Anchoring Operation on a Cargo Ship

Anchoring a Cargo Ship - How To (Basic) Due to the low pressure demands/low cost of most bulk cargoes, bulk carriers often go to anchor upon arrival at a port. This is normally to wait for the previous ship at the loading or discharge berth at it is still undergoing cargo operations. In some cases there could be a queue of vessels in the anchorage waiting to use the same berth. Another reason to go to anchor could be to wait for the next available harbour pilot. As a bulk carrier regularly goes to anchor, I thought it a perfect opportunity to show you through to basic principles of anchoring from the crew's point of view. In this video I show you through the basic anchoring operation of a cargo ship. I discuss the operation right from the anchoring plan from the master all the way to actually letting go the anchor and heaving it up again. On this occasion we sailed empty (in ballast condition) from Brisbane to Gladstone and had to wait at the outer anchorage for a few days before a Harbour Pilot was available to guide our vessel to our berth. As always, if you have any questions related to the video or to the maritime industry or merchant navy, drop a comment below and I will answer all of your questions. Check out our new Website: theaussieseafarer.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This Video was recorded on: GoPro Hero 5 Canon M50 Samsung Galaxy S10 __________________________________________________________________________ Music in this video credit to: DJ Quads:   / djquads   Heuse & WOLFHOWL & Riell - Daylight [NCS Release] Music provided by NoCopyrightSounds Free Download/Stream: http://ncs.io/Daylight Watch:    • Heuse & WOLFHOWL & RIELL - Daylight | Futu...   Unknown Brain - Perseus (feat. Chris Linton) [NCS Release] Music provided by NoCopyrightSounds. Video Link:    • Unknown Brain - Perseus (feat. Chris Linto...   Download/Stream: http://ncs.io/Perseus