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Dutch Houseflags of Shipping Companies [t]

Other "T" companies:

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Terwogt & Lagers

image by Jarig Bakker, 17 Sep 2007

C.V. Terwogt & Lagers, Amsterdam. (C.V. = Commanditaire Vennootschap - limited partnership)
Flag: quartered per saltire: red, white, blue and white; on white black "T" and "L".
Source: Wyt's Digest of Dutch Shipping and Shipbuiding 1966.
Jarig Bakker, 17 Sep 2007

TESO, Texel

image by Jarig Bakker, 13 Feb 2006

Onderneming N.V., Den Hoorn.
Flag: green over black swallowtail; white "TESO".
This is (the island of) Texel's Own Steamship Enterprise.
Image after Brown's Flags and Funnels Shipping Companies of the World, compiled by J.L. Loughran, Glasgow, 1995 [lgr95] Texels Eigen Stoomboot
Jarig Bakker, 13 Feb 2006

TEX flag

$[TEX flag]$ image by Anto'nio Martins-Tuva'lkin, 24 Dec 2006

Thalatta

image by Jarig Bakker, 01 February 2001

Houseflag of N.V. Thalatta, Amsterdam.
Image from Flagchart of houseflags of Dutch shipping companies, attached to the magazine "De Blauwe Wimpel", April 1956.
Jarig Bakker, 1 Feb 2001

Thalatta is Greek for "sea".
Franc van Diest, 1 Sep 2001

Rederij Theodora, Gouda

image by Jarig Bakker, 15 Sep 2005

Rederij Theodora B.V., Gouda.
Flag: white field, two green swallowtails separated by white space.
Image after Brown's Flags and Funnels Shipping Companies of the World, compiled by J.L. Loughran, Glasgow, 1995 [lgr95]
Jarig Bakker, 15 Sep 2005

Transatlanta

image by Jarig Bakker, 28 January 2005

Nederlandsche Scheepvaart Maatschappij Transatlanta.
Flag divided per white saltire blue-red; in center white disk, black "T".
Source: Brown's Flags and Funnels of British and Foreign Steamship Companies, compiled by F.J.N. Wedge, Glasgow, 1926 [wed26]
Jarig Bakker, 28 January 2005

Transito Bevrachting

image by Eugene Ipavec, 6 Jun 2006

Transito Bevrachting (“freighting”) BV is a Dutch firm, located at Werkendam on the River Merwede which - if you sail downstream – will eventually bring you to Rotterdam.

See the company website for the house flag (certainly the most original of the four shown!): Basically a white flag, most of it taken up by four sinuous lines or waves
(starting from the hoist, coloured red, blue, white, and red; of unequal width); in the lower fly we read ‘TRANSITO / BEVRACHTING BV’ in blue letters, the first line much bigger than the second. (The presence of ‘BV’ is assumed, in reality the abbreviation is not visible here.).

According to above site, Transito was founded in 2002 and operates inland vessels with a capacity between 500 and 10 000 metric tonnes (in the second case, large combined pontoons are meant). As the firm points out, nowadays a modern operator should not only be able to transport the traditional commodities (i.e. bulk goods: sand, coal, ore, fodder, etc.) but also newly introduced loads such as containers or waste products.
Jan Mertens, 4 Jun 2006

Transito? Is that a dutch word?
I'm asking because Trânsito means "traffic" in portuguese and navigation agents are known among us as "transitários". Coincidence?
Jorge Candeias, 5 Jun 2006

There is certainly a connection. It seems the word was carried from Italian into Dutch (first recorded use 1725) - it means 'transit' (of goods).
Jan Mertens, 5 Jun 2006

Trolek

image by Jarig Bakker, 30 Oct 2006

Spotted by Jarig last month and now offered on Marktplaats, a Dutch auction site: the flag of Trolek, a small bunkering firm operating a vessel in Groningen and having at least one other stopover at Lekkerkerk on the Lek, not far from Rotterdam.
Measuring 95 cm by 140 cm, this striking flag is red with a large white bird silhouette (a gull?) swooping from upper hoist corner in the direction of the lower fly, the name ‘trolek’ spread over the entire centre part of the flag in blue lower case letters, fimbriated in white when appearing on the red ground. In fact Jarig saw a version with italic characters.
This firm, hardly present on the ‘net it seems – and certainly not among the largest in the bunkering business – in fact stands out thanks to its house flag’s bold design.
Jan Mertens, 23 Oct 2006

Trolek - italic letters

image by Jarig Bakker, 30 Oct 2006

Tromp, Rotterdam

image by Jarig Bakker, 5 Sep 2005

From the on-line 1912 Lloyds Flags & Funnels i.e. no. 525 'Stoom-Maatsch. "Tromp" (J.F. & F. Schellen), Rotterdam' listed as a Dutch firm ("Steam(er) Company..."). Schellen Shipping N.V. was established in 1895 in Antwerp (Belgium).
Jan Mertens, 5 Sep 2005

Twenthe Rijn

image by Jarig Bakker, 21 Dec 2007

Twenthe Rijn, a bygone Dutch shipping company, is mentioned in the following source: Harry de Groot, 'Schepen van de binnenvaart' (i.e. Inland navigation ships), De Alk, Alkmaar, 1983, 128 p., ill., ISBN 90-6013-918-6, p. 35.

Established at Hengelo (Overijssel province, to the East of Deventer – quite near the German border - and situated on the Twenthe Canal), this firm was fully owned by the important chemical concern which is now known as AKZO. Locally built, the barges shipped salt from the Netherlands to Belgium, taking in limestone from the Maas (Meuse) valley for the return trip.

Salt (“zout”) in Boekelo (Ov) was an important commodity for Zout-Organon, one of the companies which was to amalgamate to form AKZO. Website, English version.
Twenthe Rijn also operated as a freighting office; in all, it existed for forty years: 1950-1990 as mentioned in the subtitle of a book by W.E. Teuben about the company: ‘N.V. Bevrachtingskantoor "Twenthe-Rijn”, published at Dordrecht, 2000.

The Dutch ‘Kustvaartforum’ (i.e. coastal shipping forum) discussion site has dedicated a few pages, with many photos, to Twenthe Rijn: first page of three.
The house flag – quarterly divided: top and bottom red, left and right white plus black initials ‘T’ and ‘R’ in the white fields, respectively – is partially visible in the first photo (vessel ‘Twenthe Rotte’). It also appears painted on the funnel of ‘Twenthe Regge’, last photo but one on the first page. On the second page, it appears flying high above ‘Twenthe Kil’ in the first b/w photo.

A drawing appears on a number of ‘Binnenvaart’ pages where often an extra b/w photo is offered which occasionally shows the house flag. See for instance ‘Res Nova’ (current name): Click camera logo next to ‘1959’ bottom of page.
Jan Mertens, 12 Dec 2007