Working on 85- to 95-foot lengths of chain — they’re called shots — when each link weighs 300 pounds isn’t easy. “I’d say the shots are three times as heavy as anything else we work on.” ...

The last liner equipped with chain made at Pontypridd was the QE2; but this type of chain is still used by ships all over the world. Before the invention of anchor chain ships used hemp rope ...

The Estlink 2 electricity cable between Finland and Estonia has resumed operations after a six-month outage caused by ...

The anchor and chain system aboard the USS Ford is very, very heavy. The anchor itself weighs 30,000 pounds. The chain is 1,440 feet long and each link weighs 136 pounds .

A complete chain link that’s 3.5 inches in diameter is manufactured by Lister Chain & Forge. The Blaine manufacturer may be impacted by a recent contract change by the U.S. Department of Defense ...

The last liner equipped with chain made at Pontypridd was the QE2; but this type of chain is still used by ships all over the world. Before the invention of anchor chain ships used hemp rope ...