a container from the port of Hamburg. Destination Göteborg - Sweden


Waiting for the unload, in the port of Felixtowe - England:


But after almost 2 years, I felt it was time to change my "mobile-home" so we swapped truck with one of my drivers, the new rig is a brand new Volvo FH460 Globetrotter XL:


Riding in the sunset along the North Sea in Denmark:


On the A1 just some kilometers after Bremen:


My first trip to Antwerpen (Guys, I have no words for this amazingness )


Very early in the morning just outside of Kiel:


Getting off the ferry in Rödbyhamn:


An ordinary rainy workingday in the port of Hamburg:


Leaving the truckstop in Padborg in the morning:


Another shot from HH:


Leaving the Brahehus truckstop on the E4 in Sweden:


In Rödbyhamn, pulling a Freja trailer from Hamburg to Göteborg:


Arriving to the destination in the next morning. (E6, Olskrokenmotet, Göteborg)


Wonderful Norge


Off the ferry in Hirtshals:


Summerweather on the swedish westcoast:

[MrAnthony]

Great to see you posting again! Lovely screenshots mate. Great story

[Zetherial]

Sweet screens!

[Arvidsson-Källqvist]

Thanks guys!

[Volleybal4life]

I really love this kind of screenshot-stories!

You've got one amazing truck!

[jasper]

Real nice shots

[Arvidsson-Källqvist]

Thanks for the kind words guys! Here are some more random shots (old and new):

On the A1 entering Hamburg from north:


Heading into Stockholm to pick up a container bound for Aarhus:


On the Öresundsbron:


Arriving to the destination in Flenburg, on a rainy night:


Evening in Harwich, heading to catch the ferry to Holland:


On the London Ringroad:


Cruising along the lake Vänern, hauling a reefer from Göteborg to Karlstad:


On the Storebæltsbroen - Denmark:


Looks like this time I'm having particulary many shots from the UK (even tough I go there relatively rarely, apart from Felixtowe):


Searching for the company in (almost) central Leipzig:


Early morning in the Stena Line terminal in Göteborg:


Convoy on the German - Dutch border near Venlo:


Another bordercrossing, this time from Svinesund, entering Norway from Sweden:


On the E55 in Denmark, heading for Malmö - Sweden:


Waiting for the ferry in the port of Harwich:


Morningride along the Baltic Sea near Lübeck:


And finally having a rest in Amsterdam: