![[van Oord houseflag]](../images/n/nl~voor.gif)
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image by Jarig Bakker, 22 May 2006
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A further quote from the ‘History’ section will help to put the above
into perspective:
“Govert van Oord set up his own company as early as 1868. One hundred
years ago, dredgers Adriaan Volker and Hollandsche Aanneming Maatschappij
were leading companies. In that same period, NV Amsterdamse Ballast played
a significant role in the field of sand dredging and the execution of marine
engineering works. What all of these companies had in common, was their
entrepreneurial spirit and technical ingenuity. Market and technical
developments slowly brought these companies together.”
It would be best to explore ‘Archive’ and ‘Activities’ to get an idea
of Van Oord’s range, geographical as well as technical – there is simply
too much to mention here. In any case the firm's prime activity is
dredging (for all sorts of purposes: land reclamation, waterworks, harbour
extension, etc.). Offshore installations are the area of Mammoet
Van Oord at Gorinchem.
Van Oord’s fleet consists of about 350 units (not all of these are
vessels, of course) and comprises trailing suction hopper dredges,
cutter suction dredgers, water injection dredgers, flexible fall pipe vessels,
side stone dumping vessels and – last but not least – vertical drain installations.
(All these and more are painstakingly described and illustrated on the
site, videos included. Very instructive to a landlubber such as me!)
But to get to the house flag – it is shown at the top (far right) of
the Van Oord webpages and can be seen hoisted in front of the head office
(‘Contact us’ section). Resembling the logo on the second Van Oord
flag at FOTW-ws, ACZ Marine Contractors,
it is white with a large orange triangle in the fly, presenting its slanting
side to a blue wave starting from the hoist.
The flag can be seen in use on the ‘Panter’
(about 2/3 down the page) - the real flags also bear the company name in
white letters.
Jan Mertens, 1 May 2006
![[Dredging V.O.2 houseflag]](../images/n/nl~dvo2.gif)
image by Jarig Bakker, 21 Dec 2005
I just found in Loughran's "A Survey of Mercantile Houseflags &
Funnels", 1979, an image of the houseflag of Dredging V.O.2 N.V., Urecht,
for which Loughran produced this description:
"Dredging V.O.2., of Utrecht, a combination of Van Oord Dredging and
Van Ommeren interests, use an emblem which is evocative of a grab, dredging
spoil from the sea bed.".
Jarig Bakker, 21 Dec 2005
![[ACZ Marine Contractors houseflag]](../images/n/nl~aczmc.gif)
image by Jarig Bakker, 17 Nov 2005
ACZ Marine Contractors, Gorinchem - Divided by vertical slanting line;
at hoist horizontal stripes of green and blue; a white fly charged with
the square firm's logo.
Source: Brown's Flags and Funnels of Shipping Companies of the World,
compiled by J.L. Loughran, Glasgow, 1995.
Jarig Bakker, 17 Nov 2005
Judging from the logo, the company appears now to be known as Van Oord,
and specializes in dredging.
When I looked at the flag, I was wondering if the vertical line and
emblem might be a representation of the funnel on the flag.
Phil Nelson, 17 Nov 2005
![[ACZ old (?) flag]](../images/n/nl~acz0.gif)
image by Jarig Bakker, 17 Nov 2005
marktplaats.nl is a Dutch division
of ebay, where quite a few flags are on offer. Not a lot of information
is available there, however. They have now on offer an ACZ flag. This is
evidently a flag of the same company we have: ACZ Marine Contractors, Gorinchem,
a dredging firm, part of the Van Oord group.
The marktplaats-flag is nearly identical to the logo in the fly of
the FOTW-flag, but the green fly-part is extended and is charged with black
letters 'a' and 'z', with in between a larger white 'C'. Perhaps this was
the original of all van Oord flags, but it sure makes this an interesting
flag-family.
Jarig Bakker, 1 Nov 2006
The flag shown as "ACZ old (?) flag" is that of Aannemers Combinatie
Zinkwerken B.V. which was formed in 1973 and changed name 1983 to ACZ
Marine Contractors B.V. It is shown by Loughran 1979 who details the design
as representing a wave breaking against a black sky. Minus the letters
it became a panel on the new flag shown above it following the name change.
ACZ appears to have become part of the Van Oord Groep around 1990.
Neale Rosanoski, 29 Nov 2008
![[Dredging VO 2 International houseflag]](../images/n/nl~dvo2i.gif)
image by Jarig Bakker, 21 Dec 2005
Dredging VO 2 International, Odijk - Divided by vertical slanting
line; at hoist horizontal stripes of green and blue; a white fly charged
with the firm's logo.
Source: Brown's Flags and Funnels of Shipping Companies of the World,
compiled by J.L. Loughran, Glasgow, 1995.
Jarig Bakker, 21 Dec 2005
![[van Oord Utrecht houseflag]](../images/n/nl~oord.gif)
image by Jarig Bakker, 17 Nov 2005
Aannemings Maatschappij van Oord Utrecht B.V., Utrecht - Divided by
vertical slanting line; at hoist horizontal stripes of green and blue;
a white fly charged with the square firm's logo.
(per hoist-diagonal white over red is the flag of Utrecht
city)
Source: Brown's Flags and Funnels of Shipping Companies of the World,
compiled by J.L. Loughran, Glasgow, 1995.
Jarig Bakker, 17 Nov 2005
