 The ship landed in Rio on 16 May 1940.According to the board report issued by Captain Nestore Martinelli, she was carrying 1015 passengers, 336 of which came ashore.Among the first class passengers, there were the new Belgian Ambassador in Rio, Mr. Maurice Cuvalier, the new Italian consul in Belo Horizonte, Tranquillo Bianco, and the secretary for the Dutch legation in Rio, Jonkheer H.M. von der Wijck.