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Josef Nuesse site
The Houseflag of FMG Flota Mercante Grancolombiana S.A., can
be seen at Josef
Nuesse site.
Dov Gutterman, 25 June 2001
Flota Mercante Grancolombiana S.A. was formed in 1947. Brown
(1958) shows a different
version reversing the colours to white charged with a small
blue pennant with a slightly curved hoist. The finer detail is
not shown, no doubt due to the size of the image. All subsequent
sources show the Josef
Nuesse site flag with more success as to the correct
portrayal and
colouring. The emblem is a light brown ships wheel
enclosing black bearing a map of Venezuela (yellow), Colombia
(blue) and Ecuador (red) with around the edge of this circle the
white legend "FLOTA MERCANTE GRANCOLOMBIANA" with 3
small white stars placed at the bottom completing the legend
circle.
Neale Rosanoski, 19 October 2003
FMG, Flota Mercante
Grancolombiana (the initials FMG are indeed for "Flota" (Fleet),
"Mercante" (Merchant) and "Grancolombiana" (Great Colombian), and the
name "Grancolombiana" is in honor of the country (unofficially called)
Gran Colombia which was in fact called "República de Colombia" but due to its size
(it encompassed three countries at the time of its establishment) it
was dubbed the "Gran Colombia" (Great Colombia in English).
The company was established in 1946 and began operations the following
year, as a joint venture between the three countries that made up the
Gran Colombia in the beggining Colombia, Venezuela, and
Ecuador. However Venezuela
withdrew in 1953.
The company was sold in 1997
by Transportación Marítima Mexicana and ceased all
operations.
Sources:
http://pensionadosdelaflotamercante.blogspot.com.co/2008/02/historia-de-la-flota-mercante.html
http://albertonate.blogspot.com.co/2011/03/flota-mercante-grancolombiana.html
http://tribunaroja.moir.org.co/Liquidacion-de-la-Flota-Mercante.html
Esteban Rivera, 14 March 2016
