John Konrad

In shocking news from Washington, the United States, Britain and Mauritius have begun talks that may lead to America losing its strategic Indian Ocean supply

What do the United States, Kazakhstan, Belize and Egypt have in common? They are all on the Paris MOU’s gray list of countries with too many port state

Why are some shipping magnates among the wealthiest individuals in the world while others spend most of their time in bankruptcy hearings? The answer seems

Babcock has successfully completed the first phase of a contract awarded by Shell, to integrate a novel self-stabilizing gangway system onboard the subsea

The United States Coast Guard responded to a mayday call from the crew of a United States Army vessel after they reportedly struck an object and began taking

Officials at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard released initial findings June 6 in the case of the recent fire onboard the US Navy’s Los Angeles-class fast

During an overcast and foggy day on November 17 four robots departed San Francisco on a voyage across the Pacific to ports in Japan and Australia. The

Today the following article appeared in the official blog of the US Coast Guard and, while it appears to be A story of the federal government supporting local

It has now been six months since the International Maritime Organization published Best Management Practices for Protection against Somalia Based Piracy which

Should US Mariners care about farm subsidies? Right now the hot topic in Washington is a debate over the US Senate’s authorization of the Farm Bill, a

The model research facility Janan – named after the island located in the western part of the Qatari peninsula – was donated to the University by

Last week gCaptain HQ finally got upgraded to AT&T’s 4G LTE service. The local data signal is fast but has, so far, been plagued with frequently

The Canadian Coast Guard has announced a plan to modernizing twelve Marine Communications and Traffic Centres across the country with state-of-the-art

The March 11, 2011 disaster at the Fukushima nuclear plant attracted thousands of reporters and photographers from around the world, but most have since gone

The Department of Defense will begin funding an Office of Naval Research (ONR)- sponsored project aimed at developing Web applications to help multinational

What has been a bad year fort the shipping industry has been better for shipping magnate John Fredriksen. As seaborne shipping collapsed last year, so did

Carnival Corporation announced this week that it has joined the MONALISA project. Led by The Swedish Maritime Administration, MONALISA aims to continuously

The excellent marine electronics blog Panbo has reviewed Simrad’s new 4G broadband radar. They write: In my view, 4G truly is a significant upgrade from

One of the first things I do after reporting for my first bridge watch after crew change is to make sure the bridge windows have a nice layer of

The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) of Washington this week approved the SafeLink R10 AIS SART for use in the United States. Commenting on the