Do ships get charged for anchoring?

[Cardo]

Incidentally, Marine Traffic AIS website, I'm pretty sure it decides on whether a vessel is underway or anchored/moored, based on the speed of the vessel. Last week we had connected the tow to a jack up rig which was still at air draft, so we were stopped over the ground, I checked marine traffic website and it indicated we were anchored/moored, despite our AIS status being RAM

Seeing as class B AIS doesn't have the facility to transmit the ship's status, MarineTraffic is definitely filling in the blanks dependant on what the ship is doing. It's fun to look at our own yacht on their and see what MT thinks we're up to.

 

[BurnitBlue]

Lots of complex answers above.

Maybe it is just to stop the crew from going AWOL for New Years Eve.

 

[prr]

Its called 'stooging'..... no need to leave the watch system ...capt gets to watch tv instead of being on the bridge to oversee anchoring. plus its safer to stooge than to anchor a high sided vessel in high winds.

 

[KellysEye]

You will see lots of ships anchored off the south coast of Spain. To avoid charges they anchor outside territorial waters, so it's very odd to see them that far offshore.

 

[Spyro]

Commercial vessels anchoring in a port area incur a charge; for example anchoring north of a line draawn east of Brodick bay and a line drawn west of Lochranza incurs a charge as you are in Clydeport limits. South of that line you can do what you like for free.

That will be why there are 3 huge carriers sitting in Irvine bay for the last few days. free parking?

 

[Giblets]

I see that the tanker Delta Victory is now stooging backwards and forwards south of the IOW again as she was the other day before docking at Fawley.