A Closer Look At the Migrant Boat Disaster Off Greece
by Captain John Konrad (gCaptain) On June 13, a grim and preventable disaster unfolded in the Mediterranean Sea. A fishing trawler known as the Adriana, overburdened with around 750 migrants,...
gCaptain’s Co Founder, Tim Konrad, and Marketing Director, Mike Schuler returned this week from the International WorkBoat Show where they had a chance to speak with the guys over at Mobilarm. The good fellows at Mobilarm have developed a new man overboard system known as Crewsafe. Crewsafe provides a new level of marine employee safety and security through crew location monitoring, automatic alarm and in-water tracking in a man overboard situation. It’s a pretty slick system that has the potential to save numerous lives. Here is a brief rundown of how the system works.
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