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A Portuguese company based in the Azores. The logo includes the flag I’m
sending. The flying bird is not well visible, but it looks more like some kind
of seabird than like a hawk. It’s quite a nice
flag, in my humble opinion.
Jorge Candeias, 31 Jan 1998
The white and blue background pattern of this flag consists of the
International Signal Code letters Mike
and Alpha, which are the company’s main
inicials.
António Martins, 10 Dec 2001
No idea on this one. I have a feeling that this is portuguese, but it is
not based on any fact. A flag like the one I’m sending appears together with
other “text flags” on just one pole.
Jorge Candeias, 06 Jan 1998
Navex, Empresa Portuguesa de Navegação, SA (which translates as
Navex, Portuguese Navigation Company) is a navigation agent, dealing locally
with other people’s businesses. This company has a logo that includes
the picture of a flag. It is possible that this picture represents the actual
flag used by the company. The flag in the picture is square, white, with a
light blue and white funnel, charged with a red something that looks vaguely
like a thick sans-serif italic capital "N", and something that apparently
comes out of the funnel. For no particular reason (other than a hunch),
since the source image but clear, I put there the company name.
Jorge Candeias, 28 Jul 2003
The company itself has a very low internet profile. I couldn’t find a webpage or a picture of the logo, all I could find was the name of the thing in lists of port traffic in a couple of portuary authorities’ sites, and some contact information. Looks like the company has at least two offices, one in Lisbon (th