Meyer (German Shipping Companies)

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Editorial Note

Meyer is one of the most common family names in Germany. Thus it is not very likely that the companies listed here have anything in common, just the name.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 22 Aug 2019

Anna Meyer Witwe

Schutenvermietung Anna Meyer Witwe, i.e. barge rental Anna Meyer widow, a company based in Hamburg. The flag was a black-blue-white horizontal tricolour.
Source: Schnall funnel chart 1997
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 22 Aug 2019

Gebrüder Meyer Barge Rental

Schutenvermietung Gebrüder Meyer, i.e. barge rental Meyer bothers, a company based in Hamburg. The flag was yellow with a green cross patty in centre.
Source: Schnall funnel chart 1997
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 22 Aug 2019

Gebrüder Meyer Construction

"Gebr. Meyer Bauunternehmung GmbH &  Co.", Cologne (i.e. Meyer Brothers Construction Company, Ltd).
Houseflag: Divided per saltire white (left and right fields) and green (upper and lower fields), a rather small white disk in the centre bearing a black initial "M" (no serifs).
As "Ausbau des Rheins" lists these firms, detailing who did or was doing what and where, we learn that Gebr. Meyer were busy deepening the Rhine at the Nackenheimer Schwelle i.e. removing underwater rocks, dredging, and reinforcing river banks near Mainz, 1972-74.
Additionnally, river breakwaters were built near Rüdesheim in 1976, the famous Binger Loch and immediate surroundings having already been dredged, rock removed, etc. 1966-68 and 1970-75.
Gebr. Meyer cooperated with other specialized firms some of which we know e.g. W. de Beijer (NL).
On p. 20 the brochure shows a large flagoid painted on the side of drilling vessel "Mittelrhein" but p. 23 shows an actual flag flying on a bucket dredge on the Lower Rhine.  That is one advantage of being nearsighted, the flag on the photo measures only 1 by 2 mm but is recognizable!
One snippet of information found on the net leads me to believe Gebr. Meyer was founded in or around 1879.
Jan Mertens, 16 Apr 2007

H.N.A. Meyer

According to source Hamburg shipowners register provides evidence of this Blankenese based company's existence at least from 1890 until 1902. The white flag has a blue bordure and a big, red rectangle in the centre containing the white initials "NM".
According to source Hamburg shipowners register provides evidence of the company's existence at least from 18 until 18.
Source: Otto Mathies: "Hamburgs Reederei 1814 - 1914", Hamburg 1924, p.132
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 11 Jul 2012

Karl Meyer

Karl Meyer, Wischhafen - white flag, stylized green "M", pierced by a double-pointed red arrow.
(Wischhafen is NW of Hamburg in Niedersachsen, along the Elbe)
Image after Brown's Flags and Funnels Shipping Companies of the World, compiled by J.L. Loughran, Glasgow, 1995 [lgr95]
Jarig Bakker, 17 Dec 2005

Louis Meyer

Neue Schleppdampf Schiffahrts Reederei Louis Meyer, Hamburg has a blue flag with white cross.
Image after Brown's Flags and Funnels Shipping Companies of the World, compiled by J.L. Loughran, Glasgow, 1995 [lgr95]
Jarig Bakker, 21 Sep 2005

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