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• NV Phs. Van Ommeren, Rotterdam
• Van Ommeren old flag
• van Ommeren variant
• James Smith & Zoonen, Rotterdam
• Smith & van Ommeren, Rotterdam
• Vopak
• Pakhuismeesteren
• N.V. P.A. van Es & Co, Rotterdam
• van Es old flag
• Van Es & Van Ommeren

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NV Phs. Van Ommeren, Rotterdam

Van Ommeren old flag

N.V.Phs. van Ommeren. The flag of this company, which dates from 1839, had the ring and the "V" as black. In 1987 there was a merger with Celco International B.V. to produce van Ommeren-Celco B.V. which in 1989 became Koninklijke van Ommeren-Celco N.V. and then in 1994 there was another change to Royal Van Ommeren N.V. and yet again in 1997 to Van Ommeren Agencies Rotterdam B.V. Along the way it seems the ring and the "V" have changed to green. Sources have varied as to whether then bands were equal and also the shade of green and I have been guided by the 2 versions in the Josef  Nüsse's site which show both the black and the green emblem versions as existing, the bands to be equal and the green of a dark shade.
Neale Rosanoski, 25 Sep 2003

Image from Flagchart of houseflags of Dutch shipping companies, attached to the magazine "De Blauwe Wimpel", April 1956.
Jarig Bakker, 15 Oct 2003

van Ommeren variant

P. van Ommeren, Rotterdam, five horizontal stripes of green and white; in the center a white diamond, charged with a "V" within a ring touching all sides of the diamond, all black. - another variation of the van Ommeren flag.
Source: Brown's Flags and Funnels of British and Foreign Steamship Companies, compiled by F.J.N. Wedge, Glasgow, 1926 [wed26]
Jarig Bakker, 1 Jan 2005

James Smith & Zoonen, Rotterdam

James Smith & Zoonen, Rotterdam had (has?) a houseflag: red with intertwined yellow capitals "JS".
Image from Flagchart of houseflags of Dutch shipping companies, attached to the magazine "De Blauwe Wimpel", April 1956.
Jarig Bakker, 16 Oct 2003

Smith & van Ommeren, Rotterdam

Smith & van Ommeren, Rotterdam, had a houseflag: diagonally divided : top: orange; bottom: light blue; hoist and fly white; the
hoist charged with a black capital "S"; the fly charged with a capital V within a capital O, all black.
Image from Flagchart of houseflags of Dutch shipping companies, attached to the magazine "De Blauwe Wimpel", April 1956.
Jarig Bakker, 16 Oct 2003

Vopak

From this webpage, spotted by Dov Gutterman:: Vopak = Van Ommeren - Pakhoed, now based in Rotterdam. Van Ommeren is a shipping company with a good deal of interest in oil. Pakhoed was an Amsterdam company, specialized in storage, and starting as "Blauwhoed", a company which started for the Vereneenigde Oostindische Compagnie in 1616.
The emblem of Blauwhoed was a Stetson - either blue or white with a blue band; the emblem of Pakhoed was a white Stetson with a red band. (there were several "veems" (mediaeval storage companies) with different emblems). The emblem of Van Ommeren was its houseflag/funnel with the V in a ring. On the Vopak flag the Stetson dominates, flanked by a darkgreen "gamma"-like symbol. The field is white, and below the company logo are black letters Vopak.
Jarig Bakker, 4 Nov 2003

Pakhuismeesteren

Above word, outmoded Dutch meaning “warehouse masters”, points to an episode of Vopak’s history.
Vopak history page, English version: “1818 - Pakhuismeesteren established in 1818 in Rotterdam. Specialized mainly in the loading, unloading and storage of products from the Dutch colonies, such as tea, coffee, spices. Later started to offer storage facilities for oil and oil products, initially in barrels, but as of 1888 also in bulk tanks.
1967 - Pakhoed created through the merger of Pakhuismeesteren and Blauwhoed. Main activities: port activities, stevedoring, shipping agencies, freight forwarding, warehousing, oil and chemical storage.”
Page concerning de Monchy, an important family active in Pakhuismeesteren (in Dutch):

The houseflag-image was found in “Flaggen auf dem Rhein” (1952 ed.), showing the former house flag: broad ascending diagonal stripe, white, between red and blue triangles (national colours); in the central stripe, black initials ‘PHM’ (no serifs) placed in the sense of the stripe i.e. not parallel to the flag’s horizontal edges.  Ratio red-white-blue (hoist): 1:4:0; same (fly): 0:4:1.
Jan Mertens, 14 Nov 2007

N.V. P.A. van Es & Co, Rotterdam

N.V. P.A. van Es & Co, Rotterdam
Houseflag: Red with White letters P.A.vE.&Co.
Image from Flagchart of houseflags of Dutch shipping companies, attached to the magazine "De Blauwe Wimpel", April 1956.
Jarig Bakker, 15 Oct 2003

van Es old flag

P.A. van Es & Company, Rotterdam - red flag, white letters "PAvE&Co".
Source: Brown's Flags and Funnels of British and Foreign Steamship Companies, compiled by F.J.N. Wedge, Glasgow, 1926 [wed26]
Jarig Bakker, 16 Dec 2004

Van Es & Van Ommeren

N.V. P.A. van Es & Co. Became part of the van Ommeren group and in 1961 adopted a version of their flag with 6 horizontal bands of green and white, and an undefined white diamond bearing a black ring enclosing the black stylised logo "VE".
Neale Rosanoski, 9 Nov 2003

Five equally wide horizonta; stripes of green and white; in the center a white diamond charged with black circle, within which two stylized letter VE. - it surely shows the Van Ommeren connection.
Jarig Bakker, 10 Nov 2003