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image by Ivan Sache, 13 September 2003
The flag of Amber Bay
Shipping Ltd. can be seen at <www.amberbay.lt>.
Jan Mertens, 23 August 2003
The house flag of the Lithuanian shipping company "Amber
Bay Shipping Ltd.", based in Klaipeda, is shown on the
company website, as reported by Jan Mertens
The flag is divided per saltire, the upper and lower triangles
being green and the two lateral triangles being white. A yellow
disc charged with a black V letter is placed in the middle of the
flag.
Klaipeda (formerly known as Memel) is the third biggest city in
Lithuania (c. 200,000 inhabitants) after Vilnius and Kaunas. It
is located on the Baltic Sea, on the opening of the Kurski Bay
(Kurskij zaliv). The Bay is nearly completely separated from the
Baltic Sea by a thin stripe of land (Kurskaja kosa). The southern
part of the Bay belongs to Russia (Kaliningrad enclave).
I wonder if Amber Bay could not be a nickname for the Kurski Bay,
since most yellow amber is to be found on the coasts of Poland,
Russia (Kaliningrad) and Lithuania.
The colours of the flag of the Amber Bay Shipping Ltd. might
recall the green and yellow stripes of the Lithuanian national
flag. I hope they do not refer to the alledged green-yellow-green
flag of Memel, which was rather
the flag of the Mameluks in Egypt. Yellow might also recall
amber. The V might be the initial of the company founder or
anything else.
Ivan Sache, 13 September 2003
The richest amber deposits are found there; especially
in the Kaliningrad enclave, it seems. The "V" does not
recall the word "amber", that's for sure. Anyhow
the colours of the central disk are aptly chosen: a black letter
encrusted in yellow. (I recently learned that the older amber is,
the whiter it gets. The variety one usually sees is
golden-yellow).
Jan Mertens, 18 September 2003
The company commented as follows:
"National flag is yellow, green & red. Green as our bay
surrounded by green plants (trees etc...). About the color yellow
you were right. Letter "V" stands, because of family
name of owner.
Regards,
Amber Bay"
So Ivan was right about nature's beauties and the company owner's
family name. The website lists a Mr. Aloyzas Vilkas as General
Manager.
Jan Mertens, 20 September 2003
Baltnautic Shipping Ltd is a Klaipeda based, Lithuanian
shipping company founded in 1998. Website, English
version at <www.baltnautic.lt>.
The firm currently operates sixteen vessels of “sea-river
type” (mixed coastal-inland no doubt) most of which are
registered in St Vincent & the Grenadines, five in Lithuania,
and one in Panama. All however are general cargo ships mostly
active in the Baltic, the North Sea, and the
Mediterranean. (See the ‘Fleet’ page, upper
menu). Besides chartering and agency services, Baltnautic also
offers technical assistance and repair.
The image carrousel on the home page offers a view of the house flag. It can also
be seen, less clearly, on this clickable
photo: White field, the company logo above dark blue name
“Baltnautic” / light blue words “Shipping Ltd”
(no serifs); the logo shows a ship’s bow advancing to the
right: a light blue stylized hull above white foam on a dark blue
sea.
Jan Mertens, 9 August 2009
image by Jarig Bakker, 16 July 2004
The flag of Fertex
Transport can be seen at <www.fertex.lt>.
Jan Mertens, 17 August 2003
Fertex houseflag - diagonally blue over red; top hoist white
F, bottom fly blue T.
Jarig Bakker, 16 July 2004
image by Jarig Bakker, 16 July 2004
The flag of Lithuanian Shipping Company (logo on white or
light blue) can be seen at <www.ljl.lt>.
From this site: "AB "Lietuvos jūrų
laivininkystė" (Lithuanian Shipping Company) was
established on 27th June, 2001 as the result of reorganisation of
"LISCO", established in 1969. Today, Lithuanian
Shipping Company (LJL) is national company, with 73.24 of shares
owned by Government of Lithuania and the rest - by private
shareholders. Presently, the company owns and operates 18 vessels
of different types. As a part of ex-LISCO, company has 33 years
experience in shipping and good reputation among clients and
business partners in carryng wide range of cargoes: bulk, timber,
general cargoes as well as containers. The cargoes are carried on
basis of different contracts that best suites client's
needs."
Jan Mertens, 23 August 2003
Lithuanian Shipping Company - light blue with the company logo
at the hoist.
Jarig Bakker, 16 July 2004
image by Jarig Bakker, 29 December 2005
Lithuanian Shipping Co., Klaipeda - horizontal YVR flag; white
shipshaped "L", charged with "LISCO", with
green top and red bottom.
Source: Brown's Flags and Funnels of Shipping Companies
of the World, compiled by J.L. Loughran, Glasgow, 1995.
Jarig Bakker, 29 December 2005
image by Jarig Bakker, 12 August 2005
Limarko Shipping Company AB, Klajpeda, Lithuania. Quote from
website <www.limarko.lt>:
"The Public Stock Company Limarko Shipping Company AB begins
its history on January 1, 1987. At that time, the Company was
called Klaipeda Transport Fleet. In 1995, the State Company
Klaipeda Transport Fleet was reorganized and registered as a
Public Stock Company Klaipeda Transport Fleet AB. Since June 1,
1998, Limarko Shipping Company AB (formerly Klaipeda Transport
Fleet AB) is a publicly listed company and its shares are on the
current trading list of the Vilnius Stock Exchange. (...) In
2003, the strategic investor Limarko UAB, together with financial
investor Vilnius Bank Venture Capital Management (VBVCM),
successfully participated in the privatisation of Klaipeda
Transport Fleet AB. On May 14, 2004, Klaipeda Transport Fleet AB
was renamed to Limarko Shipping Company AB. Since its
establishment, Limarko Shipping Company AB was one of the leading
Central and Eastern Europe shipping companies specialising in
transport services of chilled, frozen and perishable goods.
November 2004 marked the beginning of diversification for the
Company’s main activity with the decision to enter the dry
cargo segment."
House flag: horizontally divided: orange (upper stripe) and blue,
in the centre a blue disk within a narrow white ring enclosing a
white slanted letter 'L'.
Jan Mertens, 12 August 2005
image by Jorge Candeias, 4 April 1999
Uglana Co. Ltd. (Lithuania) - Quartered per saltire, blue
above and below and red at hoist and fly, with a white lozenge
centered charged with a blue "L". Where the
"L" come from is a mystery...
Jorge Candeias, 4 April 1999
According to <www1.omnitel.net/uglana> (defunct), it's a
company from Klaipeda in Lithuania.
Jarig Bakker, 5 April 1999
