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!

SMT Shipping adopts guest room at Familiehuis Daniel den Hoed
Since December 2022, SMT Shipping has adopted one of the thirty guest rooms at Familiehuis Daniel den Hoed. SMT Shipping adopted this guest room to ensure that cancer patients and their loved ones can stay...
Pandemic restrictions update – 19.08.2022
The number of infections is continuing rising again in many countries. Unfortunately, in the latest two weeks several SMT ships have been affected by covid. Despite relatively light sickness symptoms (we believe owing to vaccinations),...
EXTREMELY IMPORTANT Fleet Notice: Pandemic Update 21/10/2021 – Entering USA – only for vaccinated seafarers
Dear All, Please see below an information about Announcement of The White House. Following it only vaccinated seamen can enter USA (this refers also to transit flights). Considering majority of crew changes on Western Hemisphere...

SMT Shipping participates into KLM’s Sustainable Aviation Fuel Programme
On September 18th, SMT CFO Marcel Heijnsbroek signed an agreement with KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, officially launching SMT’s membership into KLM’s Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) Programme. As one of the first maritime transport companies to participate in this program,...
SMT Shipping Netherlands moves to Rotterdam!
SMT Shipping Netherlands is pleased to announce their move to Westerlaan Tower, located in the premier ‘Scheepvaartkwartier’ in Rotterdam. Says CFO Marcel Heijnsbroek: “Our new office, with its panoramic views of the Maas River, provides...

Fleet notice – pandemic update 22.04.2021
Amendments in crew changes procedures Please note, that due to consecutive cases of infections on board of our fleet vessels, we have to create more restricted on-signing procedures: On-signers with negative PCR tests done not...