VTG website: “1994, growing
involvement of VTG logistics firm, Hamburg (…) VTG and Lehnkering
merge in 1998, forming VTG-Lehkering AG. However on 1 January 2004
there was a demerger, VTG remaining active in rail and mineral oil transport
and Lehnkering keeping the other logistic activities one of which is inland
shipping.”
“In its current form, the VTG Group originated from VTG Vereinigte
Tanklager und Transportmittel GmbH , which was founded as a state-owned
enterprise in 1951 and privatized in 1962 in the framework of the sale
to Preussag - now the TUI Group. During its 45 years of being part of Preussag
and later the TUI Group, the VTG Group concentrated on the Wagon Hire business
area, but also operated in inland shipping…” which is what interests us
here.
The full name may be translated as ‘United Tank Warehousing and Transportation
Co.’- the ships, logically, transporting oil and gas - and the house flag
is already present in the 1952 ed. of “Flaggen auf dem Rhein”.
On a blue flag is placed the erstwhile company logo in white: a circle,
winged on its right side – rendered as three horizontal stripes, growing
smaller while going downwards – contains the initials ‘VTG’ of which the
central letter ‘T’ is much larger than the other two. The entire
design rather than the circle is centred on the field. There has been a
combined VTG-Lehnkering logo.
Jan Mertens, 18 Oct 2007
![[VTG flag]](../images/d/de~vtg.gif)
image by Eugene Ipavec, 21 Oct 2007
See also:
![[VTG other flag]](../images/d/de~vtg2.gif)
image by Eugene Ipavec, 21 Oct 2007
