Markku Mylly, former head of the European Maritime Safety Agency and ex-director of Finland’s Maritime Administration, told ...

Finnish authorities discovered anchor drag marks on the seabed just a day after it moved the Eagle S to a safer anchorage to ...

Finnish authorities discovered anchor drag marks on the seabed just a day after it moved the Eagle S to a safer anchorage to help further its investigation.

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 ...

“We were able to determine this through underwater investigations,” Paila said. “The mark ends where the vessel raised its anchor chain, and from that point eastward, it stretches for several dozen ...

“Our current understanding is that the drag mark in question is that of the anchor of the (seized) Eagle S vessel. We have been able to clarify this matter through underwater research.

"The trail ends where the vessel lifted the anchor chain, and in an eastern direction it stretches ... This information was confirmed thanks to the underwater research," Paila specified. Currently, ...