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What To Do When Your Ship Is Dragging Anchor?

A merchant vessel is said to be having a “dragging anchor” when the vessel drifts without holding power inspite of being anchored. Dragging anchor has been the reason for several accidents such as collision, grounding, or stranding.

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What is Anchor Chain – Everything You Should Know

As we learned in the article on types of anchors, nautical equipment that is used to restrict structural or vehicular movement in the water using a combination of weight and friction along the bed of the ocean or seafloor is known as an anchor.

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9 Points to Remember When Dropping Ship Anchor in Emergency

Surrounding circumstances and conditions are probably the greatest variables when the ship is at sea. It may become necessary all of a sudden to drop anchor in an emergency in case of steering failure, probable collision, manoeuvring in shallow waters etc.

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Responsibilities Of Deck Officer During Anchoring Operation

Anchoring is one of the many important operations coming under the responsibility of deck officers. It involves the use of critical shipboard equipment and requires high level of situational awareness.

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What Are “Let Go” and “Walk Back” Ship Anchoring Methods?

Anchoring is one of the very frequent operations onboard ships. A number of variables and external factors influence the duration and location of an anchoring operation. While the type of seabed is of utmost importance during anchoring,

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What are Foul Anchors?

The anchors are as old as the ships themselves. They are those age-old devices used to haul a floating vessel to the ground, like the seabed or seafloor, when the vessel is required to be halted or stationed at some location for some requirement.

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Top 5 Shipping Alliances

Top 5 Shipping Alliances In the shipping sector, low pricing and wide service coverage are two things that carriers must provide to customers in order to make their business profitable. To enable this, shipping alliances are forged.