John Konrad

[dropcap]F[/dropcap]our years ago a 43 pound cylindrical object broke the surface of the ocean for the first time in over 250 years and, in doing so, confirmed

[dropcap]I[/dropcap]n the three years since Google earthexpanded its reach into the ocean the company has focused with enthusiasm on building great

In an ideal world, shipping companies would give captains a blank check to purchase all the latest equipment and materials to help make their ships safer,

  Ever since the Italian cruise ship Costa Concordia ran aground off Giglio, her gleaming white hull lying precariously sideways on the rocky seabed has

The only fact that is certain in the Costa Concordia disaster is the universal truth of all maritime disasters… human mistakes were made by multiple

What Really Killed Costa Concordia’s Passengers? Captain Schettino has received a lot of criticism in the mainstream press and, possibly, even more from

Three large commercial vessels who were assessed civil fines  for violating speed limits in areas designated to protect an endangered whale species have paid

With Christmas Island battling a spill of phosphate and fuel oil making national headlines some of the leading environmentalists are equally disturbed by

Will the United States be prepared if Cuba’s new offshore rigs spill oil into US waters? To address this question, personnel from the U.S. Coast Guard

On 24 October 1915, just three years after the Titanic sunk after hitting an iceberg, Ernest Shackleton found himself trapped in an Antarctic ice flow and gave

UDPATED: January 2012 The data visualization above represents the worlds 10 largest container shipping companies by TEU capacity. WORLD TEU CAPACITY:

13 January 2008 – So I’m watching CNN and I do a double take after the reporter (in a completely straight face) says “The harassing radio

Over 40 million people in 160 different countries visited the floating book fairs offered by GBA ships, an organization which aims to bring aid and relief,

What fundamentally hasn’t changed in the 100 years since the Titanic? One hundred years ago today Harland & Wolff shipyard in Belfast Ireland was

What is a Maritime Academy without a training ship? In June 1946 a German crew of volunteers boarded the tall ship Horst Wessel in Bremerhaven Germany sailing

Kongsberg Maritime simulators have been selected for the forthcoming MOSAIC 2 facility (Maersk Offshore Simulation and Innovation Centre) at Maersk Training in

We had no idea… thanks for the heads up sir. David Matsuda, the highest ranking maritime official in the US government, came down to New Orleans for the

The Great Lakes Towing Company and Great Lakes Shipyard expanded their marine transportation, construction-repair and marine logistics business with the

It was the day after Christmas 2004 when my wife received a call from a relative asking if I was ok. I departed the region a week before, but

When the world’s largest ore carrier, Vale Brasil, was loaded to her marks with 391,000 tons of iron ore in May she departed Brazil with the intention of