Anchors don't just dent hulls — they can rip into undersea internet cables. Here's why it happens more than you'd think, and ...
Federal officials have recommended increasing the distance between undersea pipelines and ships allowed to anchor in Southern California. They cited a 2021 oil spill caused by ships dragging their ...
Owners, oil majors and trading houses suspended crude oil, fuel and LNG shipments via the Strait of Hormuz after the attacks. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Anchoring a massive ship is less about the anchor itself and more about the weight and geometry of the chain resting on the seabed. This breaks down how catenary curves, seabed conditions, and chain ...
HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif.HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. — Federal officials on Tuesday recommended increasing the distance from undersea pipelines that vessels are allowed to anchor in Southern California, ...
Striations, grooves, and mud deposits from anchor retrieval were visible in the substrate of the ocean floor. At the disturbed sites, little to no marine life was present. Credit: Matt Mulrennan / ...
European investigators believe a Chinese-owned commercial ship deliberately dragged its anchor to sabotage the two undersea telecommunications cables cut in the Baltic Sea earlier this month. However, ...
The U.S. Coast Guard’s Christmas Tree Ship made a brief stop Tuesday on Lake Michigan to return an anchor to the site of a shipwreck. The crew of the USCG Cutter Mackinaw WLBB 30 paused enroute to ...