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Tugboat Company Adriaan Kooren B.V., Rotterdam
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image by Gerard van der Vaart, 30 Mar 2005
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Adriaan Kooren
image by Jarig Bakker, 3 Sep 2005
Sleepdienst Adriaan Kooren B.V., Rotterdam (a tugging company) - quartered
VBVR, in center white "K".
Image after Brown's Flags and Funnels Shipping Companies of the World,
compiled by J.L. Loughran, Glasgow, 1995 [lgr95].
Jarig Bakker, 3 Sep 2005
Kotug
Kotug (tug company) houseflag currently and several years earlier to be
seen on tugs in the port of Rotterdam (NL); maybe also in the ports of
Hamburg and Bremerhaven (Germany).
A Group of Companies, each with its own function and specialisation
in the present maritime world, is housed in Kotug International B.V.
Tugboat Company Adriaan Kooren B.V., Schleppreederei Kotug GmbH and
Société Nouvelle de Remorquage du Havre (SNRH) are rendering
towage services in respectively the ports of Rotterdam/Europoort, Hamburg,
Bremerhaven and Le Havre. Ton Kooren International Marine Services B.V.
is handling with all national and international enquiries in respect of
world-wide towages, salvages, dredging-assistances, barge transportations
and offshore operations.
The foundation of Kotug was laid in the second half of the 19th century
when Johannes Kooren started waterborne transportation services in the
Netherlands. Since that start our tugs show the white "K" as our trademark,
in their funnels. In the beginning of the 20th century the waterborne transportation
activities grew to include towage services, initially on the Netherlands
inland waterways and in and around the port of Rotterdam. This activity
gradually expanded over the years to the dredging industry and into the
offshore, conventional towage and salvage sectors. In the last decade,
Kotug established a trusted reputation by successfully breaking harbour
towage monopolies in Rotterdam, Hamburg, Bremerhaven and Le Havre.
In addition to the present fleet of tugboats, Kotug also owns and operates
eight of the innovative Rotortugs. These in-house designed tugs are amongst
the most powerful and manoevrable harbour tugs in the world. The unmatched
manoeuvrability and massive power reserve enables the Rotortug to reduce
the number of tugs required for many jobs considerably, meaning significant
savings for clients without any concession regarding safety. During the
last years, Kotug and sistercompany Kooren Shipbuilding and Trading B.V.
have won several prestigious maritime prizes amongst others for this revolutionary
and world-wide patented Rotortug concept.
Source: the company's website.
Gerard van der Vaart, 30 Mar 2005
Kotug variant 1
image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 May 2007
About Kotug flags in Hamburg.
Flag: The flag is quarterly divided (red-green-green-blue). The whole
is superimposed by a white "K". The vertical bar of the letter is clearly
smaller than the other ones.
For further information: company website.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 May 2007
That is interesting - the table flag shown by Josef Nüsse has a
"regular" K, see third item on this
page, and so are the K's on the funnels, here
(click tug names for photos). To end, the Kotug link provided shows the
same one. This is a Dutch firm, but there are offices in the German ports
of Hamburg and Bremerhaven.
What Klaus-Michael sent could well be the German variant.
Jan Mertens, 17 May 2007
Kotug burgee
image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 May 2007
Kotug Pennant: The pattern is the same like that one of the flag. The
pennant is stuck on the prow.
A crewman of the tug-boat DENEMARKEN showed me this flags on 2 April
2007.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 May 2007
Kotug blue flag
image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 May 2007
Kotug Blue flag: The "K" is the same but the background is all blue.
Its also the pattern of the funnels.
Harbour-captain Michael Eick showed me a table-flag on 2 April 2007
in the base of tug-boats in Hamburg-Neumühlen.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 May 2007