John Konrad

Join John Konrad, gCaptain’s founder, as he runs through a few of his favorite nautical books. John’s favorite books on the kindle can be found

Fox News reports that the decades-long effort to recognize and honor the U.S. Merchant Marines of WWII took another step forward Wednesday when the House

In today’s edition of gCaptain LIVE our Founder, John Konrad will show some of the gear from our gCaptain Holiday Gift Guide 2016. LINKS Gear Mentioned

Philly Shipyard, Inc. (PSI) today delivered the American Endurance, the first of four next generation 50,000 dwt product tankers that it is building for

The National Transportation Safety Board announced Wednesday its intent to release a more detailed transcript to the audio recording from the El Faro’s

It’s that time of year when the world falls in love and every song you hear seems to say “Merry Christmas”… it’s also time for

When a reporter asked William Francis Gibbs if he loved his favorite ship more than his wife his answer was surprising both in its honesty and in the fact

President-elect Donald Trump is expected to select billionaire shipowner Wilbur Ross Jr as secretary of the Commerce Department, the Wall Street

In today’s edition of gCaptain LIVEour Founder, John Konrad will discuss the recent Saga Sky incident off the coast of Dover and  take a

In today’s edition of gCaptain LIVE our Founder, John Konrad will discuss how to do a great job the first time you are aboard ship. Posted by

Thanks to you 2016 has been a banner year for gCaptain with double-digit growth in readership numbers (nearly 5 Million people have read over 20,000

Today’s Ship Photo Of The Day (SPOTD) shows the platform supply vessel Stril Luna at work in the oil fields off Norway.  When Stril Luna was

Today’s Ship Photo Of The Day (SPOTD) is Atlanship’s refrigerated juice carrier Orange Ocean. Atlanship SA, founded in 1982, is a Swiss

The next time anyone thinks it’s a good idea to invite the Captain down to the ECR for a bit of OJT… realize that this is what deck officers hear when

Watch Motor Boat & Yachting sea trial this stealth HIGH SPEED military interceptor vessel which can be deployed by ship or helicopter and is powered by a

Australia is asking Shenzhen Energy Transport, the owners of the Chinese coal carrier Shen Neng 1, to pay $120m for damage to the Great Barrier

As Hanjin Shipping Co  remains in full damage control mode a new skyscraper built by it’s parent company – the South Korean

The Turkey flagged RoRo SAFFET BEY ran hard aground at a full speed of 16 knots around midnight Saturday morning, on the west side of the

Swiss petrochemical company INEOS has announced that the first cargo of ethane to be exported from Enterprise’s Morgan’s Point, Texas terminal

The Sea Dream I, a luxury cruise ship operated by SeaDream Yacht Club, suddenly caught fire Thursday with 166 people aboard while the ship was off the