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by Joe McMillan, 9 July 2005
Royal Caribbean International was founded in 1968 by a
consortium of three Norwegian shipping
companies: Anders Wilhelmsen & Co, I. M. Skange
& Co., and (later) Gotaas Larson. Wilhelmsen later took over
sole ownership, then turned the line into a joint venture with
the owners of the Hyatt hotel chain and the shipowning Ofer
family. Royal Caribbean operates 19 ships ranging from about
50,000 to over 135,000 tons, each carrying from 2,000 to 3,000
passengers. Its destinations are in the Caribbean, Mediterranean,
North Sea, Alaska, and Hawaii. The flag is white with the company
logo, a crowned anchor, in dark blue.
Source: Observation of flag flying on M/S Empress of the
Seas at anchor in Georgetown, Grand Cayman, last
week. All RCI ships are now registered in the Bahamas.
Joe McMillan, 9 July 2005
Anders Wilhelmsen & Co houseflag:
Diagonally red over blue from lower hoist to upper fly with a
white W in the centre. The other companies should be I. M.
Skaugen & Co. (see houseflag)
and Gotaas-Larsen (houseflag yet unknown).
Their Norwegian language web site says the company now operates
29 ships.
I think the company is based in the US nowadays, though there is
an office in Oslo as well. Anyway, finding out how to attribute
nationality to shipping companies these days is rather difficult
with ships registered under one or more flags and with ownership
from several countries, etc.
Jan Oska
