John Konrad

Free Beer! By The Artful Blogger   OK, now that I have you’re undivided attention; let’s talk about something near and dear to all of us (No,

Photo by Seth White The New York Times has the story on a California petition to limit ship emissions: The California attorney general and a coalition of

Today Fred Fry linked to an interesting post containing photos, video and the stories behind some of the world’s largest iron graveyards. One of the more

We are always on the lookout for “green” stories so were pleased when a friend forwarded a link to Skysails, a German based company looking to

This Korean newspaper tells us of Koreas plan to invest over $180 million in Wing-In-Ground aircraft to be used as a commercial transportation solution: The

Tomorrow (Friday) Sunday will be the end of our Maritime News & Links Discoverer iPhone contest. Voting will close at midnight EST and gCaptain editors

Shipping Times tells us of a tragic incident in the North Sea; he Viking Islay, a 53 metre emergency response and rescue vessel, was supporting the Ensco 92

Fred Fry brings us news of a slightly used Staten Island Ferry up for sale. No takers yet but we have high hopes for our orange friend. Read more

Our friends at Panbo, The Marine Electronics Blog clued us in on this rare San Francisco Bay sighting today; the WAM-V also known as the spider boat. The

Looks the Hawaii Superferry is running into even more trouble with environmental opposition. The New York Times tells

U.S. v. Kapp – What Happened? By James MacGuire As many are aware at this point, Mr. Kapp was the defendant in an action brought forth by the United

We have been hard at work finding information for those who have been “Kappsized” by the IRS’ decision against certain aspects of mariner tax

Photo slideshow of the world’s largest ship ever built the (now) FSO Knock Nevis. A graphical

In preparation for our announcement of 200,000 page views since launching gCaptain this May I wanted to share some of our user information with you. Of course

In this modern age with AIS tracking and global satellite coverage you may ask how a pirate can get away with stealing an entire ship. Occasionally referred to

The picture above, by Ship Spotter Frederik, is of the Elly Maersk. Along with her sister ships the Emma, Evelyn, Eleonora, Estelle and Ebba Maersk she is the

I wanted to take some time and thank some of our partner sites; Maritime Experts from around the web. I also wanted to take the time to explain each

Week two of our iPhone Contest is over and we have a third place winner… wb6nah! Congrats, and remember the contest ends this week. With our top story only

Horizontal cut through the decks of a