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KBS (The Netherlands)

Kruijff Bunker Service BV

image by Eugene Ipavec, 10 Mar 2009

Kruijff Bunker Service
KBS pennant

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Kruijff Bunker Service

KBS or �Kruijff Bunker Service BV� is a Dutch bunkering and mineral oil trading company at Den Helder, the port situated at the northern tip of North Holland.
As we learn from this Gulf in-house journal (�Orange Disc, Spring 2002, issue 1, p. 11):
KBS � founded in 1871 - and another family-owned firm, Miedema Holding, worked together to re-introduce the Gulf petrol brand in the Netherlands, in 2003. (This temporary absence was caused by Q8 buying up the pumps in 1984 but leaving the brand aside.) KBS�s part consists in supplying the agricultural sector and fisheries alongside its bunkering business.

Now streamlined as Gulf Oil Nederland and operating a tanker fleet, KBS used to fly a house flag of its own. See it on this Binnenvaart page, dedicated to tanker �Peter Kruijff�, as a drawing: Orange field with large white initials �KBS�. A photo of the flag may be seen on this Binnenvaart page dedicated to tanker �Addy�:
click camera logo next to �1991 Andre Kruijff� at end of page.

Another one is found when looking up tanker �Gulf Fast Trac�: click camera logo next to �1991 Robert Kruijff� at end of page, throwing a pennant into the bargain, if I am not mistaken!
I suppose this flag and pennant are no longer flown.
Jan Mertens, 10 Mar 2009

KBS pennant

image by Eugene Ipavec, 10 Mar 2009