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image byIvan Sache, 27 May 2012
Alstons Shipping Ltd, being a Trinidadian shipping agencyestablished at Port of Spain, belongs to the large Ansa McCaldistribution group of the United States.
Quoting <www.ansamcal.com>:“Alstons Shipping Limited (…) supports cargo vesselsbelonging to major Shipping Lines that call at Ports of Pt. Lisasand Port-of-Spain [,] petroleum tankers owned by major petroleumand energy sector companies [and] Panalpina, one of the largestfreight and logistics management companies providing air andocean cargo services globally.
Alstons Shipping Limited recently acquired the agency for Jan deNul, the largest dredging and land Reclamation Company in theworld.”
In addition to this, the firm represents SGS (verification andcertification) and a number of important shipping companies. Moreon theAlstons website.
Shown on the webpage as a drawing, thehouse flagis red with awhite disk bearing a black initial “A”. Very likelythis flag appears in the last photo onthispage, dedicated to 125 years of business activity(inter-faith thanksgiving service, 30 Jul 2006, beginning andending with a flag parade by the way):
Founded in 1905 by local entrepreneur George R. Alston (active inagricultural trading since 1881; merged with McEnearney importersof cars and appliances, 1969; taken over by manufacturer and foodcompany ANSA, 1986.
Jan Mertens, 15 November 2009
image byJan Mertens, 22 April 2010
Melville Shipping Ltd (not to be confused with a Canadian firm so named) is ashipping agency in Trinidad & Tobago established at Port-of-Spain and operatingfurther offices at Pt. Lisas, Pt. Fortin, and Scarborough. Company site:http://www.melvilleshipping.com
Founded in 1960 by E. Melville and taken over by the Neal & Massy Group in 1977,the firm offers "husbandry services" (pilotage, towage, mooring, customs, etc.),stevedoring, brokerage, and liner representation (currently Marfret, France).
Biography of "Ernie" Melville:http://www.nalis.gov.tt/Biography/bio_ErnieMelville_shipping.html
The house flag, shown as a drawing on the site and if taken at face value, iswhite within a black border; a central horizontal stripe, also black, isinterrupted by a large red initial "M" without serifs. These are in fact the national colours.No photo found, not even a mere table flag.
Jan Mertens, 22 April 2010
image byJorge Candeias, 28 March 2001
Twin Island Shipping Agencies Ltd. (Trinidad and Tobago) -White, with an "S" made of white rope in the backgroundand a palm-tree "proper" and a black lighthouse in theforeground, diagonally placed over the "S".
Jorge Candeias, 28 March 2001
image byAntónio Martins-Tuválkin, 27 February 2007
The Houseflag of S.C.O.T.T. The Shipping Corporation ofTrinidad & Tobago , can be seen atJosef Nuesse site.
Dov Gutterman, 25 June 2001
A white field with in the bottom bold letters SCOTT; in topintertwined red and black arrows surrounding a map of the islandof Trinidad.
Jarig Bakker, 18 July 2004
