Dutch merchant ships Venezuela, Ecuador and Colombia of the KWIM sold to Norwegian company according to the Dutch newspaper Suriname: koloniaal nieuws- en advertentieblad dated 11 April 1916

An item reported that the three ships Venezuela, Ecuador and the Columbia belonging to the K.W.I.M. (1) and which were sold to a Norwegian firm were according to the magazine American Exporter a few days later sold again. The American firm W.R. Grace&Co. bought the ships for 1.100.000 dollars each, resulting in a net benefit for the Norwegian owners of 337.500 dollars. The ships were now to be used on the line San Francisco-Mid America.

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1. The N.V. Koninklijke West-Indische M. maildienst Amsterdam. See for this company and her ships the website www.kroonvaarders.com. The Norwegian firm was Hannevig Bros of Chistiana, the American firm the Pacific Mail Steam Ship Company of New York.