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image by Jarig Bakker, 25 January 2006
Source: Brown's Flags and Funnels of Shipping Companies of the
World [lgr95]
red over blue flag, white diamond, red "V"
Jarig Bakker, 25 January 2006
Light blue flag with a hexagonal blue and white emblem in the middle.
Source: Josef Nüsse
Ivan Sache, 25 August 2002
Brown rendition: Wallem Ship Management Ltd
image by Jarig Bakker, 25 January 2006
Source: Brown's Flags and Funnels of Shipping Companies of the
World [lgr95]
Horizontal Red-White-Blue-White-Red flag.
Jarig Bakker, 25 January 2006
Originally based in Shanghai and Hong Kong, Wallem Services shows corporate offices in Hong Kong as well as Singapore, Philippines, Thailand, Australia, Japan, USA, United Kingdom and Vietnam. The Shanghai office was reopened in 1987.
The name and flag originated with the Norwegian Haakon J. Wallem in 1898
who later traded through separate companies based in Bergen
and Hong Kong. Around the 1970s a series of takeovers began resulting in the
current Wallem Group Ltd. based in Hong Kong and operating their shipping
through Wallem Shipmanagement Ltd. The Norwegian Wallem shipping interest did
survive however as the Norwegian branch of Wallem & Co. A/S changed name
1956 to Wallem, Steckmest & Co. A/S who use a variation of the original
flag by widening the blue band and bulging it in the middle to form an
undefined circle bearing a white "S". The white still separated red
from blue but the respective widths of the three colours are uncertain with
Brown 1978 and 1982 differing in their portrayals.
Neale Rosanoski, 23 January 2003
#112 Williamson & Co., Hong Kong - white flag,
red propellor screw with 4 blades.
Jarig Bakker, 5 January 2005
Blue flag with a big red W.
Source: Josef Nüsse
Ivan Sache, 25 August 2002
From The National Maritime Museum:
The house flag of World Wide Shipping, Hong Kong. A rectangular flag bearing a white 'W' on a red background with a white and blue border. The flag is made of a wool and synthetic fibre bunting. It has a cotton hoist and is machine sewn. A rope is attached.Jarig Bakker, 4 September 2004
Red flag with two white stripes in the upper and lower edges and a yellow Y in the red stripe, touching the white stripes.
Source: Josef Nüsse
Ivan Sache, 25 August 2002