▁up ▁the ▁new ▁company . ▁This ▁was ▁done ▁by ▁rev iving ▁the ▁d orm ant ▁articles ▁of ▁association ▁of ▁the ▁old ▁Southern ▁Wh aling ▁and ▁Se aling ▁Company , ▁which ▁Le ver ▁B ros . ▁had ▁bought ▁in ▁ 1 9 1 9 ▁then ▁sold ▁to ▁Christian ▁Sal ves en ▁Ltd ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 1 , ▁and ▁changing ▁the ▁name ▁to ▁Pal m ▁Line . ▁ ▁The ▁name ▁of ▁the ▁new ▁company ▁had ▁not ▁been ▁decided ▁upon ▁without ▁considerable ▁discussion . ▁At ▁one ▁stage ▁the ▁name ▁Sun ▁Line ▁had ▁been ▁put ▁forward . ▁It ▁was ▁Mr ▁Frank ▁Samuel , ▁later ▁to ▁become ▁the ▁new ▁company ' s ▁first ▁chairman ▁who ▁thought ▁of ▁the ▁name ▁' P alm '. ▁ ▁It ▁is ▁notable ▁that ▁all ▁Pal m ▁Line ▁ships , ▁with ▁the ▁exception ▁of ▁K ano ▁Pal m ▁and ▁K ats ina ▁Pal m , ▁built ▁before ▁ 1 9 7 0 ▁had ▁to ▁be ▁less ▁than ▁ ▁long ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁navigate ▁the ▁cre eks ▁of ▁Niger ia . ▁Dra ug ht ▁is ▁another ▁important ▁feature . ▁The ▁coast ▁of ▁West ▁Africa ▁is ▁extremely ▁flat , ▁and ▁the ▁slow - mov ing ▁rivers ▁and ▁tid al ▁curr ents ▁have ▁combined ▁to ▁build ▁up ▁long ▁sand ▁bars ▁a ▁mile ▁or ▁two ▁off ▁the ▁coast . ▁To ▁enter ▁most ▁of ▁the ▁rivers , ▁ships ▁must ▁pass ▁over ▁these ▁bars ; ▁ ▁being ▁the ▁maximum ▁dra ug ht ▁to ▁serve ▁all ▁ports . ▁Even ▁so , ▁to ▁enter ▁many ▁rivers , ▁- ▁for ▁example