Ships may lose their anchors due to what is ... and the materials of the anchor, anchor chain and anchor rope may be pollutive to the environment,” a spokesperson for Marine Stewards — a ...

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 ...

Gripping video shows a team of rescuers freeing a humpback whale tangled in a ship’s anchor ... to remove a massive metal anchor attached to the cord of rope, which had wrapped around the ...