SOUTH AFRICAN MARINE CORPORATION LTD.

The flag is a white swallowtail with a light-orange cross bordered blue, centred when the tails are disregarded. Rosanoski says most sources show an ordinary, untapered swallowtail. Red or yellow crosses in other publications are attributed to printing limitations; Brown 1995’s omission of the white funnel band is suspect. The funnel’s white band varied in width. Safmarine Concord in August 2003 confirms the funnel without a black top.

The fleet commodore used a true pennant, recorded as 2.95 m by 1 m.

Mike Oettle describes an orange Scandinavian cross bordered blue, reflecting the orange, white and blue associated with the former government. Safmarine Agencies registered a flag with the Bureau of Heraldry on 3 September 1969: “Argent a cross Tenne bordered Azure.”

The company website places the cross centre nearer the hoist. A partly obscured photograph of a small actual flag supports the colours and suggests little or no taper.

Safmarine Lualaba and Safmarine Zambezi show the same design on opposite funnel sides; Zambezi flies the Maersk flag. Safmarine Amazon encloses the flag in a circle on a narrow funnel, whereas Safmarine Concord has a horizontal oval and longer flag on a wider funnel. Some vessels have black tops. Safmarine Agulhas shows lighter, Maersk-style blue.

SafBulk used this funnel for general service and the later tanker fleet; the white band frequently varied in width.

Elsewhere the source assigns the same illustration number to Skukuza Shipping Corporation, not otherwise located; that conflicting label is not silently resolved.