it was not all plain sailing though, for there were a number of violent strikes in may 1959 over raised government subsidies and tariff increases. as a result brazil's president, juscelino kubitsckek (1956 to 1961), expropriated the assets of the fleet of vessels serving public at the time, passing control of them over to the union. in 1967, the federal government created stbg s. a - serviço de transportes da baía de guanabara as part of the nationalization plans that were sweeping through brazil, but the company did not last long, and was abolished with the inauguration of the ponte presidente costa e silva.
