Houseflags of Japanese shipping companies

Last modified: 2006-09-23 by phil nelson
Keywords: maritime shipping | mon | nipponkai kisen | nishi-nihon kisen | nissan kisen | nissan motor car carriers | disk: red |
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• Nipponkai Kisen K.K.
• Nishi-Nihon Kisen K.K.
• Nissan Kisen K.K.
• Nissan Motor Car Carriers Co., Ltd.

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Nipponkai Kisen K.K.

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

Tokyo - triband red-white-red; in the center, a red disk
Jarig Bakker, 16 September 2005

Nishi-Nihon Kisen K.K.

image by Jarig Bakker, 20 October 2005
Source: Brown's Flags and Funnels of Shipping Companies of the World [lgr95]

Osaka - 5 horizontal stripes of white and red; in center red "N" fimbriated white.
Jarig Bakker, 20 October 2005

Nissan Kisen K.K.

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

According to an authoritative source the breaks are probably straight, not forked but this is not certain and Brown 1958 compounds the confusion by showing the bands unbroken and surmounted by a squared black "S". The company was formed 1937 and in 1964 merged into Showa Kaiun K.K.
Neale Rosanoski, 5 March 2003

Nissan Motor Car Carriers Co., Ltd.

image by Jarig Bakker, 20 October 2005
Source: Brown's Flags and Funnels of Shipping Companies of the World [lgr95]

Tokyo - white flag, the firm's logo
Jarig Bakker, 20 October 2005