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Website of NIMV cooperative, established
at Groningen: We learn that the fleet consists of ten barges able to cruise
all European inland waterways. The ‘Historie’ section gives 1956
as the year of foundation by twelve inland navigation operators.
At first, regional (“northern”) products – potatoes, beet, peat – were
shipped, then gradually the scope was enlarged by shipping loads – wheat,
scrap iron, construction materials, etc. – to and from Germany.
At one time, more than ninety small-sized boats were active but the
trend to larger vessels held on and from a northern-oriented enterprise
NIMV evolved into an organization active all over Europe including the
Danube.
The ‘Schepen’ (ships) section shows a number of vessels most of them
flying – hardly recognizable – above flag.
Jan Mertens, 7 Dec 2006
Last August Jarig sent me a giffed UFE, seen by him on a Rotterdam barge.
There are similarities – the blue ‘N’ stands out well and the green-white-green
stripes ostensibly represent Rotterdam. On the other hand… could this be
a spruced-up version of above NIMV house flag?
Jan Mertens, 7 Dec 2006