June 2020
Guinea crew change; mission accomplished!
A big round of applause to all involved in the recent crew change for our vessels involved in SMT"s Guinea transshipment project, including transshipper Conakry Pearl, barges Cape Verga Pearl I and Cape Verga Pearl II, shuttle vessel Honor, and tugs Stork and Polen. This extensive operation included a chartered flight from Amsterdam to Cape Verde Islands, then a full day's trip onboard transport vessel Kasey to a mid-ocean rendezvous point with our SMT flotilla! Once again, this project could not have been successful without the help of so many individuals: SMT's Crewing and Travel Departments were instrumental, as were SMT’s Marc Smeets, Geerten Vreugdenhil, Jacek Kaszubski and all our colleagues at EMAR Offshore Services. We thank Mark A. van Elzakker, Head Immigration Liaison Office & Border Office in the Netherlands once again for his full support, Bruno Silva of Navex - Empresa Portuguesa de Navegação for his great work as our agent in Cape Verde, and the entire flight crew of the A380 we chartered from SmartLynx Airlines Ltd. Above all, we thank our devoted seafarers who go above and beyond expectations every day for the benefit of our SMT community. Let’s keep up the great work!

Fleet notice – pandemic update 31.03.2021
Shore leave restrictions in Europe According to the previous Fleet Notice we decided to suspend shore leave permission in the European countries, where number of infected persons per 100,000 citizens is greater than 100. Below...

MV Whyalla joins SMT Transshipment
MV Whyalla, a 13,000DWT gravity-fed belt unloader converted to a transhipper, has joined SMT’s transshipment operation in Ghana. The vessel is equipped with twin azimuth drives for propulsion and a strong bow thruster, enhancing its...

Fleet Notice – travel information COVID-19 – 24.01.2021
Please note, that the Government of The Netherlands implement more severe travelling restrictions being in force from 23/01/2021. One of the most important for us is a requirement of additional rapid covid test to be...

SMT Shipping and Carisbrooke Shipping partner with Nautilus Labs for collaboration to optimize fleet performance
(New York, USA / Cowes, UK / Limassol, CYPRUS – January 12, 2020) Nautilus Labs, the technology firm advancing the efficiency of ocean commerce through artificial intelligence, announced their partnership to optimize fleet performance with...

SMT launches monthly safety bulletin
SMT has launched a monthly safety bulletin to be distributed to all SMT vessels and shore staff. The bulletin is produced by the Crew Welfare Task Force, an interdepartmental team focused on seafarer health and...

SMT announces dates for Virtual Crew Conference!
SMT’s Crewing Department will be hosting Crew Week 2020, its first webinar-based crew conference, on Week 49, 30 November to 4 December. SMT seafarers and shore staff from around the world will share experiences and...