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
Friday, September 21, 2007
Thursday, September 20, 2007
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
iPhone Integration on the Bridge
Our contest is only half way completed so you have plenty of time to enter and win one of many great prizes. CLICK HERE TO WIN THIS
Incident Photo of the Week – Alva Star
The M/V Alva Star. Click on the photo for the full story from CargoLaw.com Also, Flickr has a great slideshow of maritime disaster photos: Click
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
The Straight of Malacca – A Dark Passage
“For centuries, this sliver of ocean has captivated seamen, offering the most direct route between India and China, along with a bounty of resources,
Hurricane Tracking Mashup
Here is a list of gCaptain’s picks for the most interesting ways to track Hurricanes. 1) IBISeye.com’s Hurricane Tracker. Click on past and future
Do You Know What They Call Me? – By The Artful Blogger
Do You Know What They Call Me? By The Artful Blogger I’ve been accused of many things. I’ve been called a liar, a cheater, and a womanizer, among
The Queen Mary II – YouTube Superstar
The most elegant ship built in decades has caught the inspiration of artists, photographers and amateur ship spotters worldwide. She is elegant, record
Monday, September 17, 2007
Shipping Container Collapse – UK
UK – report on shipping container collapse – The UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) issued the report of its investigation of the
Sunday, September 16, 2007
New Contact Page
We have launched a new Contact Us page with many interesting options… Take A
Northwest Passage Melting Open
Transiting the Northwest Passage has been a goal of humanity for centuries and with the help Global Warming we unfortunately might get our wish. Is it time for
Saturday, September 15, 2007
Future gCaptain says “My Daddy’s gettting audited” | Tear
To those who have sent me questions or panic about being Kapp-sized I don’t have any answers… yet. Stay tuned HERE and rest well knowing you have
Merchant Mariner Tax Deduction “Kapp-sized” By IRS
I was recently reading Robert Greene’s; The 48 Laws of Power and took a few tips from it but more often than not I break them. Today’s infraction
Friday, September 14, 2007
3rd Place Contest Winner Is…
Week one of our iPhone our iPhone Contest is over and we have a third place winner… seafever! Honorable mention goes to wb6nah, the winner of our last
Thursday, September 13, 2007
Server Crash
My apologies to anyone trying to access the website the past few hours. We just recovered from a huge server crash. Too many people trying to download our
Special Edition Newsletter – Maritime Safety
A special Maritime Safety Edition of our newsletter was sent to subscribers yesterday. Normally I give our newsletter subscribers a few days head start but due
Incident Picture of the Week – M/V Tampa Maersk
How did this happen? According to Cargo Law: January 2000 the vessel was attempting to turn in the area in front of the Maersk Container Terminal, Oakland so
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
The Case Of The Killer Catch – Special Edition MAC Report
Bob Couttie sent us an email yesterday announcing a Special Edition of his Maritime Accident Casebook. Why did he release this issue early? ….because
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
Google Maps – Maritime Mashup
Google has released a new Mash-up feature for their Maps service. Basically anyone can put together a map and submit it to google. Then users can overlay
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