For more than 170 years plus, Smith Bell has been dynamically involved in various business ventures in the Philippines. Reputed for its integrity and professional excellence, Smith Bell\'s history is colored with a sense of expansion, growth and diversification. During the 70\'s and 80\'s came, the company consolidated and sold some of its investments, positioning itself in its areas of expertise. Today, the Smith Bell Group of Companies offers a wide range of services such as insurance and re-insurance brokers, crewing agency and manning, vessel husbanding, tramp/tank, and liner services, chartering brokers, heavy equipment suppliers, loan facilities and financing, and import and export. It also offers claims settling, cargo surveys, hull and machinery surveys, surveillance and superintendence, petroleum, and petrochemical surveys, hydrotesting and tank calibrations. Expertise in its specialized fields, and manned with a staff of competent and committed individuals, Smith Bell Corp. has established a reputation of professionalism and reliability. As it faces the daily challenges of an ever-changing world, Smith Bell continues to rely entirely on its unchanging tradition of Integrity and Excellence -- its changeless core amidst a changing world.