Unie van Redding- en Sleepdienst N.V. (Shipping company, Belgium)

Union de Remorquage et de Sauvetage S.A. - Towage & Salvage Union Ltd.

Last modified: 2005-07-23 by ivan sache
Keywords: unie van redding- en sleepdienst | union de remorquage et de sauvetage | towage and salvage union | letters: urs (yellow) |
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by Ivan Sache

• Presentation of Unie van Redding- en Sleepdienst
• Description of the flag of Unie van Redding- en Sleepdienst

See also:

• Belgium
• Belgium: House flags of shipping companies

Presentation of Unie van Redding- en Sleepdienst

Unie van Redding- en Sleepdienst (URS) is based in Antwerp. The company provides salvage and pollution services for the Belgian ports, the river Scheldt and further afield.

URS participated, inter alia, in the British Trent case. This tanker was involved in a collision off the Belgian coast in June 1993. URS also participated in the recovery of pollutants and cargo from the wreck of the Cita, which was lost off St. Mary's, in the Isles of Scilly, in March 1997.

Source: World Salvage Directory

Ivan Sache, 24 June 2001

House flag of Unie van Redding- en Sleepdienst

The house flag of Unie van Redding- en SleepdienstURS is light blue with the letters U R S in yellow placed horizontally.

Source: World Salvage Directory

Ivan Sache, 24 June 2001