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 ...

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 ...

The ballistic missile hit the Rubymar on the evening of February 18. For months, the cargo ship had been shuttling around the Arabian Sea, uneventfully calling at local ports. But now, taking on water ...

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, ...

Dozens of commercial ships have dropped anchor at a distance outside Iran's port limits in recent days, according to data and shipping sources, as tensions with the United States grow. Such movements ...

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 / ...

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, ...

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) — A massive cargo ship made a series of unusual movements while anchored in the closest spot to a Southern California oil pipeline that ruptured and sent crude washing up ...

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 ...