La Sambre (Shipping company, Belgium)

Société Anonyme Belge de Navigation Intérieure

Last modified: 2007-05-05 by ivan sache
Keywords: sambre (la) | societe anonyme belge de navigation interieure | letter: s (red) |
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House flag of La Sambre - Image by Ivan Sache, 24 November 2003

• Presentation of La Sambre
• House flag of La Sambre

See also:

• Belgium
• Belgium: House flags of shipping companies

Presentation of La Sambre

The company La Sambre, based in Antwerp, was named after the river Sambre (190 km), which has its source in the north of France, waters Maubeuge, then crosses the border, waters Charleroi and flows into the Meuse in Namur.
According to Boone Scripophily website, the company was formed in 1914 for shipping activities on Belgian internal waterways and on the Rhine; the company still issued shares after the 1944 financial reform.

House flag of La Sambre

The house flag of La Sambre, as seen on a share, is white with a red letter S.

Jan Mertens, 24 November 2003