Scandic Trans
– three decades in the rear-view mirror With three decades in the rearview mirror, Scandic Trans is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year. Of the five individual hauliers who joined forces and founded the company in 1990 there are two remaining, with some 30 new shareholders who are active hauliers in the company at the same time. The cornerstones of the company’s operation are the same as 30 years ago: to make sure, with the help of a well-oiled vehicle fleet, that the goods reach their destination in the same condition as when loaded up – on time and in full. But society has changed a lot, and this becomes clear when hearing stories about the company’s start-up phase and the subsequent years. Here are some gems from their archive of memories.
I remember when I was coming from Moscow and was to continue on to Flen in Sweden during the Ice Hockey World Championships finals in the spring of 1995. All the cars lined up at the Skatudden Terminal in Helsinki honked their horns in unison every time someone scored a goal, and who could ever forget the final score of 4-1. Jan Gullans
Back when we used NMT there was no way of contacting your loved ones at home when you were in Russia – the phones didn’t work there. That was except for one location on the lay-by outside Novgorod, where we by chance discovered that we could phone home – via Denmark. How it was possible remained a mystery, but everybody knew about it. Johan Rosenqvist I was doing my weekend shopping at Prisma when I happened upon swedish cakes in the freezer for the first time. I of course wondered who had handled the transport. We contacted the Swedish seller and the following Friday it was us who loaded them up for transport to Finland. Göran Sandås
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We did a really good thing starting up the terminal in Turku – it was the best thing that ever happened to the company. We got a prime location and everyone knows where it is. We bought the first typewriters for the office in Raisio and I can still remember the time when I had to change flags after the Independence Day celebrations. I managed to hoist the Scandic flag the wrong way so that the eagle was upside down – but it flew, nevertheless. Veijo Kitula
