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Re: Containertransport from northern Europe

Posted: 15 Apr 2014 12:06
by 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:
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In the afternoon, I'm riding the E39 just some kilometers before the Hirtshals ferry harbour, when this happened:
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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:
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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:
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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:
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Re: Containertransport from northern Europe

Posted: 15 Apr 2014 12:10
by stummer
Nice story mate - hope yout rig will be repaired soon.
You give variety to the "pictures only" threads.

Re: Containertransport from northern Europe

Posted: 15 Apr 2014 23:41
by 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:
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After some hours I'm arriving to the terminal in Aarhus, ready to unload:
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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:
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But my driving hours are finished so I stop for the night in Padborg:
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Early morning shot from the A7 between Hamburg and Hannover:
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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:
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Which is actually great because that means this night I'm sleeping at home in Kiel:
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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:
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Oh, and the next job is gonna be a unique one... ;)

Re: Containertransport from northern Europe

Posted: 27 Aug 2014 16:11
by 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:
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First job was picking up a container from the port of Hamburg. Destination Göteborg - Sweden
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Waiting for the unload, in the port of Felixtowe - England:
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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:
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Riding in the sunset along the North Sea in Denmark:
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On the A1 just some kilometers after Bremen:
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My first trip to Antwerpen (Guys, I have no words for this amazingness :shock: )
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Very early in the morning just outside of Kiel:
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Getting off the ferry in Rödbyhamn:
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An ordinary rainy workingday in the port of Hamburg:
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Leaving the truckstop in Padborg in the morning:
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Another shot from HH:
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Leaving the Brahehus truckstop on the E4 in Sweden:
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In Rödbyhamn, pulling a Freja trailer from Hamburg to Göteborg:
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Arriving to the destination in the next morning. (E6, Olskrokenmotet, Göteborg)
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Wonderful Norge ;)
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Off the ferry in Hirtshals:
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Summerweather on the swedish westcoast:
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Re: Containertransport from northern Europe

Posted: 27 Aug 2014 17:08
by MrAnthony
Great to see you posting again! Lovely screenshots mate. Great story :)

Re: Containertransport from northern Europe

Posted: 27 Aug 2014 17:23
by Zetherial
Sweet screens! :)

Re: Containertransport from northern Europe

Posted: 27 Aug 2014 18:56
by Arvidsson-Källqvist
Thanks guys! :)

Re: Containertransport from northern Europe

Posted: 27 Aug 2014 20:32
by Volleybal4life
I really love this kind of screenshot-stories!

You've got one amazing truck! :D

Re: Containertransport from northern Europe

Posted: 28 Aug 2014 08:09
by jasper
Real nice shots

Re: Containertransport from northern Europe

Posted: 31 Aug 2014 07:22
by Arvidsson-Källqvist
Thanks for the kind words guys! ;) Here are some more random shots (old and new):

On the A1 entering Hamburg from north:
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Heading into Stockholm to pick up a container bound for Aarhus:
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On the Öresundsbron:
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Arriving to the destination in Flenburg, on a rainy night:
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Evening in Harwich, heading to catch the ferry to Holland:
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On the London Ringroad:
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Cruising along the lake Vänern, hauling a reefer from Göteborg to Karlstad:
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On the Storebæltsbroen - Denmark:
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Looks like this time I'm having particulary many shots from the UK (even tough I go there relatively rarely, apart from Felixtowe):
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Searching for the company in (almost) central Leipzig:
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Early morning in the Stena Line terminal in Göteborg:
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Convoy on the German - Dutch border near Venlo:
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Another bordercrossing, this time from Svinesund, entering Norway from Sweden:
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On the E55 in Denmark, heading for Malmö - Sweden:
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Waiting for the ferry in the port of Harwich:
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Morningride along the Baltic Sea near Lübeck:
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And finally having a rest in Amsterdam:
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