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House flags of South Korean shipping companies

Last modified: 2006-03-04 by phil nelson
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Cho Yang Shipping Co., Ltd.

[Cho Yang Shipping Co., Ltd.]
image by Jarig Bakker, 18 January 2006
Source: Brown's Flags and Funnels of Shipping Companies of the World [lgr95]

Seoul - red flag, white "P".
Jarig Bakker, 18 January 2006

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Dong Young Shipping Co.

[Dong Young Shipping Co.]
image by Jarig Bakker, 18 January 2006
Source: Brown's Flags and Funnels of Shipping Companies of the World [lgr95]

Seoul - white swallowtail, in center a vertical divided shield of red and blue, a Pegagus over all.
Jarig Bakker, 18 January 2006


Hanjin Shipping Co.

[Hanjin Shipping Co.]
by Jorge Candeias

Blue logo on white. The logo is a thick ring with an "H" inside, linked to the ring by semi-circular shapes. Gives a distinctive yin-yang flavour.
Jorge Candeias, 10 February 1999


Hyundai Merchant Marine Co., Ltd.

[Hyundai Merchant Marine Co., Ltd.]
by Jorge Candeias

Quite dubious, this flag can be described as a horizontal bicolour of dark red and blue with three white horizontal stripes dividing it into four equilateral fields.
Jorge Candeias, 01 April 1999


Korean Marine Transport Co., Ltd.

[Korean Marine Transport Co., Ltd.]
image by Jarig Bakker, 18 January 2006
Source: Brown's Flags and Funnels of Shipping Companies of the World [lgr95]

Seoul - blue flag, white "K".
Jarig Bakker, 18 January 2006


Nam Sung Shipping Co., Ltd.

[Nam Sung Shipping Co., Ltd.]
image by Jarig Bakker, 18 January 2006
Source: Brown's Flags and Funnels of Shipping Companies of the World [lgr95]

Busan - horizontal White-Red-White-Red-White flag; in center interrupted by White-Red-White hoist diagonal.
Jarig Bakker, 18 January 2006


Pan Ocean Bulk Carriers Ltd

[Pan Oceanic Bulk Carriers]
by Ivan Sache

The shipping company 'Pan Ocean Bulk Carriers Ltd.' (POBC) was founded in Seoul in 1966. The POBC initially operated oil tankers and diversified into dry bulk tramping in 1972. A liner service was opened in 1977 to export Korean plywood and steel to the USA and Canada.

In 1984, the company was renamed 'Pan Ocean Shipping Co. Ltd.' (POSC), and merged with the 'Global Shipping Company', the 'Samick Lines' and the 'Bowwon Shipping Company'. The company charters taday c. 200 ships, fully owing 62 of them. It has 1,687 employees (shore, 454; crew, 1233).

The flag of the POSC is horizontally divided blue-white-blue with the red letters PAN in the white stripe.

Source: POSC website
Ivan Sache, 18 December 2003


Tai Young Shipping Co., Ltd.

[Tai Young Shipping Co., Ltd.]
image by Jarig Bakker, 18 January 2006
Source: Brown's Flags and Funnels of Shipping Companies of the World [lgr95]

Seoul - white flag, the firm's red logo.
Jarig Bakker, 18 January 2006