Mammoet Shipping Company (The Netherlands)

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Mammoet

Some facts gleaned from “Duwvaart” (1988) by Jansen & Van Heck pp. 52-53.
To begin with, some history: Mammoet was the new name of amalgamated companies Johannes Goedkoop NV Hijs & Transport Maatschappij, Amsterdam and Van Wezel, Hengelo; in 1970 Stoof of Breda was taken over; the important shipping company KNSM became a shareholder.  From the beginning the firm specialized in exceptionally heavy transport (on water as well as over land).
The complete name is given in above source as ‘Mammoet Goedkoop B.V. Hijs & Transport Maatschappij’, Amsterdam (i.e. Mammoet Goedkoop Ltd Hoist and Transport Co.), Goedkoop not meaning “cheap” but rather a well-known name in Dutch shipping!

Jansen & Van Heck show a b/w drawing of a triangular pennant (length twice that of the height), a “so-called jack” in their words, being blue and
bearing a white mammoth shaped like the one above. As yet I haven't found any photos.

Some more information here:
Founded (sic, jm) 1973 by KNSM (perhaps the moment the yellow flag was introduced?) and following this firm when it became part of Nedlloyd in 1981. When the heavy transport department was sold to transporter Van Seumeren this firm let Spliethoff, already owner of 70% of Mammoet, buy its part of the maritime activities.  However since Van Seumeren had named its own activities ‘Mammoet’, Mammoet Shipping had to be renamed.  From 2000 on it is known as BigLift Shipping.
Main group website, see especially ‘Group of Companies’ under ‘The Company’ such as ‘Mammoet Road Cargo’ showing vertical eye-catching banners.

On this site: see ‘Company Profile’ for white flag with red mammoth (ferried road transport).
Mammoet Salvage is the newest, starting out on 1 January 2006: the idea is to rapidly become the equal of Smit International and Wijsmuller. It became internationally known by the salvage of the Russian submarine "Kursk".
Jan Mertens, 7 Mar 2006

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Mammoet ferries