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House flag of Plouvier - Images by Ivan Sache, 3 March 2006
Left, as flown on barges
Right, as pictured in written sources
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The company was founded by Prosper Plouvier Sr. at the end of the XIXth century and expanded
to Germany and the Netherlands, specializing in transporting mineral oil. It experienced a
considerable growth between 1950 and 1965, with 500-600 barges plus a number
of sea-going vessels.
1990 saw the acquisition of some tankers and from 1995 on various firms were
taken over such as Intertrans Tankschiffahrt (Ewitzerland) and Verol (The Netherlands).
Source: Company website
Jan Mertens, 28 February 2006The house flag of Plouvier, as shown on photographies on the company website and seen over a building, is white with narrow red horizontal edges (like the municipal flag of Antwerp) and a large black P in the centre.
Duwvaart, by Jansen & Van Heck [h2j88], shows the flag with a smaller, red P and the red stripes slightly broader. The Binnenvaart website also shows the flag with a red P.
In the VRT police series Witse, a Plouvier flag flies on a barge seen in the beginning of the series when commissioner Witse tackles his first case in his new hometown, Halle, south of Brussels.
Jan Mertens & Ivan Sache, 10 November 2006