Carl Meentzen GmbH Schiffahrt und Handel (Shipping Company, Germany)

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• Introduction
• Meentzen variant#1
• Meentzen variant#2
• EAL Europa Africa Lines Meentzen Schiffahrt
• Hastedt

• House Flags of German Shipping Companies
• House Flags of Shipping Companies
• Germany

Introduction

In 1884 Carl Georg Meentzen established his own company in Bremen. Its purpose was shipping and trading, mainly buying and selling of coal from Scotland. After the death of the founder in 1932 his son Paul Emil Meentzen overtook the company. When oil became the most important fuel and shipping of coal decreased Meentzen gained transport and distribution for Mobil Oil in the Northern part of Germany. Afterwards the company was split up. Paul Rudolf Meentzen ran the oil and tanker shipping business while the elder son Carl Wilhelm Richard Meentzen ran the dry goods business. The latter renamed his company as EAL Europa Africa Lines Meentzen Schiffahrt. EAL ran tanker and cargo shipping in the 60ies of the 20th century and a shipping to Western Africa in the 70ies. C.W.R. Meentzen died in 1995 in Bremen.

Meentzen variant#1

The white flag was divided by a red saltire. A black disc with white capitals "CM" was superimposed in the centre of the flag. Klaus-Peter Bühne's webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Nov 2010

Meentzen variant#2

The white flag was divided by a red saltire. A black disc with white capitals "CM" was superimposed in the centre of the flag. There was an additional white symbol of mining on the bottom of the disc.
Source:"Deutsche Reedereien und ihre Erkennungszeichen"; 2nd ed.; Hamburg; 1956; p.28
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Nov 2010

EAL Europa Africa Lines Meentzen Schiffahrt

The white flag was divided by two horizontal red stripes. Between the stripes was a black inscription: "EAL". Klaus-Peter Bühne's webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 12 Nov 2010

Hastedt (Carl Meentzen)

Partenreederei D. "Hastedt" (Carl Meentzen)
The company was located in Bremen. It is a white flag divided by a red saltire, which is in the centre superimposed by a black capital ?H?.
Source: Deutsche Reedereien und ihre Erkennungszeichen?; 2nd ed.; Hamburg; 1956; p.31.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Apr 2009

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