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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
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The Vast Sea of Chaos

September 21, 2007
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Thursday, September 20, 2007
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How Ship Decks Are Named

Horizontal cut through the decks of a

September 20, 2007
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Wednesday, September 19, 2007
gCaptain

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

September 19, 2007
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Blog

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

September 19, 2007
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Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Maritime Security

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,

September 18, 2007
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Marine Weather

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

September 18, 2007
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Incidents

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

September 18, 2007
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Photo

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

September 18, 2007
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Monday, September 17, 2007
Incidents

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

September 17, 2007
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Sunday, September 16, 2007
gCaptain

New Contact Page

We have launched a new Contact Us page with many interesting options… Take A

September 16, 2007
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Marine Weather

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

September 16, 2007
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Saturday, September 15, 2007
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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

September 15, 2007
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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

September 15, 2007
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Friday, September 14, 2007
gCaptain

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

September 14, 2007
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Thursday, September 13, 2007
gCaptain

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

September 13, 2007
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gCaptain

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

September 13, 2007
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Incidents

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

September 13, 2007
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Wednesday, September 12, 2007
Shipyard

Drydocking A Cruise Ship – Video

Part 2 of the video

September 12, 2007
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Incidents

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

September 12, 2007
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Tuesday, September 11, 2007
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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

September 11, 2007
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