The Last Ocean Liners to Africa & Latin America

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South Africa These long distance routes included ocean liners to Southern and East Africa, the West Indies and South America. Jet aircraft were not a serious threat until the late 1960s, and so these ocean liners benefited from a steady flow of business even after the North Atlantic trade was in its decline.

Brasil The British, French, Dutch, Portuguese and Italians had strong commercial and cultural reasons for passenger services to their former colonial outposts. Most lines also carried considerable freight such as manufactured goods and localized cargoes.

Click the shipping companies listed below for essential history, ships, trade routes, images and very interesting facts: