Witness the expert process of converting hundreds of tons of ship anchor chains into essential tractor check chain assemblies. The heavy-duty chains are repurposed through a detailed manufacturing ...

“A ship at anchor will move around quite a bit as tides, winds change direction,” he said. Anchors on large ships can weigh 10 tons or more and are attached to hundreds of feet of steel chains.

It turned out that the ship did not leave right away, and Fuller ended up dangling from the anchor chain for 22 hours, while D’Angelo stayed on for 63 hours—nearly three days. The two may be ...

When the ship departed the locks the morning of April 1, a Coast Guard camera at Sector Sault Ste. Marie showed the starboard anchor protruding 1 to 2 feet from the barge with ice formations on it.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — An anchored cargo ship in the Pacific is not a fixed point — it’s different than parking a car. Even then, with a multi-ton anchor and brawny steel chains resting on the ...

LOS ANGELES – An anchored cargo ship in the Pacific is not a fixed point — it's different than parking a car. Even then, with a multi-ton anchor and brawny steel chains resting on the seabed ...