Dutch Houseflags of Shipping Companies [n]

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• Nederlandse Vracht- en Tankvaart Mij
• Nederlands-Franse Scheepvaart Mij
• Neo Logistec Services
• Bunkerbedrijf Neptun
• Netherlands Government
• Netherlands Maritime Agencies
• Van Nievelt, Goudriaan
• Nile Dutch Africa Line
• NISHM
• NIT
• Northsea Ferries - other flag
• NPRC
• NSM

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Naess Shipping

Naess Shipping (Holland) B.V. (Diemen, NL); founded 1973.
Flag: red field, White diamond bordered black, black "N"
Source: Company website.
Dov Gutterman, 14 Oct 2003

Nautiek

N.V. Reederij "Nautiek", Rotterdam
Houseflag: five equally wide stripes of white and red; in the center of the central three stripes a white diamond fimbriated black, charged with black letter "B".
Image from Flagchart of houseflags of Dutch shipping companies, attached to the magazine "De Blauwe Wimpel", April 1956.
Jarig Bakker, 19 Oct 2003

Operated by W. Böhmers Scheepvaartbedrijf. In the mid 1970s the last vessel (they all had “Böhmer” family names) is shown in the ownership of Zeerederij H. Nefkens and operated by Böhmer Schepen B.V.
Neale Rosanoski, 7 Jan 2004

Nederlandse Erts-Tankermaatschappij

Nederlandse Erts-Tankermaatschappij N.V., Rotterdam (Managers Vinke & Co., Rotterdam).
Flag: three horizontal stripes of orange and black, proportioned 2:1:2, two white intertwined rings.
Source: Wyt's Digest of Dutch Shipping and Shipbuilding 1966.
Jarig Bakker, 19 Sep 2007

Nederlandse Norness Scheepvaart Mij

Nederlandse Norness Scheepvaart Maatschappij N.V., Amsterdam.
Flag: red field, white diamond, blue "N".
Source: Wyt's Digest of Dutch Shipping and Shipbuilding 1966.
Jarig Bakker, 19 Sep 2007

Nederlandse Tank- en Paketvaart Maatschappij

Houseflag of Nederlandse Tank- en Paketvaart Maatschappij, Amsterdam.
Image from Flagchart of houseflags of Dutch shipping companies, attached to the magazine "De Blauwe Wimpel", April 1956.
Jarig Bakker, 1 Feb 2001

Nederlandse Vracht- en Tankvaart Mij

Nederlandse Vracht- en Tankvaart Maatschappij N.V., The Hague,
Flag: red field, white hoistdiagonal, black standing foul anchor.
Source: Wyt's Digest of Dutch Shipping and Shipbuilding 1966.
Jarig Bakker, 17 Sep 2007

Nederlands-Franse Scheepvaart Mij

N.V. Nederlands-Franse Scheepvaart Maatschappij, Rotterdam.
Flag: blue field, red cross; in center white wheel.
Source: Wyt's Digest of Dutch Shipping and Shipbuilding 1966.
Jarig Bakker, 19 Sep 2007

Neo Logistec Services

NLS or Neo Logistic Services is a Dutch inland shipping firm established at Moerdijk, a small place between Dordrecht and Breda on the Hollands Diep, a former sea-arm where several rivers converge, leading straight into Zealand.

See following pages from Dutch IT supplier Autena, specialized in inland navigation, concerning the dedication and christening ceremony of two container ships belonging to NLS (second page reached by clicking “Meer foto’s” end of first page): On the photos the company logo is easily spotted: orange ground, black letters NLS flanked by three white horizontal stripes on either side.  On both pages we see logo flags, an extract of photo on second page, showing several flags at once.

