How Dredging Anchor is Used for Maneuvering Ships?

Ship’s anchors can be used not only for berthing but also during maneuvering through channels and other similar areas with restriction in movement. Dredging anchors is a method which is used to assist a ship in maneuvering during unavailability or inability of tugs to assist as required.

A dredging anchor sniffing the bottom of the ship would hold the bow steady while allowing a ship to move fore and aft, this would shift the ship’s pivot point forward. Then, to overcome the anchor’s drag, propulsion is used giving good steering at low speed.

Today, modern ships have bow-thrusters to control the bow while going ahead or