SAMIN SHIPPING CO. LTD.

The funnel is based on Ali S on 28 April 2007, whose S most closely resembles that of the flag logo. Hasan S, Abdul, Mona S and Zenobia show slight differences in letter shape, all upright. Rosanoski considers the flag most likely to belong to the Cypriot Samin Shipping company if restricted to the shipping businesses, since the related companies’ funnel colours differ; use by the parent remains possible. Jan Mertens also recorded a Samin table flag in 2007.

Rabee’s starboard funnel, photographed on 6 September 2013, has a slanting S. Continued use of the Samin emblem prompted the unresolved discussion of its relationship with Sea Spirit Enterprise.

Samin Shipping was formed in 1983 as Ali Samin Shipping Co. and renamed in 1989. References variously locate its head office in Limassol and Tartous, with offices also at Constantza. Rosanoski initially interprets the Tartous headquarters as that of the parent Ali Samin & Co.; the later archived company site itself gives Tartous. Lloyds 2011–12 has separate Limassol and Tartous entries. The website traces the family’s shipping to the mid-1940s, when Ali Samin and his father operated schooners in the Eastern Mediterranean, and describes the current management as the “23rd generation”.

In discussion of Rabee, Rosanoski records Rabee Marine Ltd. as registered owner and Sea Spirit Enterprise SAL of Beirut as ship and ISM manager from 2011. Other fleet vessels appeared to have passed to Sea Spirit around the same time. He could find no evidence of a corporate connection, despite the continued emblem, and treats any Samin involvement behind Sea Spirit as speculation. An agents’ page was cited as evidence of continuing Samin operations, with its different trade only assumed.

Cyprus, Limassol; the source also records a Tartous head office and a separate Syrian register entry.