A ship would not be 'anchored' at a pier in the nautical sense of anchoring. It would be 'tied' with hawsers (large ropes) to cleats on the pier.
A ship is assigned a "berth" or a "boatslip" (or just plain "slip").
The ship is anchored at port.We are a sitting duck to submarines while anchored.
No, not if it is well-anchored.
We boarded the ship at the pier.
the left pier did
Past tense of the verb "to anchor". "The ship anchored in Tortuga."
Pier 54 in New York.
It is a "bollard." The hawser (rope) is attached to the bollard to anchor a ship in position at a pier or wharf.
berth
Berthing the ship - is simply the action of tying up the ship to a dock, or pier.
Astronauts sleep in sleeping bags which are anchored to the wall of the ship.
A big ship is about to leave the pier.