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For the sake of full disclosure, I am not a huge fans of thrillers, particularly thrillers involving ships. The plots often strike me as implausible and the

Solitude at Sea Three years, 30,000 miles The Hard Way Around: The Passages of Joshua Slocum  by Geoffrey Wolff – Reviewed by John Rousmaniere,

When a reporter asked William Francis Gibbs if he loved his favorite ship more than his wife his answer was surprising both in its honesty and in the fact

Every year gCaptain compiles a list of holiday gifts and gear that the maritime community will love. This is a win-win because you get great gift ideas and

There are many things about the shipping business that the normal land-dwelling person hasn’t the slightest clue about. It is often taken for granted that

In today’s edition of gCaptain LIVE our Founder, John Konrad will discuss how to do a great job the first time you are aboard ship. Posted by

In today’s edition of gCaptain LIVE our Founder, John Konrad will discuss today’s gCaptain news headlines as well as answer

November 10th marks the anniversary of the sinking of Great Lakes freighter SS Edmund Fitzgerald, which sank in a strong gale on eastern Lake Superior

You won’t believe what’s hiding in this

In this special Friday edition of gCaptain LIVE our Founder, John Konrad will discuss the challenge of finding a job in a down market. Stay tuned to our

gCaptain is excited to announce a new experiment we are conducting over on our facebook page… LIVE VIDEO!! Featuring John Konrad our gCaptain’s

By Cindy Konrad (gCaptain) On October 19, 2011 ,under the National Shipbuilding Strategy, a $30 billion project, Seaspan won a major contract to rebuild the

Thanks to you 2016 has been a banner year for gCaptain with double-digit growth in readership numbers (nearly 5 Million people have read over 20,000

By Capt. George H Livingstone I recently saw the movie “Sully”, I recommend it to anyone with an interest in aviation or marine transportation.  It is

Just over a year ago Youtuber Th Bee (aka TheraDrone) launched his Phantom 3 Professional drone from a quiet beach in Belgium to chase a passing MSC

Hurricane Matthew has grown into an intense Category 4 hurricane with max sustained winds of 140 mph as it approaches western Haiti on Monday. Over the

by Richard Luscombe (TheGuardian) Authorities in Florida are investigating the death of one of baseball’s best young players, the Miami

Officials in China have began testing the world’s largest ship lift at the massive Three Gorges Dam in Central China. The shiplift can lift vessels up to

Book Review by Rick Spilman – On the afternoon of December 17th, 1927, the US Navy submarine S-4 was surfacing near Provincetown, MA, when it was run

Over the years a number of people have come forward with photos claiming to show the legendary Loch Ness monster, but most of them are almost always