The standard setup on barges that do carry anchors has been a large Danforth-style anchor fastened to a large slide at the bow with an all-wire rode leading back to a deck winch. Such an arrangement would accommodate the old-fashioned scow bows that were standard on most barges.

Do tug boats have anchors?

Anchor handling tug vessels or systems have a crane like equipment (known as the winch) that can be attached to the oil rigs and then propelled forth in the water. The “anchor supply “, mentioned as a part of the vessel's name, is then allowed to be sunk into the seawater in order to keep the rigs steady.

How are barges transported?

Originally barges were towed by draft horses on an adjacent towpath. ... Today, barges may be self-propelled, usually with a slow-revving diesel engine and a large-diameter fixed-pitch propeller. Otherwise, "dumb barges" must be towed by tugs, or pushed by pusher boats.