In action way up north

The thermometer is showing just below zero, but the wind is icy cold and blowing the snow around. By early January, the Polar nights in the Norwegian Arctic Circle are reaching an end; there are now three hours of twilight in the middle of the day. Although it is only four in the afternoon, it already feels like late evening. All is quiet in the port of Andenes until the seagulls' cries announce the return of the fishing boats laden with clinidae, cod and haddock from the North Sea. At the Andenes Fiskemottak fishery, a dozen employees and seven STILL trucks are ready and waiting as the first cutter, the Havbrått, is unloaded. "We have to be able to depend on our trucks at all times; they are used late into the night in harsh conditions," says Leif Kvivesen. The fishery's managing director is of average height with a winning smile and his sparkling blue eyes show that he is ready for action.

Everything has to move very fast from now on. A crane lifts around five tonnes of cod packed into large boxes from both the Havbrått and Ole Elvan fishing boats. Forklift trucks pick up the valuable cargo and make their way along the slippery ice-covered quay to the hall for further processing. A third fishing boat is just arriving: the 50-metre long Genesis is more than twice as big as the first two and is carrying around 12 metric tons of fish. The creatures have already been gutted on board and, once in the hall, will be cleaned on conveyor belts, packed into styrofoam boxes full of ice, stacked onto pallets and prepared for transport to Italy.

STILL bolsters its position in Scandinavia

A trained engineer, Roar knows what demands are placed on the trucksused in the port because, as a STILL dealer on the Lofoten Archipelago, he has spent 28 years – half his life – building his customer base in the fishing industry. Instead of a suit and tie, he wears a warm coat and hat. He regularly visits the islands and all of his customers. The KION premium brand acquired his business, Andersen Truck, and established the new STILL Norge national subsidiary in late 2016. Thus, the company expects to strengthen its position in the Scandinavian market, a very important one for STILL because premium products are much in demand.