Netherlands Community Welcomes New Ship A reception was held yesterda aboard the new K.P.M. liner Bois-se vain which arrived in this port yesterday on her maiden voyage on the K.P.M. Orient-Java-Africa Line, to mark the inauguration of the- new regular monthly service on this line which will be carried on by their new Wners Boissevain, Tegelberg and Ruys.
The Boissevain is the first of these ships to arrive here and will stop in this port until tomorrow morning when she leaves for Hongkong. This liner was built in Hamburg at the Blohm and Voss shipyards, and launched last year. Having past all her tests on the Elbe and in the North Sea in November 1937, she was commissioned to the Far East service where she and her sister liners are replacing the same company's ships Tasman, Houtman, Roggeveen, Barentsz and Bontekoe.
The liner is named in honour of Mr. J. Boissevain, one of the three founders of the K.P.M. who submitted a petition to the Netherlands sovereign in 1889 which marked the inauguration of the K.P.M. The remaining two liners are named after the other two founders of the company, Mr. W. Ruys and Mr. P. E. Tegelberg, who also signed the mentioned petition.
The Boissevain was built in Germany on a special barter agreement, in accordance to which the payment for the liner was made in Netherlands Indies produce, including a considerable quantity of Sumatra tobacco. The other two ships were built in the Netherlands Shipbuilding yards in Amsterdam, and "De Schelde" yards at Flushing.
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