The Wall Street Crash of October 1929 started the Great Depression, which sharply reduced the export market for Chilean mining products and hence the country's ability to buy goods from overseas. CSAV lost trade, and especially on its Valparaíso – New York route, so in June 1931 the company suspended the service. It sold "Aconcagua" and "Teno" to Lithgows of Port Glasgow, and in August 1932 both ships returned to Scotland.