What are Mooring Anchors?

When it comes to ships, anchoring is an important aspect that should be taken seriously. In the absence of anchors, ships would continuously adrift leading to huge wastage of resources like energy and also increase chances of accidents. In order to avoid these problems, mooring anchors are used to enable the ship to halt effectively whenever required in the port or harbours and if required, even in the middle of the ocean or the sea.

Types of Mooring Anchors

Initially, only one major type of mooring anchor was used. However, there have emerged several other types of mooring anchors as well.