We learn that NLS from that time on i.e. February 2002 operated eight container transport ships which is impressive, considering that the founding year was 2000; the fleet has expanded even more in the meantime. Both vessels, ‘ZKH de Prins van Oranje Willem-Alexander’ and ‘HKH Princess Maxima der  Nederlanden’, are featured on this Vlootschouw page (naming Bemmel as company seat!?).
Jan Mertens, 13 Nov 2006

Bunkerbedrijf Neptun

Dutch bunkering company 'Neptun' is based at Nijmegen on the River Waal (which, as we know, is the name given to the Rhine as soon as it crosses the German-Dutch border). Company website: A family business founded in 1926 with a view to servicing inland navigation, it is typical of its kind: fuel stock (no exclusivity), shop, and bunkering boats (in this case, two).
Vaguely visible on the boats shown on the site, the yellow-and black house flag is better viewed on the vessel ‘Duc in Altum’ (Vlootschouw page); on another Vlootschouw page, vessel ‘Vigilia’ (see drawn version lower on page), and here, on the ‘Abel-Niels’.
Horizontally divided yellow-black-yellow, ‘NEPTUN’ company name in yellow serifed letters on black stripe.
See also the old Nijmegen city flag (1953-1994) which may well have been the source of above house flag, while Neptune is the Roman sea-god.
Jan Mertens, 28 Oct 2006

Netherlands Government

Netherlands Government, Rotterdam - orange flag, at 1/3 flagheight three equally wide horizontal stripes of red, white and blue.
Source: Scott, R.M., The Caltex book of Flags and Funnels, Capetown, Caltex Africa Ltd. (1959).
Jarig Bakker, 10 Jan 2005

The flag is confirmed, though shown with the triband slightly lower so that the red and white only are in upper half, by an article, which is probably in De Blauwe Wimpel, by L.L. von Münching. The date of it appears to be 1960, the pages are 236-238 and it appears that it was used by emigrant ships to and from Indonesia post WW2.
Neale Rosanoski, 22 Jan 2005

Scheepvaart Maatschappij Trans-Oceaan 's-Gravenhage

After World War 2 the Dutch Government purchased three Victory ships which were converted into troop transport ships by the United States and renamed them WATERMAN, ZUIDERKRUIS and GROOTE BEER. The WATERMAN and ZUIDERKRUIS were managed by Koninklijke Rotterdamsche Lloyd and the GROOTE BEER was managed by Stoomvaart Maatschappij Nederland.

They were used on the route Holland-Netherlands East India (NEI) to carry troops to the Dutch colony to restore the peace after the Japanese surrender when the Archipelago was in a turmoil. After the independence of the Republic Indonesia in 1948 all the Dutch troops were repatriated and a repatriation started of Dutch civilians who left Indonesia for Holland. In 1951 after this was completed, the three ships were rebuilt into emigrant carriers because many Dutch people decided to build a new life in countries like Australia, Canada and New Zealand and after the rebuilding the ZUIDERKRUIS was also managed by Stoomvaart Maatschappij
Nederland. After negotiations between the Dutch Government, Koninklijke Rotterdamsche Lloyd and Stoomvaart Maatschappij Nederland the shipping company Scheepvaart Maatschappij Trans Oceaan at s’-Gravenhage was founded in 1960 and the three ships were taken over by the new company.

In 1963 the emigrant transportation nearly came to an end and the GROOTE BEER and WATERMAN were sold to J. Latsis, Greece and used for cruises in the Mediterranean and the ZUIDERKRUIS went to the Dutch Navy as an accommodation ship. The shipping company Scheepvaart Maatschappij Trans Oceaan was later sometimes used by the Holland America Line to make student travel cruises with passenger ships under the flag of the Scheepvaart Maatschappij Trans Oceaan.
Source: this webpage.

