Peugeot Partner

Halifax is the transshipment port for new automobiles headed for the French islands of St-Pierre et Miquelon, off the south coast of Newfoundland. The new vehicles arrive in Halifax directly from France on ships of the Atlantic Container line. They are then transferred from the Fairview Cove container terminal to the Halterm container terminal and loaded aboard a smaller ship for St-Pierre et Miquelon.
Since the vehicles are not licensed to travel in Canada, they are transported overload on flat decks or towed.
St-Pierre et Miquelon is actually part of France, even though the islands are in North America, so the vehicles are built to European standards.
Therefore we are likely to see cars and light trucks in Halifax that are never seen anywhere else in North America.
Such was the case today when about a dozen Peugeot  Partners passed through Halifax.

Added Touch Towing got the job to transport the mini-vans using a tilt deck with towing bar to take three at a time. A smaller tilt deck was also used to take two at a time.

A new Irving Oil truck sits in the background (it is probably headed for Newfoundland) as the Peugeots are unloaded. The Partners appeared to be in two styles, one with and one without side door windows, and two colours, silver or white.

These little vans are as common as can be in France, but Peugeot gave up on the rest of North America years ago, so we will never see them driving on our streets.

For more, see Peugeot's home page for vehicules utilitaires:
http://fr.peugeot.be/vehicules-utilitaires/

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RVs - again

The inflow of RVs seems to be lagging a bit, so here a few earlier arrivals not yet posted- the long and the short of it:

Long wheelbase Fiat Ducato Maxi looks like a luxe model, but the builder's name was covered by the bike rack.

Peugeots are rare enough, but a 4X4 is indeed worthy of note. The body appears to have been built by Tikro, with windows supplied by Seitz.

 I couldn't get a front end shot of this VW California. It did appear to have a pop top, but is certainly the smallest European RV I have seen this season.

Another one where I didn't catch the front. It was just leaving a traffic light and before I got my camera out of my pocket it was on its way..

Another high end model on a long chassis.

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Big 'un, little 'un

Those intrepid explorers from Germany continue to arrive in Halifax en route to adventurous travels in North America. This morning two vehicles cleared out of the Fairview Cove container terminal.

First was this giant MAN LE14.290 all wheel drive built by Unicat. The deluxe all terrain vehicle appears to be brand new and the owner was stowing groceries when I took the photo.
The rig appears to be a Terracross 59 allround model. The Unicat web site is well worth a look. See:
http://www.unicat.net/.

Second was a much smaller rig. A Peugeot HDi with a Burow Mobil conversion. It was driven by a charming German couple on a two month expedition. They hope to reach Calgary this year and resume next year to continue on to Vancouver Island.
Burow Mobil also has a web site at http://www.burow-mobil.net/

Road Trip Report - Part 3

For those of you who are not interested in European trucks-you will only have this one more to endure (before I get to the European buses that is)
Here are some more smaller trucks spotted in Barcleona-again, quite a variety of makers:
Ford:

Tight turning circles a specialty of this Ford Transit. (Don't call 911 in Spain, the emergency number is 112)

Anyone here call for an ambulance and a tow truck? Ford Transit hitches a ride on a Nissan tilt deck - lots of Nissans on the road in Spain.

IVECO Eurocargo:

Many small trucks around, like this tiny compacter.

MAN/VW

A few oldies too.

Mercedes

Peugeot

Answer to my motorhome quiz: Peugeot makes these cab/chassis. Stable mate Citroen sells a similar one with different grille. Is that a sleeper above the cab?

Looking for a North American truck in Spain - this is the best I could do: