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
Monday, January 21, 2008
Twitter Yourself From Disasters
If we only had one technology related wish for 2008 it would be that every mariner watched this video. Reminder: This is important people! FROM WIRED: While
Sunday, January 20, 2008
Name The World’s Largest Cruise Ship
Here’s your opportunity to name a ship! This, however, isn’t just a random ship, Royal Caribbean is asking YOU to name the world’s largest
Upcoming Maritime News – Editor’s Picks
Here are gCaptain editor’s Top 10 upcoming picks of the week from gCaptain’s Maritime News Discoverer. Please Vote on the ones you like to have
Saturday, January 19, 2008
Cosco Busan Pilot’s Medical Records Questioned
Cosco Busan Photo by Noah Berger/Associated PressOctober 15th 2003 the Staten Island ferry crashed into a concrete pier killing eleven people and leaving 71
Friday, January 18, 2008
Alaska Oil Spill – M/V Dolphin
Seattle based Trident Seafood’s 175′ freighter Dolphin with 34,000 gallons of diesel aboard grounded south of Wrangel AK. Dolphin spilled an
A VHF Handheld To Float With
Navagear brings us info on Standard’s new floating handheld VHF: Standard Horizon HX850S VHF/GPS DSC Floating RadioNot that I spend a lot of waking OR
Thursday, January 17, 2008
In Pictures: Ice Prince Rescue and Sinking
The BBC has a great photo slideshow of the M/V Ice Prince sinking. You can find it
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Library Of Congress Releases Maritime Photos
The Library of Congress has announced a partnership with our favorite Web 2.0 photography site Flickr. They tell us: The first incarnation of The Commons is a
Maritime Law – Law of General Average
The law of general average is a legal principle of maritime law according to which all parties in a sea venture proportionally share any losses resulting from
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Activists Held Hostage By Whalers
In breaking news from the Antarctic Japanese whalers have taken two activists hostage after they boarded the whaling ship Yushin Maru. The BBC tells us; The
Prison Ships
In need of a prison “ship” of your own? Bibby Renaissance has recently finished a multi-million pound refurbishment programme, and is ready for
Monday, January 14, 2008
DIY Close-Up Lens with Binoculars
Our bandwidth is suffering today so we are going to trust Lifehacker’s advice on this one. They tell us: Do-it-yourselfer Chris Knight explains that the
English Channel Abandoment – M/V Ice Prince
Last night the timber ship M/V Ice Prince became unstable and was abandoned in the English Channel. The Press Association tells us: Attempts are to be made to
Tounges of Fire – MAC Podcast
Bob Couttie of Maritime Accident Casebook has a new and interesting podcast up on his site; The Case Of The Tongues Of Fire. Fire is the third biggest major
Saturday, January 12, 2008
Cunard’s Three Queens Visit The Big Apple
Photo by AurelioZen NewYorkology tells us of the first / last ever meeting of its three grand ships; Cunard’s one-time-only royal rendezvous of its three
MAIS Maritime Podcast – Episode 6
Episode number 6 of our new maritime podcast Messing About In Ships is live. You can listen to it below, read the show notes, download the MP3 or subscribe
Friday, January 11, 2008
Incident Photo Of The Week – San Francisco Bridge-Barge Allision
SAN FRANCISCO, Calf. – The United Stated Coast Guard is responding to a tug and barge allision with the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge. At approximately
Thursday, January 10, 2008
Australia Sends Armed Merchant Ship To Track Whalers
Reuters has an update on Australia’s recent attempts to track Japan’s whaling fleet: CANBERRA, Australia (Reuters) — An Australian fisheries
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