Somewhere in the 1960's the Waterman was chartered by supporters of the Footballclub Feijenoord to transport them to Lisbon in order to watch FC Benfica - Feijenoord, accompanied by a Tango/Rumba Orchestra - it was the longest returnvoyage ever...
Jarig Bakker, 15 Nov 2007

Netherlands Maritime Agencies

Netherlands Maritime Agencies (Rotterdam) / Marco Shipping Netherlands.
Flag: horizontal tricolour of greyish green - dark red - blue with white letters shifted to the hoist in each stripe. From top to bottom: "nfa", "nma" and "msn".
Jorge Candeias, 14 March 1999

Source: Company's website.
Dov Gutterman, 21 February 1999

Van Nievelt, Goudriaan

Van Nievelt, Goudriaan & Co's Stoomvaart Maatschappij., N.V., Rotterdam.
Flag: blue with a five-pointed white star in the center; in the corners white letters VNGC.
Source: houseflagchart attached to the magazine "De Blauwe Wimpel", April 1956.
Jarig Bakker, 22 Oct 2003

Nile Dutch Africa Line

Jan Mertens reported this link with mainly Dutch houseflags. Nile Dutch Africa Line.
Flag: white field; in center blue "nds"; in bottom blue "NILE DUTCH AFRICA LINE".
Jarig Bakker, 3 Mar 2005

NISHM

N.V. Nederlandsch-Indische Steenkolen Handel-Maatschappij (Dutch-Indian Coal Trading Company), Amsterdam.
Flag: quartered green and red; white diamond, black "N.I.S.H.M."
Source: Brown's Flags and Funnels of British and Foreign Steamship Companies, compiled by F.J.N. Wedge, Glasgow, 1951, [wed51].
Jarig Bakker, 30 Jan 2005

NIT

Nederlandsch Indische Tankstoomboot Maatschappij, The Hague.
Flag: red over blue; white diamond, yellow "N.I.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

Northsea Ferries

Jan Mertens reported this link with mainly Dutch houseflags. Northsea Ferries.
Flag: slanting vertical stripes blue - white - bright blue - white, with on bright blue the firm's logo.
Jarig Bakker, 3 Mar 2005

Northsea Ferries other flag

North Sea Ferries (Noordzee Veerdiensten N.V.), Rotterdam.
Flag: orange field, black 4-pointed star.
Source: Wyt's Digest of Dutch Shipping and Shipbuilding 1966.
Jarig Bakker, 18 Sep 2007

NPRC

The NPRC or Nederlandse Particuliere Rijnvaart Centrale ("Dutch Central for Private Shipping on the Rhine" – 'private' meaning having a transport vessel of your own) has its main office at Zwijndrecht near Rotterdam, Netherlands and branch offices in a number of European countries.

As the name says, it is an organization representing Dutch, and also Belgian, private shippers transporting dry bulk goods on inland waterways.
Most information is gleaned from the NPRC website:
“Since its foundation in 1935, NPRC’s primary task has been to look after the interests of its members (and as such, it) enters into long-term transport agreements with mainly larger clients.  Clients often choose NPRC because of its proven ability to offer maximum certainty in transport assignments, chiefly thanks to its large and varied fleet of vessels.  For its members, NPRC offers the advantage of a choice from a variety of cargoes. This saves the barge owner him/herself having to devote time to acquiring cargoes (…).  Every member can take advantage of the structured system giving them a say in rotation for achieving a fair distribution of cargoes.”
"The activities of the NPRC consist of: ship affreightment - special transports - container transport - storage and transfer - mass and bulk transport.”

As shown on the introductory page (I don't count a simplified version on a map of the head office’s new location), the house flag is bright red, vermilion even, with a white descending diagonal bearing the initials ‘NPRC’ in dark blue – it seems to be really blue, not black – and three dark blue silhouettes of a approaching vessel on the upper fly. These silhouettes are shown very large on the home page.

See also this photo of the ‘Vector’ on the Binnenvaart site, where we see the flag in use.
Jan Mertens, 26 Apr 2006

NSM

Nationale Stoomvaart Maatschappij, Rotterdam.
Flag: horizontal triband red - white - blue, proportioned c. 2:3:2; on white "NSM" in black.
Source: Brown's Flags and Funnels of British and Foreign Steamship Companies, compiled by F.J.N. Wedge, Glasgow, 1926 [wed26]
Jarig Bakker, 27 January 2005