While ships’ anchor chains vary in length, many ships carry about 12 shots of chain, and each shot is 90 feet long, Browne said, which equals about 1,080 feet of anchor chain.

An anchored cargo ship in the Pacific is not a fixed point — it's different than parking a car. A probe is continuing into what caused an offshore pipeline break that spilled tens of thousands ...

Navy ships can be massive behemoths, and that's also true of what's used to weigh down and stop these vessels. But how massive can Navy anchors get?

Before the invention of anchor chain ships used hemp rope, which often broke and put lives in danger.As the size of ships increased hemp rope anchor cables were not strong enough, and in hot ...

Before the invention of anchor chain ships used hemp rope, which often broke and put lives in danger.As the size of ships increased hemp rope anchor cables were not strong enough, and in hot ...