What Conteam doesn't know about con - Helsingborgs Hamn AB
What Conteam doesn't know about con - Helsingborgs Hamn AB
What Conteam doesn't know about con - Helsingborgs Hamn AB
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<strong>What</strong> <strong>Conteam</strong> doesn’t <strong>know</strong> <strong>about</strong> <strong>con</strong>tainers<br />
isn’t worth <strong>know</strong>ing<br />
Six new instruction books from the Institute of International<br />
Container Lessors (IICL) are lying on the table. Repairing <strong>con</strong>tainers<br />
is not something to be careless <strong>about</strong>. <strong>Conteam</strong> <strong>know</strong>s<br />
that.<br />
Allan Hansen welding… and fixing damaged <strong>con</strong>tainers.<br />
A bent corner post is dangerous and<br />
means that the <strong>con</strong>tainer cannot<br />
be stacked safely. An indented side<br />
means that the <strong>con</strong>tainer cannot be<br />
loaded with as much cargo. The doors<br />
have to be windproof and waterproof<br />
and easy to open and shut.<br />
“The damage occurs during handling,<br />
when trucks drive into or move <strong>con</strong>tainers,”<br />
says <strong>Conteam</strong> Repair’s CEO<br />
Karl-Gustav Jönsson. “Nothing happens<br />
when they’re stationary.”<br />
Anything metal<br />
Karl-Gustav Jönsson can be called<br />
a true “metal man”. He <strong>know</strong>s his<br />
stuff. He is a metalworker, welder<br />
and blacksmith. Karl-Gustav Jönsson<br />
started working at the age of 14 and<br />
before <strong>con</strong>centrating full-time on <strong>con</strong>tainers<br />
it was car bodywork and <strong>con</strong>structional<br />
metalwork.<br />
It all started in the 1980s when Swedish<br />
Orient Line started to call at the<br />
Port of Helsingborg. The company<br />
Facts<br />
<strong>Conteam</strong> Repair <strong>AB</strong><br />
<strong>Conteam</strong> Repair <strong>AB</strong> carries<br />
out all kinds of repairs of<br />
load-bearing equipment but<br />
specializes in inspecting and<br />
repairing <strong>con</strong>tainers. The<br />
company’s customers are<br />
mainly shipping lines in the<br />
Port of Helsingborg that <strong>con</strong>tinually<br />
leave their <strong>con</strong>tainers<br />
for inspection and repairs<br />
at the <strong>Conteam</strong> depot. The<br />
company, which is a family<br />
business, has two depot coordinators,<br />
two truck drivers<br />
and four repairers in its team.<br />
The head office and <strong>con</strong>tainer<br />
depot are located at the main<br />
entrance to the Port of Helsingborg.<br />
As of January 2011,<br />
the company is a sub<strong>con</strong>tractor<br />
for Lundby Container<br />
Service LCS <strong>AB</strong>, dealing with<br />
all of their <strong>con</strong>tainer handling<br />
in Helsingborg.<br />
emptied the vessels at the Port and<br />
left the empty <strong>con</strong>tainers. As many<br />
as 300 <strong>con</strong>tainers could be set aside,<br />
waiting to be filled and transported<br />
out again. It was soon apparent that<br />
there was a need both for service<br />
and for repairs. A repairs business,<br />
Scandrep, had started at the Port<br />
of Gothenburg, and they sent down<br />
two men to Helsingborg. Before long<br />
it was decided that the operations<br />
should be made permanent. Karl-<br />
Gustav Jönsson applied and got the
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