There are times when anchor buoys are wise: such as reports that an anchorage is littered with debris from industry, shipping or old moorings etc. And we all have likely heard a description of how an ...

Sofar makes two different types of Spotter buoys: a bright yellow one that floats on the surface, and a submersible cylindrical one with an anchor that drags it down to the ocean floor.

Enough buoyancy to lift the moorings and anchor off the sea floor is important as well, in case the buoy gets accidentally dragged to deeper water thanks to currents, storms, or snagging on a vessel.

Houston-based mooring specialist Sofec has secured an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract to supply a replacement catenary anchor leg mooring (CALM) buoy and pipeline-end ...