Bischoff companies (German Shipping Company)

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• Lüder Bischoff GmbH & Co
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• Heinrich Bischoff, Schiffahrts-und Hafenbetriebs-Gmbh
• Johann Dietrich Bischoff

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Bischoff Gruppe

White with dark red triangles above and below, relatively narrow, linked by a central disc also dark red. At the hoist and at the fly, the black letters "B" and "C", respectively; on the disc the sign "&" in white.
Jorge Candeias, 7 Feb 1999

Bischoff Gruppe appears to have originated as Bremer Reederei Bruno Bischoff & Co. GmbH with a couple of subsequent variations noted in Lloyds before becoming Bruno Bischoff Reederei Gmbh & Co. K.G in 1981. By the late 1990s it had become a subsidiary of the Icelandic company Samskip H/F and this appears to have coincided with their dropping the naming system of their vessels which previously all had the 1st name of "Bremer".
Neale Rosanoski, 3 Jan 2003

Bremer Reederei Bruno Bischoff

Bremer Reederei Bruno Bischoff & Co GmbH
The flag is divided per saltire into white(hoist and fly) and red(top and bottom). In the centre is a red disc with a white "&". Black capitals "B" (hoist) and "C" (fly) are upon the white fields.
Source: Title: "Flaggen, Schornsteine, Reedereien- Flaggen und Schornsteien der deutschen Reedereien und ihre Schiffe über 300 BRT", Hamburg,1957; p.F3
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 Mar 2009

Bremer Reederei Eilemann & Bischoff

Bremer Reederei Eilemann & Bischoff
The flag is divided per saltire into white (hoist and fly) and red (top and bottom). In the centre is a red disc with a white "&". Black capitals "E" (hoist) and "B"? (fly) are upon the white fields.
Source: Title: "Flaggen, Schornsteine, Reedereien- Flaggen und Schornsteien der deutschen Reedereien und ihre Schiffe über 300 BRT", Hamburg,1957; p.F3
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 Mar 2009

Lüder Bischoff GmbH & Co

Lüder Bischoff started an apprenticeship in 1948 in the transport company Carl Prior in Bremen. Between 1953 and 1972 he worked in various shipping companies in Germany and Brazil as person in charge. After the tragic death of his brother Horst Bischoff in 1972 he joined his fathers company Bischoff Gruppe (see above) as individually liable participator. He left the company however in 1975 and established his own shipping agency. In 1989 he established a shipping company, based in Bremen, but when he lost the important agency for DSR (Deutsche Seereederei) in 1991, his company went into bankruptcy.
information provided by Klaus-Peter Bühne
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 20 July 2019

Flag white TV-screen bordered red; a red fly-diagonal charged in top-fly with "LB".
Source: Brown's Flags and Funnels Shipping Companies of the World, compiled by J.L. Loughran, Glasgow, 1995 [lgr95]
Jarig Bakker, 9 Nov 2005

Heinrich Bischoff, Schiffahrts-und Hafenbetriebs-Gmbh

The company was located in Hamburg. The flag was red divided by broad, white cross patty, on two ends were black capitals "H" (hoist) and "B" (fly).
Source: "Deutsche Reedereien und ihre Erkennungszeichen"; 2nd ed.; Hamburg; 1956; p.11
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 April 2009

Johann Dietrich Bischoff

The company was based in Vegesack, today a borough of Bremen. The flag was white divided by a red saltire.
Source: Flaggenbuch 1905, part V, p.12, image no.70
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 July 2019

Johann Dietrich Bischoff (1823-1893) owned a tramp shipping company since 1859, which operated in the Baltics since 1874. In 1896 most ships were sold by his son Friedrich Bischoff (1861 - 1920) to Argo and became director of Argo. J.D. Bischoff's company was dissolved in 1896.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 10 July 2019

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