Eder und Kuhn Schiffahrt (i.e. … Shipping) is a small German firm which
for a few years operated the former Haniel push boat ‚Franz Haniel 12’
renamed ‘Hercules 12’: both partners had been company shippers. Earlier
this year the boat has been withdrawn from Duisburg based EKS and integrated
into that of her owner, Imperial. This
page (in German) shows a drawing of a modified Haniel
flag, horizontally divided green-white-black and defaced with black initials
“EKS” (no serifs):
It can be seen painted on the steering cabin, just select ‘Hercules
XII’ on this
page (pop-up).
Other photos of the vessel show a related emblem, bendy in shield form,
here;
and a flag is seen seemingly repeating the shield’s pattern. Two thirds
down
this
page is a photo offering a better view (message of 16 Feb 2007, photo
made 18 Aug 2006): A broad white descending diagonal accompanied by a green
triangle (top) and a black one (bottom) bears black initials “EKS” (no
serifs). See photo (15) of following page
for a close-up of this flag on a flying line: images based on a flag drawing,
and a flag photo. First and second pic taken from a website maintained
by Dirk Jacobs, third pic made by Jan van ‘t Verlaat.
Still needed is photographic evidence of the initialled Haniel flag,
if it ever existed in the cloth.
Jan Mertens, 18 Oct 2009
![[Eder und Kuhn]](../images/d/de~eduk2.gif)
image by Eugene Ipavec, 12 Dec 2009
See also:
![[Eder und Kuhn]](../images/d/de~eduk1.gif)
image by Eugene Ipavec, 12 Dec 2009
