Hapag-Lloyd container question

[nkalanaga]

Does anyone know when Hapag-Lloyd adopted their current logo?  Their earliest containers just had the name, in all upper-case letters, without a logo.  Pictures of those containers are very rare, at least online, so their current logo must have come into use fairly early.

[samusi01]

Possibly after your era?

Here's an image that claims to be early 1980s, and there's not a single newer style large star in sight: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Regina_M%C3%A6rsk_at_sea_(1983)_(7312762996).jpg

As you note, they started using their name first (some variants in individual boxes), then the star was added by 1975, also in a small box. I'm not sure when they switch to the large star, but it was present by very late 1980s.

[nkalanaga]

Unfortunately, those are Maersk containers, not Hapag-Lloyd.  Here's the old H-L scheme:

and the new one:


I didn't realize Maersk was in business in the late 60s.  That's another one I can add to my potential purchases, so thank you for the information on it!

[ksmiley]

Rob O'Regan photo from 1979 [ Guests cannot view attachments ]

[ksmiley]

Side note, I don't see any Maersk containers in this source, mostly around 1979 time frame. http://www.robx1.net/index/index.htm

[Mark5]

Does anyone know when Hapag-Lloyd adopted their current logo?  Their earliest containers just had the name, in all upper-case letters, without a logo.  Pictures of those containers are very rare, at least online, so their current logo must have come into use fairly early.

Sometime after I last had a front porch train watching spot (1977).

Mark

[Mark5]

This is from 1976. I used to see these frequently.

Mark

[samusi01]

Unfortunately, those are Maersk containers, not Hapag-Lloyd.  Here's the old H-L scheme:

Well, that's a colossal reading failure on my part. Both Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd have been off my radar, as I've not seen much evidence of their presence for my locale and date. H-L was formed in 1968 and I've seen at least one of the old scheme in a mid 1970s image. Beyond that... this might help, 1978: https://flickr.com/photos/saltacornu/1439102879/in/photostream/

[nkalanaga]

The old scheme lasted well into the 70s, if not longer, so I'm not worried about having them.  My question was whether, in 1974, I could use the newer logo.  Since Mark says (Thank you!) that he hadn't yet seen the new logo in 1977, I will assume that it doesn't belong on my railroad. 

I notice that, even in 1978, there were a lot more old than new scheme containers.

Thank you, everybody.