John Konrad

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As a member of the first “class” of mariners to fall under the new USCG training requirements for Chief Mate / Master I have enough Coast Guard

This Week Admiral Thad Allen gave his annual State Of The Coast Guard speech at the National Press Club in Washington DC. The Unofficial Coast Guard blog has

Ferries operating in the port of Tagbilaran City, Philippines are being required to use night vision equipment. Five fast ferries have been ordered to suspend

In an unusual turn of events the TSA (United States’ Transportation Security Agency) has launched a blog! While the review on NPR‘s show “On

Thanks to YOU the reader gCaptain’s stats are soring with over 50,000 unique individuals logging in every month! Along with growth comes expansion and

Training at Sea by Jeffrey Musk A few months ago I returned to my rotary job onboard a Roll on/Roll off in the Pacific Ocean. Along with the familiar

LORAN Coverage Following the recent budget approval by President Bush, LORAN , the Coast Guard’s terrestrial based LOng RANge navigation system has been

Messing About In Ships podcast #10 has launched. Download the MP3 file – Messing About In Ships 10 Subscribe Via iTunes HERE Show

Photo by dollar_bill Telstar Logistics provides details on this historic day: This is a”view of a newly vacant pier 70 shipyard, now that the Oceanic

The WebUrbanist blog has an interesting post titled “7 Island Wonders of the World: Most Amazing, Mysterious, Remote” Check it out then add your

Fred Fry’s Maritime Monday points us to this photo of the M/V New Flame by ship spotter Neill Rush. GoGibralta tells us: The Wreck of the M/V New Flame

Here is some video of the cruise ship Voyager battling the 2005 cyclone Valentina off the coast of Majorca. The full story: LINK

Artificial Intelligence by Richard Rodriguez NetworkWorld.com is reporting that the US Air Forces is looking to artificial intelligence for controlling

Wikipedia has a good entry detailing the meaning behind each of the Signal Flags. Click on the image above to view the

Here is episode #9 for your listening pleasure. Show Notes Can Be Found HERE Download the MP3 file HERE Subscribe Via iTunes HERE NEXT ON MAIS Special Feature:

USCG Press Release 7 Feb 2008: Last April the Coast Guard asked for public comment on the need to continue broadcasting high frequency (HF) high seas weather

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmM_CCIFyZ8 (If Video becomes “unavailable” try HERE or HERE) The BBC Writes: Australia has released graphic

Bitterend found this great image of so called “Rubbish Soup”. They tell us; “The vast expanse of debris – in effect the world’s

Rueters gives us the details on this catastrophic fire aboard the Ro-Ro Und Adriyatik: 06 Feb 2008 – ZAGREB, Croatia A burning Turkish cargo ship with