RHENUS MIDGARD A.G. & CO. K.G.

The flag is divided diagonally into four quarters, white above and below and blue at hoist and fly. A central white oval, edged blue, contains a blue snake with a disproportionately large head and eye. António Martins suggested a possible reference to the Midgard serpent of Norse mythology. Ivan Sache supplied the mythological context of a serpent holding the world within its coils until its release brings destruction; this is explanatory commentary, not a documented company statement of symbolism.

R217 follows a flag logo on the company website. Rosanoski could not establish whether it had also been used under the previous company name. By August 2009 the site led to Rhenus’s seaports page without flag illustrations.