Denis,,who are the people who nowadays sailing on freigthers as passengers ?

Denis,
It was in the 60's when the passenger shipping to South America was in the final years. I have some brochures as the promotion for this travel, edited by Hamburg-Süd.

Who were those 12 passengers on such ships? VIPs or random persons who missed their plane?

This class of 6 ships with accomodation for 12 passengers was memorable for the South America East Coast merchant shipping history.

Hamburg-Süd?? A white swan of the south atlantic??