Danish Shipping Companies (O)

Last modified: 2025-07-05 by klaus-michael schneider
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• Rederiet "Ocean" A/S
• Øresund A/S D/S
• A/S Øernes Dampskibsselskab
• Orion A/S
• A/S Det Østbornholmske Dampskibsselskab
• A/S Det Compagnie Oversøiske
• Othello Shipping Co.
• Østasiatiske Kompagni (East Asia Company)

• Denmark
• Joseph Nüsse website
• House flags of shipping companies

Øresund A/S D/S

The company was based in København. The flag was divided per saltire of red-yellow-white-blue.
Source: US Navy 1961, p.3-15/row 3/column 1
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 30 May 2025

A/S Øernes Dampskibsselskab

The company was based in Sæby. The flag was a red-white-red horizontal triband. The white stripe had double width and a black inscription "OD".
Source: Danmarks Skibsliste 1953, p.264 , rnr.152
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 June 2025

Orion A/S

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 July 2025

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 June 2025

image by Ivan Sache, 16 Nov 2002

The company Orion Rederierne A/S was based in København, later at least since 2003 in Søborg. The flag is white with a big red "O" in the middle and a blue vertical stripe placed along the hoist, charged with a representation of the constellation of Orion in white. Orion was a giant hunter, who offended the goddess Artemis. As a punishment, she killed him and changed him into a constellation. The three stars placed in diagonal in the middle of the constellation are known as Orion´s Belt (see right image above).
Source: Joseph Nüsse website
Ivan Sache, 16 Nov 2002

In 1953, then having the name A/S Dampskibsselskabet Orion, the flag was yellow with red constellation of Orion (see central image above).
Source: Danmarks Skibsliste 1953, p.262, rnr.123
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 June 2025

In 1944, then having the name Orion Rederierne A/S, the flag was yellow with red 7-point star (see left image above), but the funnel displayed an 8-point star.
Source: Merchant Ships 1944 No. 901 & CI
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 July 2025

The company was founded in 1912 and for many years managed by C.P. Jensen, Amaliegade in København. Three steamships were owned by the company. From the time of sale of the last ship the company "led a quiet life" up until 1986. It was then taken over in 1989 by a group of young businessmen, who changed the name to Orion Ltd.. The company invested in a line of companies, and employed at a time some 700 people. In 2007 Dampskibselakb Orion A/S was nearly completely acquired by Camillo Eitzen & Co ASA (Eitzen Group]). The parent company D/S Orion A/S was a shipping company and ran the administration.
Source: this website
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 July 2025

A/S Det Østbornholmske Dampskibsselskab

The company was based in Neksø. The flag was white with a red 6-point star and a red border.
Source: Danmarks Skibsliste 1953, p.261, rnr.82
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 21 June 2025

A/S Det Compagnie Oversøiske

The company was based in København. It was a red flag with white disk and red swastika. I guess this is an overseas company, trading (f.i.) in India.
Source: Brown´s Flags and Funnels (Wedge 1926)
Jarig Bakker, 19 Dec 2004

Othello Shipping Co.

The company is based in København, specialised in the transportation of LPG and chemical gases, and part of the Ultragas group (Chile).
Source: company website (in English).
Othello´s tanker fleet counts seventeen ships: eleven of them are operated by Rotterdam based Unigas, three by Unigas Kosan (Hong Kong), and three by Maersk.  Crewing and maintenance on the other hand are taken care of by Bernhard Schulte (Cyprus) and Star Management (Japan). The "Fleet" page (upper menu) presents the various ships most of which are registered in the Isle of Man or Singapore: seehere.
The house flag is divided quarterly white (top, bottom) and red (hoist, fly) and a double black ring in the centre representing the initial "O". The point, where the four triangles meet, remains hidden.
Jan Mertens, 27 May 2009

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