guards against moisture spoilage of cargo, and consists of a dehumidifying 

 unit adjacent to the engine room, with a piping system to the cargo holds. 



Passenger and crew accommodations are comfortable, spacious and 

 conveniently located amidships. Twelve passengers may travel in the four 

 twin-bed staterooms and two single-bed staterooms equipped with sofas. 

 Passenger quarters are ventilated by wind-scoop-type air-ports. In addi- 

 tion to the passenger and officers dining room on the cabin deck, there 

 is a lounge with separate pantry on the boat deck. 



The company has also purchased two additional passenger-cargo vessels 

 of the C-3 type — the /. W. Mc Andrew and the George F. Elliot (for- 

 merly the Delargentino and the Del brazil). When reconversion is com- 

 pleted, each will have de luxe accommodations for seventy-two passengers, 

 and will carry 5,000 tons of cargo. These ships, built in 1941, are 7,997 

 gross tons, 465 feet long and have a speed of about 17}/^ knots. It is 

 anticipated they will be in operation early in 1948, and will make a sail- 

 ing every five weeks. 



The service to South and East Africa is operated on a basis of weekly 

 sailings from the port of New York. Prior to departure from New York, 

 the ships make regular calls to discharge and load cargo at other Atlantic 

 ports, including Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Norfolk, Charleston 

 and Savannah. The six new C-3 vessels of the company and its two addi- 

 tional C-3 type vessels are operated on this route. Additional ships are 

 chartered from time to time to maintain the weekly sailing frequency. 



There is no more fascinating story of trade development for any area 

 of the world than is revealed by studying the statistics of trade between 

 this country and South and East Africa since 1921. In 1921, our exports 

 to that area amounted to just over 169,000 weight tons of cargo. In 1946, 

 exports exceeded 863,000 weight tons, a slight decrease from the wartime 

 peak, in 1941, of 1,058,000 tons. 



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