ASAHI KAIUN K.K. (1)

Alan Watt identifies Brown 1958’s splayed letter points as incorrect for the Tokyo company. Phil Nelson provides the FOTW flag illustration.

The funnel follows a photograph of Asahi Maru dated 17 September 2005. The company website’s flag places the horizontal arm of the “A” low down and also confirms the funnel.

The Tokyo company, also called Asahi Shipping Co. Ltd., dates from 1946 according to Alan Watt. Rosanoski considers Lloyds’ 1981 date incorrect. Brown calls it Asahi Steamship Co. Ltd. but indexes it as Asahi Kaiun Kaisha. Later registers list Asahi Kisen K.K. as an operating company and place Asahi Shipping within Nippon Yusen Kaisha. Rosanoski warns that numerous separate companies bore the Asahi Kaiun name and that some register entries became confused.

Japan, Tokyo; later Kobe.