House Flags of Hong Kong Shipping Companies 1

Blue flag with a white symbol in the middle. The symbol is basically made of a white ring divided by a white cross. Parts of the ring are omitted.

Source: Josef Nüsse
Ivan Sache, 25 August 2002

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This is indeed an accurate description, but I'm sure that this symbol is meant to be a stylized "Ĉ", for "AE", the initials of the company name.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 1 May 2006

Blue flag with a vertical red rectangle in the middle and the letters A B C placed horizontally in the middle, B being in the red rectangle.

Source: Josef Nüsse
Ivan Sache, 25 August 2002

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My impression of the flag in Josef's site is that the blue is darker. The company is a P&O subsidiary so that a shade of royal blue seems likely.
Neale Rosanoski, 23 January 2003

White with a thick red border and a black anchor.
Jorge Candeias,, 27 March 2001

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The flag is that of the British company William Thomson & Co. who date from 1820 and operated mainly through Ben Line Steamers Ltd. with fleet names usually starting with "Ben". The current operations are under Ben Line Group Ltd., still based in Edinburgh. The anchor is dark blue although the origin of this image comes apparently from the Hong Kong agency company formed in 1987 and their website shows it as black, I would think probably in error. Griffin 1895 shows a black foul anchor which would seem incorrect on two counts. A variation was used by Ben Line Containers Ltd. who were formed in 1972 as a joint venture with Ellermans, the anchor being replaced by a black arrow bent into 3 sides (like the ACT design] with that to fly being empty and within this the black letters "BLC". Ellermans were later bought out and presumably the company was absorbed back into the group.
Neale Rosanoski, 23 January 2003

White flag with a red arrow-shaped symbol in the middle.

Source: Josef Nüsse
Ivan Sache, 25 August 2002