Houseflags of Japanese shipping companies

Last modified: 2006-09-23 by phil nelson
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• Kinkai Yusen K.K.
• Kitanihon-oi Kaiun K.K.
• Kokusai Kisen K.K.
• Kowa Kaiun K.K.
• Kyoei Tanker K.K.

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Kinkai Yusen K.K.

image by Jarig Bakker, 30 August 2005
Source: Brown's Flags and Funnels Shipping Companies of the World [lgr95]

Tokyo - swallowtail of 5 equally wide horizontal stripes of white and red.
Jarig Bakker, 30 August 2005

Kitanihon-oi Kaiun K.K.

image by Jarig Bakker, 16 September 2005
Source: Brown’s Flags and Funnels of Shipping Companies of the World, 1995 [lgr95]

Tokyo - is that a bridge on top? Or a dry-dock?
Jarig Bakker, 16 September 2005

Kokusai Kisen K.K.

image by Jarig Bakker, 1 February 2006
Source: Brown's Flags and Funnels of Shipping Companies of the World [lgr95]

Tokyo - white flag, the firm's logo.
Jarig Bakker, 1 February 2006

Kowa Kaiun K.K.

image by Jarig Bakker, 19 December 2005
Source: Brown's Flags and Funnels of Shipping Companies of the World [lgr95]

Hiroshima - green flag; in center green cross outlined white.
Jarig Bakker, 19 December 2005

Kyoei Tanker K.K.

image by Phil Nelson
Source: Flags, Funnels and Hull Colours, 1963 [ste63]

Kyoei Tanker K.K. incorrectly shows the flag of Kyokuyo Hogei K.K. The flag for this company, which dates from 1949, is white with two narrow horizontal red bands and a thicker vertical red band.
Neale Rosanoski, 5 March 2003