John Konrad

Captain John Konrad is the founder and CEO of gCaptain and author of the book Fire On The Horizon. He is licensed to captain the world's largest ships and has sailed from ports around the world. John has built some of the world's most advanced ships and managed billion-dollar offshore construction projects in some of the world's harshest marine environments. John is a distinguished alumnus of New York Maritime College. @JohnKonrad


Wednesday, June 3, 2015
US Flagged RoRo Fire Off  Isle Of Wight
News

US Flagged RoRo Fire Off Isle Of Wight

A ship’s crew has been tackling a blaze on a transporter carrying cars and US military vehicles. The UK MCA has reported a fire was reported at 22:00 BST

June 3, 2015
Total Views: 81

Tuesday, June 2, 2015
LOOK – Close Look At The Complexity Of An FPSO [PHOTO]
Interesting

LOOK – Close Look At The Complexity Of An FPSO [PHOTO]

Today’s ship photo of the day is an extremely high detailed HDR Image the FPSO (floating production, storage and offloading) vessel constructed by

June 2, 2015
Total Views: 196

Monday, June 1, 2015
UPDATE: Chinese River Ship Capsizes In Storm, 458 People Aboard
Lifesaving Incidents

UPDATE: Chinese River Ship Capsizes In Storm, 458 People Aboard

WUHAN, June 2 (Xinhua) — The BBC is reporting that a passenger ship carrying 458 people sank Monday night in the Hubei section of China’s Yangtze

June 1, 2015
Total Views: 55

sea shepard ships Farley Mowat and Jules Verne
Blog

Sea Shepard Grows “Eco-Pirate” Fleet With Purchase Of USCG Vessels

Sea Shepherd Conservation Society has secured two new ships to join its growing armada of activism. Sea Shepherd USA purchased two recently decommissioned U.S.

June 1, 2015
Total Views: 137

Ship Of Death SAGE_SAGITTARIUS
News

Sage Sagittarius, Ship Of Death – ABC Spotlights Murder On The High Seas

The ABC Australia show Four Corners today released the above video about alleged murders aboard the bulk carrier SAGE SAGITTARIUS. Four Corners pieces together

June 1, 2015
Total Views: 145

SV VESTFONN - Baker Hughs Supply Vessel
Ship Fires

Engine Room Fire Breaks Out Aboard Baker Hughes Supply Vessel

The Indian Coast Guard hreported that a major fire broke out on the Baker Hughes Oil Field Services (India) supply vessel Vestfonn off the coast of Mumbai

June 1, 2015
Total Views: 182

Sunday, May 31, 2015
Anti Ship Missile Infographic
Navy

One Big Chart Showing All The Missiles That Can Sink A Ship

[contextly_sidebar id=”ymGx32Jd0NLK7ToTWECtMGQrB87mTsh0″]The first anti-ship missiles (ASMs), developed and built by Nazi Germany, used

May 31, 2015
Total Views: 3911

Friday, May 29, 2015
Ocean Falcon
Press Releases

Launched: North Sea’s Newest Multi Role, Emergency Response and Rescue Vessel

Today Atlantic Offshore Rescue will unveil the third new vessel in the past 12 months as part of its fleet modernisation programme, representing an investment

May 29, 2015
Total Views: 625

Sunday, May 24, 2015
lightning-ship Panama Canal
Photo

Panama Canal Lightning Storm – Ship Photo Of The Day

This photo from the gCaptain archives was submitted by Eric Miller and was taken by John Dunaway, 2nd mate of the 8,000 DWT US Flagged heavy lift vessel M/V

May 24, 2015
Total Views: 118

2 Activists Now Chained To Shell Support Vessel
Interesting

2 Activists Now Chained To Shell Support Vessel

[contextly_sidebar id=”0A1VRjmeY4R4SuK722c6RPy3KX7WAEgG”]Bellingham, Washington -This photograph provided by Reese Semanko shows Chiara Rose, a

May 24, 2015
Total Views: 31

Saturday, May 23, 2015
Harmony Of The Seas
Photo

‘Under Construction’ – Harmony Of The Seas, Ship Photo Of The Day

[contextly_sidebar id=”deSAVPqw3xZfxFAxln58dCifSVkUeqkn”]The above photo is of the latest Oasis-class Mega Cruise Ship Harmony of the Seas’.

May 23, 2015
Total Views: 93

Sunday, May 17, 2015
Short But Vivid 4K Footage Of 13K TEU OOCL Containership  [VIDEO]
Video

Short But Vivid 4K Footage Of 13K TEU OOCL Containership [VIDEO]

A short yet awesome 4K SuperHiRes Quadcopter video of the 13,208 TEU OOCL Bangkok sailing in light rain* off Hong Kong. Video produced by Gary Tyson‘s

May 17, 2015
Total Views: 48

Friday, May 15, 2015
Ship Incident Rate Steady Despite New Technology – Why?
Blog

Ship Incident Rate Steady Despite New Technology – Why?

“Of all the systems on board a vessel, a human being is the most complex, and perhaps the most difficult one to integrate into a system of safer

May 15, 2015
Total Views: 85

Saturday, May 9, 2015
Capesize Demolitions at Record Pace in 2015
News

Capesize Demolitions at Record Pace in 2015

[contextly_sidebar id=”blTEeOrrbM06h22rx3534xyHBlK76W9e”]The Capesize dry bulk demolition market is off to its busiest start ever in 2015 amid some

May 9, 2015
Total Views: 50

Tug Towing Iceberg
News

Ship Photo of the Day – Iceberg Wrangling in the North Atlantic

Atlantic Towing vessels wrangle up an iceberg drifting near offshore rigs in the North Atlantic off the Newfoundland and Labrador coast. The photo was posted

May 9, 2015
Total Views: 235

Saipem Gets Green Light for South Stream Pipelay Project
News

Saipem Gets Green Light for South Stream Pipelay Project

Saipem has just been given the go-ahead by South Stream Transport BV to commence construction of a multi-billion dollar 931 kilometer subsea gas pipeline

May 9, 2015
Total Views: 87

Friday, May 8, 2015
Ocean Falcon – The North Sea’s Newest Emergency Response Vessel
News

Ocean Falcon – The North Sea’s Newest Emergency Response Vessel

Norway-based Atlantic Offshore’s newest emergency response vessel Ocean Falcon has been delivered at the Zamakona Yards facilities in Spain. The ship is

May 8, 2015
Total Views: 574

Offshore

Offloading Giant Cranes from a Ship – Here’s How It’s Done [VIDEO]

The arrival of four new Super Post-Panamax container cranes at the Port of Houston had a lot of people wondering exactly how they are going to offload the

May 8, 2015
Total Views: 1567

shell-video-oil-spill
News

Video: How Shell Plans to Deal with a Worst-Case-Scenario Oil Spill in the Alaskan Arctic

https://youtu.be/YAKSgZHa4G0 Here’s an animation explaining Shell’s response plans in the case of an oil spill while drilling exploratory wells in

May 8, 2015
Total Views: 94

Anthem_of_the_Seas
News

Royal Caribbean Orders Fourth Quantum-class Cruise Ship

Royal Caribbean Cruises (NYSE, OSE: RCL) has announced that it has entered into an agreement with Meyer Werft in Germany to order a fourth Quantum-class ship

May 8, 2015
Total Views: 105