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image by Joseph McMillan
Source: Josef Nuesse's website Reedereiflaggen: House Flags of Shipping Companies.
L. Figueiredo Navegação S.A. changed its name in 1976 to Frota Amazônica S.A.
Neale Rosanoski, 22 December 2002
image located by Jan Mertens,
13 March 2011
A Brazilian member of the Rimorchiatori Riuniti Group is Finarge Navegação do
Brasil Ltda at Rio de Janeiro. Is is stated that this company, founded in 2005,
“will manage the
newbuilding vessels built in Brazil under Brazilian flag in order to match
the new contract requirements requested in that country” (slightly edited
quote from
http://www.rimorchiatori.it/index.php). One supply vessel is operated at present.
A variant of Finarge’s
truncated pennant is shown, incorporating the national colours yellow (lower
hoist) and green (upper fly) and the proper initials “FB” in black (upper
hoist). No photo found but the flag is painted
on the ship’s superstructure.
image located by Jan Mertens,
13 March 2011
The role of Finarge Apoio Maritima Ltda,
founded in 2008, is different: “the company will support Finarge Srl and
Finarge Navegação do Brazil both for the local crew and for all services that
our vessels need in Brazil.”
In this case Finarge’s pennant is varied
differently, as apart from the initials “FA” the Brazilian colours are put into
the fly: green (top) and yellow (bottom).
Jan Mertens, 13 March 2011
image by Jarig Bakker, 20 February 2006
Transportes Fluviales e Maritimos (FLUMAR), Rio de Janeiro - Spanish-style
white-red-white flag; in center the firm's logo.
Source:
Loughran (1979)
Jarig Bakker, 20 February 2006
image by Joseph McMillan
Source: Josef Nuesse's website Reedereiflaggen: House Flags of Shipping Companies.
The shipping subsidiary of the giant national oil company PETROBRAS.
Nuesse's site shows the green as a gray-green, but I believe based on
seeing Petrobras stations in Brazil that it is really the same as in the
national flag.
Joseph McMillan, 16 June 2001
image by Jarig Bakker, 20 February 2006
Loughran (1979) shows this flag with a
green hexagon in the fly.
Jarig Bakker, 20 February 2006
See also:
image by Joseph McMillan
Source: Stewart and Styring, Flags, Funnels and Hull Colours (1963).
image by Joseph McMillan
Source: Josef Nuesse's website Reedereiflaggen: House Flags of Shipping Companies.
Two related companies are Frota Amazônica S.A. and Frota Oceánica Brasileira.
Both fly flags divided vertically, with a large letter F mirroring
itself in different colors. That for Amazônica has a green and yellow
field with the Fs in white and blue. The Nuesse site shows the Amazônica
flag with a muddy greenish-grayish-blue hoist half. A check of the
company website confirms that it should
be green.
Joseph McMillan, 15 June 2001
image by Jarig Bakker,
14 October 2005
Frota Amazonica S.A. became Frota Oceânica e Amazônica (FOASA) in1996 and incorporated the fleet previously shown under
Frota Oceânica Brasileira S.A. Brown's Flags and Funnels
1982 and 1995 show the fly "F" as
green rather than
blue which may indicate original colours.
Neale Rosanoski, 22 December 2002
image by Joseph McMillan
Source: Josef Nuesse's website Reedereiflaggen: House Flags of Shipping Companies.
Two related companies are Frota Amazônica S.A. and Frota Oceânica Brasileira.
Both fly flags divided vertically, with a large letter F mirroring
itself in different colors. That for Oceânica has a blue and white
field with the Fs in white and red.
Joseph McMillan, 15 June 2001
Their fleet became absorbed into Frota Oceânica e Amazônica in the 1990s. The flag in the picture above, by my calculations, is
actually shown back to front even though that is the way both Brown 1995
and Josef Nuesse display it. The company website image of the flags
clearly shows that the white is in the hoist and if you study Josef's flag, although the hoist area does not stand out, the width from the red
"F" to the side is greater than that of the white "F" to the side indicating to me that the white includes the hoist area.
Neale Rosanoski, 22 December 2002
image by
Anita, 12 November 2007
I noticed the comment about the blue as the hoist [as opposed white in
Josef Nuesse page]. Here is a
picture of the logo I have on a piece of china. Does the order of the color help
date the flag?
Anita, 12 November 2007
