"Things Are Happening Now That Make Absolutely No Rational Sense" - John Konrad, gCaptain

About this episode

Captain John Konrad discusses the evolving shipping situation in the Middle East and its complexities.

This week we were thrilled to welcome back Captain John Konrad, Founder and CEO of gCaptain and author of Fire on the Horizon. With the shipping situation in the Middle East rapidly evolving, John was the perfect expert to help us think through the many angles of this complex and multifaceted situation. As you will hear, this episode runs longer than our standard sixty minutes given the scope of the discussion. In our conversation, John shares his perspective on how the Strait of Hormu...

People in this episode

Host: Veriten

Guest: John Konrad

Topics covered

• shipping
• Middle East
• complex situations
• expert analysis
• gCaptain

Keywords

• shipping
• Middle East
• John Konrad
• gCaptain
• Strait of Hormuz
• Fire on the Horizon

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: gCaptain

Books & works: Fire on the Horizon

Places: Middle East, Strait of Hormuz

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