MUTUALISTA AÇOREANA DE TRANSPORTES MARITIMOS S.A.

The flag is an unequal blue-white-blue vertical triband swallowtail. The first and largest blue section has a white saltire; overall is a gold bird with a white head flying towards the hoist, beneath an arc of nine gold stars. Martins identifies the blue-and-white pattern as signal letters Mike and Alpha, the company’s main initials. Candeias thought the indistinct bird more like a seabird than a hawk; Rosanoski suggests a raven, linking this to the recurring ship name Corvo. Corvo’s funnel photograph of 26 July 2007 shows the white band slightly broader than the yellow.