On the Stena Line

During one of the outings of the company I work for, we went to Sweden and we spent the weekend in Gothenburg. To get to Sweden, we had to take the Stena Line ferry from Kiel to Gothenburg. When we were all aboard and checked out the decks, I wandered of to the car deck, to find out if I could find any Sties trucks. Nothing, bad luck. However, we still had to take a ferry back to Kiel, so who knows. On... Read More...

Stie’s on the ferry: how it all started

A new ferry line Oslo – Kiel started at May 1961. The line was operated by a new car ferry with the name Kronprins Harald. She was a small ferry boat compare with the car ferry to day. But she was a luxurious ship, mainly built for small passenger cars. This new ferry line was very interesting for Stie, as it would mean a 24 hour sail to Kiel instead of driving 800 km through Sweden and Denmark .There... Read More...

The daily 560 kms from Oslo to Trondheim

We usually drove up to Trondheim to load fish. The road from Oslo to Trondheim was 560 km long. The highest point of the road was 1024 m. Sties trucks were driving that distance almost every day. We used 14 hours on that drive with only 2 stops. One stop for dinner, and one stop at midnight for coffee and sandwich at a filling station. Sties trucks were very often the last truck out of Oslo bound for... Read More...

The Old Days by Jan Sunlay

Reg no.: I-7284 Ø. Stie`s first truck with trailer Scania Vabis Regent L71 Mod. 1956.. Hp. 150 Colour: Truck pink and trailer turquoise Photo from about 1958-59. Truck driver Kåre Delin delivers a package to a shop. He has a white mantle because he handles foods. Stie’s drivers where always clean and dressed for the job. This truck was built in 1956 for transport of frozen spinach from Grimstad... Read More...