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Houseflags of Japanese shipping companies

Last modified: 2007-12-22 by phil nelson
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Hinomaru Kisen K.K.

[Hinomaru Kisen K.K.] image by Phil Nelson
Source: Flags, Funnels and Hull Colours, 1963 [ste63]

Hinomaru Kisen K.K. appears to cease to be an independent owner by 1970 being involved in a joint venture with Nippon Yusen Kaisha for a little while after.
Neale Rosanoski, 5 March 2003

Hiroumi Kisen K.K.

[Hiroumi Kisen K.K.] image by Phil Nelson
Source: Flags, Funnels and Hull Colours, 1963 [ste63]

Hiroumi Kisen K.K. operated pre WW2 until the late 1970s.
Neale Rosanoski, 5 March 2003

Hokusei Kaiun K.K.

[Hokusei Kaiun K.K.] image by Phil Nelson
Source: Flags, Funnels and Hull Colours, 1963 [ste63]

Hokusei Kaiun K.K. was formed 1951 and still operates.
Neale Rosanoski, 5 March 2003

Hyundai Merchant Marine

Hyundai Merchant Marine image contributed by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 May 2007

Hyundai uses the same flag worldwide. The flag and the logo have changed on 1 March 2006. (information by member of staff).

Description of flag: It's a blue over orange over red horizontal tricolour with white fimbriations between the stripes.

Source: www.hmm21.com (in Korean).

Description of logo: The logo shows two equilateral triangles, a yellow one partially superimposed by a green one.

The yellow area is wider in the redesigned version- the green area and the yellow of the triangle symbol is in a ratio of 8.5 to 1- a more stable form.

Source: Compass 2006 No.4, 30th Anniversary Special Edition (Companies magazine).

Description of funnel: The funnel is white with companies logo in ist centre.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 May 2007

Iwasaki Kisen Co., Ltd

Iwasaki Kisen Co image by Eugene Ipavec, 30 November 2007

The company website is in Japanese only.

The company seat is Hinase (Okayama prefecture; west of Osaka).

The ships shown on this site are tankers – gas tankers, most of them.

The flag: on a white field a blue compass rose of sixteen points in the centre of which is a double ring enclosing a Japanese character (first character of the company name I gather).
Jan Mertens, 22 November 2007