One of the household names casually mentioned in “Duwvaart” by Jansen &
Van Heck – of course they cover only one kind of carrier in inland navigation
– is Lekstroom on p. 127. Their push boats are listed as belonging
to W.D. Eerland & Zoon at Lekkerkerk and a flag is shown in b/w described
as orange with a blue funnel bearing ‘EL’ in white. This funnel is
rendered as a rectangle.
Company website of Lekstroom
Transport BV (reduced English version available):
Named after the River Lek, the firm operates a fleet of push or towboats
and pontoons and is able to coordinate combined road-water transport including
heavy goods; towage is another more traditional activity.
On of the ‘dossiers’ (files) on the site is a piece on the company
centenary and what follows is a summary.
Established in 1898 by W.D. Eerland owning one barge and expanding
e.g. by having a motor ship built. In the twenties the ‘Scheepvaart
Maatschappij Lekstroom’ (Shipping Co. Lekstroom) is founded operating a
transport ship carrying almost anything. During WW II some ships
are seized; ‘W.D. Eerland & Zoon’ is founded and transformed
in 1981 into ‘Lekstroom Transport BV’. Heavy goods in transport are
always good for spectacular sights, witness the many pictures and a few
videos, these last under ‘media’.
Clicking ‘vloot’ (fleet) leads to a number of photos, one of
which shows the Lekstroom XV being the source of the image.
No orange flag here but a white one with a distinct blue funnel shape
and the firm’s initials leaning together as shown on the website.
Here
is a Tugspotter page showing the Lekstroom V and of course the white flag:
At the moment I have no idea when exactly the orange flag went out
of use (above book was published in 1988).
Jan Mertens, 5 Mar 2006
On the flag site is mentioned the most recent company flag from Lekstroom
Transport BV.
This is not correct. We still use the flag in blue and white.
Netty Eerland, 4 Jul 2006
Lekstroom newer flag
image by Jarig Bakker, 22 Mar 2006
Lekstroom newest flag
image by Jarig Bakker, 22 Mar 2006
An orange version has just shown up on the Binnenvaart
site. Please have a quick look as this list changes (almost) every
day and older items are pushed away for newer ones. This resembles the
white version. The letters are orange however, so the plot thickens.
Jan Mertens, 12 Mar 2006
![[Lekstroom new houseflag]](../images/n/nl~leks1.gif)
image by Jarig Bakker, 22 Mar 2006
See also:
![[Lekstroom houseflag]](../images/n/nl~leks0.gif)
image by Jarig Bakker, 22 Mar 2006
![[Lekstroom newest houseflag]](../images/n/nl~leks2.gif)
image by Jarig Bakker, 22 Mar 2006
