House Flags of U.S. Shipping Companies: N

Naess Shipping Co

 image by Joe McMillan

Naess Shipping Co, New York <us~$naes.gif> (Source: [usn61])
As Naess was one of the members of the American Committee for Flags of Necessity, I assume it did not operate under the U.S. flag but under flags of convenience. As it evidently did not belong to the successor organization, the Federation of American-Controlled Shipping, I would assume it was out of business by the time FACS was formed in 1974. The house flag was red with a large white lozenge and a blue N.
Source: US Navy's 1961 H.O.

Joe McMillan, 2 November 2001

Naess Shipping Co. According to Loughran (1979) the company had an extensive fleet of tankers and bulk carriers and was taken over by Zapata Marine Services Inc. of Houston who operated the new fleet as Zapata Naess Ltd. out of Hamilton, Bermuda. This was a short lived venture as by the end of the year it was acquired by P&O. Whilst operating the ships were not registered in their name but under assorted companies. They appear to have been part of an international grouping with others being Naess, Denholm & Co. Ltd. of the U.K. and Nederlandse Norness Scheepvaart Maatschappij N.V. of Holland with the latter having a similar flag but the diamond being smaller.

Neale Rosanoski, 9 March 2003

Navios

image by Ivan Sache

Navios - a horizontal blue-white-blue-white-blue flag charged with a red circle and a white 'N'.
Source: www.navios.com/navios_company/index.html
Dov Gutterman, 11 October 2003