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Splošna plovba, International Shipping and Chartering Ltd. (Shipping company, Slovenia)

Last modified: 2006-05-06 by ivan sache
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[Flag of Splosna plovba]

House flag of Splošna plovba - Image by Željko Heimer, 15 June 2001


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Presentation of Splošna plovba

The complete name of the company is Splošna plovba, International Shipping and Chartering Ltd..
It was established on 22 October 1954 and began operating with one vessel of 525 dwt. Today, Splošna plovba operates 19 vessels of 633.839 dwt in the worldwide tramp trade and liner services. Several of these ships are named after Slovene places (Bled, Bohinj, Celje, Izola, Kamnik, Koper, Kranj, Ljubljana, Maribor, Piran, Planica, Portorož and, of course, Slovenija).
The company carries out all business activities connected with sale/purchase and employment of vessels on the shipping market and provides commercial, technical and other services to its subsidiary companies and to other interested parties.

Besides the parent company, the Splošna plovba Group includes the following subsidiary companies: Genshipping Corporation, Monrovia, Liberia (est. 1981); Genshipping Pacific Line Pte Ltd., Singapore (est. 1992); Lucija Shipping Company Ltd., Marshall Islands (est. 2003); and MV Glen Mooar Shipping Ltd., Isle of Man (50% ownership share acquired in 2004).

Source: Company website, in Slovene or in English

Ivan Sache, 4 July 2005


House flag of Splošna plovba

The house flag of Splošna plovba is divided diagonally in white and blue with a white emblem in the blue field. The emblem consists of a triple-peaked mountain (Triglav) above a white anchor and three white wavy lines.

Željko Heimer, 15 June 2001

The logotype of the company, as shown on the aforementioned company websites, is not white as shown on the flag, but red (Triglav mountain), black (anchor) and blue (waves).

Ivan Sache, 4 July 2005

The Association of Shipmasters & Chief Engineers in Maritime Transport of the Republic of Slovenia (founded 1990) uses the same symbol, Triglav above waves.

Jan Mertens, 4 July 2005


Former house flag of Splošna plovba (before the 1990s)

[Former flag of SPP]

Former house flag of Splošna plovba - Image by Željko Heimer, 15 June 2001

The flag used before the independence of Slovenia has a golden bordered red five-pointed star in the white field, as can be seen on Josef Nüsse's Reedereiflaggen und Schiffsfotos website.

Željko Heimer, 15 June 2001


Former house flag of Splošna plovba (before the 1990s)

[Former flag of SPP]

Former houseflag of Splošna plovba - Image by Jarig Bakker, 31 December 2004

The house flag shown in Scott's Caltex book of Flags and Funnels (Capetown, 1959) with the caption Splosna Plovidba lacks the Triglav emblem in the blue field and the yellow border around the star.

Jarig Bakker, 31 December 2004