John Konrad

Photo from New Launch Even if you are thousands of miles from the nearest land you probably didn’t miss the big news in the technology world this week;

Our favorite competitor in professional mariner news, Marine-Buzz.com, recently had an exceptional post on maritime technology used to launch rockets into

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Announcing a new feature of gCaptain’s Tools Section… Event Calendars! We have scoured the web for all the events, conferences and exhibitions in

The above shows a notice box on NOAA’s current 24hr Surface Prediction Chart which can be found HERE. It states: On 08/15/08 the limits of this chart

Maritime Global Net tells us: Cruise West’s Spirit of Glacier Bay is reported to have run aground in Glacier Bay. The US Coastguard is attending the

Test your marine geography knowledge with this URI/NOAA map of the World’s Largest Watersheds and Currents. To get you started here are the first three

The brave men and women of the USCG who have earned the title of Rescue Swimmer are true heroes. When your life is on the line in dangerous seas

Shipwreck World tells us: The HMS Ontario, a British warship built in1780 has been discovered in deep water off the southern shore of Lake Ontario. Shipwreck

Quiz: What city in the world is home to the most billionares? The Answer to this question may suprise you. According to Forbes the honor goes to Moscow.

We are all aware of the petty thefts and ransom demands of Malacca and Somali pirates but a recent rash of attacks in the Phillipines is quite different.

The NY Times reports on unfortunate news from the ship I’d most like to sail on, the Hospital Ship Mercy. They write: Though countries in Southeast Asia

Photo By dmcl Sailing the MV Rust Bucket: 10 Reasons Why Rowing The Pacific… Alone With the help of John’s favorite tech podcaster Leo Laporte of

Photo by Timothy Hamilton The NYTimes reports: Since mid-2006, a confluence of powerful forces — from a shortage of ships to the seemingly unquenchable

Model by Wood Wings 50 Years ago today the most infamous vessel of the Great Lakes was launched. Farlane writes: It was a beautiful Saturday afternoon on June

In 1896 the first ever row across a major body of water was marked in the record books. Since that day when Samuelson and Harbo completed their voyage over

(Note: This article was originally published in Dec 2007) We have taken a look at piracy in the Strait of Malacca and showed you how criminal organizations

We experienced a slight server glitch this morning. This isn’t the first time this has happened but I’m not disappointed with our 8 month strech of

Full Size Version This is a dynamic (self updating) chart of shipping companies by Market Capitalization. (Source: Google