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Van Nieuwpoort (The Netherlands)

freighting company van Nieuwpoort Grint & Zand BV

image by Anto'nio Martins-Tuva'lkin, 24 Dec 2006

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On this Vlootschouw page is a houseflag: simply blue with many N’s in white, flying on inland vessel ‘Barco’. A bit further down we find the logo and the name of freighting company van Nieuwpoort Grint & Zand BV.
Website of this company situated at Gouda (roughly, between Amsterdam and Rotterdam), English version: Van Nieuwpoort is essentially a gravel and sand extractor and producer, thereby serving the construction industry, in fact offering a wide array of products. Founded in 1905 in the Gouda area, a family business offering sand and coal ash to local clients expanded so as to employ boats and dredging for sand or digging out gravel. Taking over various similar firms, the company kept expanding not least thanks to the introduction of readymix concrete. Lastly, Van Nieuwpoort has a serious interest in R&D.

On the waterway transport side, the homepage affirms the regular use of about a hundred boats, a small number of which are owned. As to details of what is transported – or produced – the left menu comes in handy (coloured squares).
The house flag in the national colours may well be used alongside the blue one, or both may play a different role; at least we know that the second one has been used for waterborne transport.
Jan Mertens, 8 Dec 2006

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image by Anto'nio Martins-Tuva'lkin, 13 Feb 2006