In May 2020, Mintra released 2 new online courses for employees and managers with the latest international guidance on how to safely return to work

3 Jun 2020

Norwegian Constitution Day, on the 17th of May, will be celebrated a bit differently than normal this year due to COVID-19.

17 May 2020

Virtual Classrooms are an efficient and effective alternative to face-to-face training. They are live, low cost, flexible and social.

13 May 2020

Charles Darwin famously said that ‘it is the one that is the most adaptable to change’ who will survive.

23 Apr 2020

Enabling the entire company to work remotely has been a new experience, which undoubtedly comes with many unique scenarios and challenges.

20 Apr 2020

We asked OCS HR Consultant Chun Hian Bong to share his experiences with COVID-19 so far and shed some light on what to expect

8 Apr 2020

It is estimated that the average adult makes about 35,000 conscious decisions every day.

8 Apr 2020

The recent years saw a significant technological shift towards automation of various on-board processes in the maritime industry.

15 Jan 2020

Even though there is an estimated number of 1,600,000 seafarers globally, the shortage of seafarers has already been identified as a global issue.

11 Dec 2019

My name is Ana, I have just finished a 4-week internship here at MINTRA as part of Career Ready, a programme to provide young people with internships

1 Aug 2019

Behind every tanker, container ship, oil rig stands the crew, responsible for the safe operation of this complex machinery.

25 Jul 2019

“Cognition” is defined as the act of knowing and cognitive skills of the seafarers are the ones that deal with the mechanisms of how they learn.

21 Jun 2019

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