Visiting the vikings

In August 2024, International Truck Stop•1 Minute•By NZ Trucking magazine•September 24, 2024

1) Andersen Transport rolling over the main bridge on the world-famous Atlantic Ocean Road.

He’s done it again … Grant Schofield presents another series of international trucking snapshots. This time, he snapped some of Norway’s finest.

2) A brightly coloured Scania from Denmark resting in northern Norway.

3) Two blower type units used for carrying stockfeed. It’s interesting to see a full off-road bumper on the FH Globetrotter.

4) This pull-trailer combination is operated by Dybvad, a Norwegian-based company also servicing Sweden and Finland.

5) Hooklift combinations with exchangeable decks and tanks are popular in Norway due to the small-town nature of the rural areas. Note the trailer’s two-axle dolly and single-axle rear.

6) Veoy Volvo FH540, northbound on the E6 – the main north/south thoroughfare through the country – near Otta.

7) Eikebo Transport’s new DAF XG preparing to load at the Thermo Transit facility in Oslo.

8) A Volvo FH750, owned by Thor Tenden Transport, the most famous transport company in Norway, posed for a photo in its yard at Stryn.

Volvo and Scania are the most popular brands in Norway, as seen here in Trondheim.

Ferries play a vital role in Norway, often joining the dots on major regional highways. Here, one of Rasmussen Transport’s tankers leaves the Landegode at the fishing town of Moskenes in the tourist hotspot more commonly referred to as the Lofoten Islands. This regular service from Bodø takes about four hours, saving a significantly longer drive back across to mainland Norway and south.