MARUTA SANGYO K.K.

The earlier records show Maruta’s red emblem on a white band, with a blue funnel base and black top.

Chem Taurus on 7 July 2009 is listed with Shenlong as registered owner, Maruta as manager, Ace Tankers as operator and Fairfield-Maxwell as group owner. Rosanoski identifies the emblem as Maruta’s, while explicitly offering his explanation as a theory. The ship had been Chembulk Casablanca under Maruta’s name subsidiary Lukia Maritime, then Fairchem Danube under Shenlong from 2006. A 2007 photograph apparently showed Fairfield-Maxwell colours without the emblem. The later Chem Taurus name and Ace operation may explain the return of Maruta’s emblem as an owners’ mark. Rosanoski distinguishes Ace’s usual red funnel with a stylised white A, and notes that the photographed emblem is not Fairfield-Maxwell’s.