Schepers firms (German Shipping Company)

Last modified: 2009-06-13 by jarig bakker
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• H. & R. Schepers
• Reederei Wilhelm Schepers
• TS-Gruppe
• Reederei Unitas
• Securitas

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H. & R. Schepers

Reederei H. & R. Schepers G.m.b.H., Elsfleth - red octagonal on white, black "S".
Elsfleth is a bit north of Bremen, along the Weser river.
Image after Brown's Flags and Funnels Shipping Companies of the World, compiled by J.L. Loughran, Glasgow, 1995 [lgr95]
Jarig Bakker, 7 Sep 2005

Reederei Wilhelm Schepers

Reederei Wilhelm Schepers K.G., Haren/Ems - blue flag, white circle, white "S".
(Haren (Ems) is a few kms from the Dutch border near the big city of Emmen (Drenthe).
Image after Brown's Flags and Funnels Shipping Companies of the World, compiled by J.L. Loughran, Glasgow, 1995 [lgr95]
Jarig Bakker, 16 Oct 2005

TS-Gruppe

In 1910, Captain Rudolf Schepers (1875-1949) became the sole owner of  the "Haren 76", which had been purchased in 1903 from B. Sibum by his father Hermann. In 1926, Schepers purchased his first iron ship, which he renamed "Thekla", for his wife name. After Rudolf's death, Thekla transferred his three ships, "Rudolf", "Thea" and "Hans" to her sons Gerhardt, Hermann and Heinrich.
The fourth son, also named Rudolf (b. 1915), ordered in 1950 the "Rudolf Schepers" and in 1955 the "Thekla Schepers". In 1969, Thekla Schepers and Heinz Bölle founded the shipping company "Thekla Schepers KG". They took over the "Rudolf Schepers", which sailed until 1977 as the "Marus". The family subsequently founded the "Tesch" group, eventually renamed in 2003 "Reederei Thekla Schepers GmbH & Co. KG".
"Reederei TS-Shipping GmbH & Co. KG" was founded in 2005.
The company currently operates five container vessels, another three more being expected in 2009-2010. Four of them fly the flag of Antigua and Barbuda, the fifth the flag of Malta.
The house flag of "Thekla Schepers" is shown, graphically, on the company website as green with two horizontal white stripes near the top and bottom of the flag and the white letters "TS" in the middle.
Ivan Sache, 12 Jun 2009

Reederei Unitas

"Reederei Unitas" is another company founded in Haren by the Schepers family (Hermann and Stefan). The company currently operates five container vessels.
The house flag of "Unitas", as hoisted in front of the company seat, is horizontally divided red-white-red with a black "U" in the middle.
Ivan Sache, 12 Jun 2009

Securitas

The ship "Iduna" is operated under the flag of "Securitas Schiffahrts GmbH", similar but with a "S" instead of the "U".
Ivan Sache, 12 Jun 2009