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![[H. & R. Schepers]](../images/d/de~schep.gif)
image by Jarig Bakker, 7 Sep 2005
Reederei H. & R. Schepers G.m.b.H., Elsfleth - red octagonal
on white, black "S".
Elsfleth is a bit north of Bremen, along the Weser river.
Image after Brown's Flags and Funnels Shipping Companies of the World,
compiled by J.L. Loughran, Glasgow, 1995 [lgr95]
Jarig Bakker, 7 Sep 2005
![[Reederei Wilhelm Schepers]](../images/d/de~rws.gif)
image by Jarig Bakker, 16 Oct 2005
Reederei Wilhelm Schepers K.G., Haren/Ems - blue flag, white
circle, white "S".
(Haren (Ems) is a few kms from the Dutch border near the big city of
Emmen (Drenthe).
Image after Brown's Flags and Funnels Shipping Companies of the World,
compiled by J.L. Loughran, Glasgow, 1995 [lgr95]
Jarig Bakker, 16 Oct 2005
![[Schepers Rhein-See-Linie]](../images/d/de~srsl.gif)
image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Apr 2009
The company was located in Duisburg-Ruhrort. The flag is divided per saltire into red and white. In the quaters are black capitals "S"(top), "R"(hoist), "S"(fly) and "L"(bottom).
Source: "Flaggen, Schornsteine, Reedereien- Flaggen und Schornsteine der deutschen Reedereien und ihre Schiffe ber 300 BRT"; Hamburg 1957; p.F25
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 Apr 2009
![[TS-Gruppe]](../images/d/de~ts.gif)
image by Ivan Sache, 12 Jun 2009
In 1910, Captain Rudolf Schepers (1875-1949) became the sole owner of
the "Haren 76", which had been purchased in 1903 from B. Sibum by his father
Hermann. In 1926, Schepers purchased his first iron ship, which he renamed
"Thekla", for his wife name. After Rudolf's death, Thekla transferred his
three ships, "Rudolf", "Thea" and "Hans" to her sons Gerhardt, Hermann
and Heinrich.
The fourth son, also named Rudolf (b. 1915), ordered in 1950 the "Rudolf
Schepers" and in 1955 the "Thekla Schepers". In 1969, Thekla Schepers and
Heinz Bölle founded the shipping company "Thekla Schepers KG". They took
over the "Rudolf Schepers", which sailed until 1977 as the "Marus". The
family subsequently founded the "Tesch" group, eventually renamed in 2003
"Reederei Thekla Schepers GmbH & Co. KG".
"Reederei TS-Shipping GmbH & Co. KG" was founded in 2005.
The company currently operates five container vessels, another three
more being expected in 2009-2010. Four of them fly the flag of Antigua
and Barbuda, the fifth the flag of Malta.
The house flag of "Thekla Schepers" is shown, graphically, on the company
website as green with two horizontal white stripes near the top and
bottom of the flag and the white letters "TS" in the middle.
Ivan Sache, 12 Jun 2009
![[Reederei Unitas]](../images/d/de~uni.gif)
image by Ivan Sache, 12 Jun 2009
"Reederei Unitas" is another company founded in Haren by the Schepers
family (Hermann and Stefan). The company currently operates five container
vessels.
The house flag of "Unitas", as hoisted in front of the company
seat, is horizontally divided red-white-red with a black "U" in the
middle.
Ivan Sache, 12 Jun 2009
![[Securitas]](../images/d/de~sec.gif)
image by Ivan Sache, 12 Jun 2009
The ship "Iduna"
is operated under the flag of "Securitas Schiffahrts GmbH", similar but
with a "S" instead of the "U".
Ivan Sache, 12 Jun 2009