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image by Ivan Sache, 27 May 2012
Alstons Shipping Ltd, being a Trinidadian shipping agency
established at Port of Spain, belongs to the large Ansa McCal
distribution group of the United States.
Quoting <www.ansamcal.com>:
“Alstons Shipping Limited (…) supports cargo vessels
belonging to major Shipping Lines that call at Ports of Pt. Lisas
and Port-of-Spain [,] petroleum tankers owned by major petroleum
and energy sector companies [and] Panalpina, one of the largest
freight and logistics management companies providing air and
ocean cargo services globally.
Alstons Shipping Limited recently acquired the agency for Jan de
Nul, the largest dredging and land Reclamation Company in the
world.”
In addition to this, the firm represents SGS (verification and
certification) and a number of important shipping companies. More
on the Alstons website.
Shown on the webpage as a drawing, the house flag is red with a
white disk bearing a black initial “A”. Very likely
this flag appears in the last photo on this
page, dedicated to 125 years of business activity
(inter-faith thanksgiving service, 30 Jul 2006, beginning and
ending with a flag parade by the way):
Founded in 1905 by local entrepreneur George R. Alston (active in
agricultural trading since 1881; merged with McEnearney importers
of cars and appliances, 1969; taken over by manufacturer and food
company ANSA, 1986.
Jan Mertens, 15 November 2009
image by Jan Mertens, 22 April 2010
Melville Shipping Ltd (not to be confused with a Canadian firm so named) is a
shipping agency in Trinidad & Tobago established at Port-of-Spain and operating
further 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, is
white within a black border; a central horizontal stripe, also black, is
interrupted 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 by Jorge Candeias, 28 March 2001
Twin Island Shipping Agencies Ltd. (Trinidad and Tobago) -
White, with an "S" made of white rope in the background
and a palm-tree "proper" and a black lighthouse in the
foreground, diagonally placed over the "S".
Jorge Candeias, 28 March 2001
image by António Martins-Tuválkin, 27 February 2007
The Houseflag of S.C.O.T.T. The Shipping Corporation of
Trinidad & Tobago , can be seen at Josef Nuesse site.
Dov Gutterman, 25 June 2001
A white field with in the bottom bold letters SCOTT; in top
intertwined red and black arrows surrounding a map of the island
of Trinidad.
Jarig Bakker, 18 July 2004
