Goal 3:
Health & Wellness
“ Good health IS good business ”
3: Health & Wellness
Good health and well-being are fundamental to worker effectiveness and satisfaction. SMT supports many initiatives that foster a healthy work environment, ranging from awareness training to fitness challenges. We are acutely aware of the stressors that many seafarers and shore-based personnel experience, and the company is proud of its partnership with mental health professionals who offer 24/7 counseling services to all SMT personnel. We maintain an extensive network of medical professionals that support the health of our crew while they are onboard and work together to provide medical care and support when required.
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More UN Goals
3: Health & Wellness
Good health and well-being are fundamental to worker effectiveness and satisfaction. SMT supports many initiatives that foster a healthy work environment, ranging from awareness training to fitness challenges. We are acutely aware of the stressors...
4: Quality Education
SMT is a learning organization, and the company is driven to raise the standards of maritime education within its community and throughout the world. SMT's e-learning platform provides its workers with easy access to training...
7: Affordable & Clean Energy
SMT heartily supports the use of cleaner energy sources wherever possible. Examples of this include solar energy in our offices and the use of cleaner shore-based electric power while our vessels are in port. In...
8: Decent Work & Economic Growth
SMT achieves full and productive employment and decent work for all women and men, including young people and persons with disabilities, and equal pay for work of equal value. SMT hires local professionals wherever possible...
9: Industry, Innovation & Infrastructure
Innovation is at the core of SMT’s work. Our company is one of the global leaders in bulk and break bulk cargo, which is used by our clients to develop infrastructure around the world. SMT...
11: Sustainable Cities & Communities
SMT is proud to partner with local jurisdictions to promote sustainable development practices. This encompasses a wide range of policies, ranging from ethical treatment of our workers to recycling programs both on the vessels and...
13: Climate Action
SMT's fleet features many vessels with eco-friendly designs aimed at maximizing fuel efficiency and reducing emissions. SMT's minibulker/MPP vessel group includes the "super green fleet" whose environmentally friendly designs reduce fuel consumption by 25 to...
14: Life Below Water
SMT engages in a number of initiatives that support the world’s marine ecosystems. These include, but are not limited to, the strict use of low Sulphur marine fuel, the management of eco-friendly vessels, the maintenance...