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Thursday 4 January 2018

Brazilian cabinet paying building of cargo ship in Poland with coffee according to the Dutch magazine Schip en Werf dated 4 February 1938

An item reported that the Brazilian cabinet ordered the building of a 8.000 tons cargo ship by the International Shipbuilding&Engineering Company Limited, Danzig, Poland probably to be operated by the Lloyd Brasiliro. The building costs of 3.500.000 Danziger guilders were to be paid in coffee in stead of cash.