Example Sentences

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“Loadings will continue until the ballasting tankers are all used up, as Middle East producers simply don’t have a lot of onshore storage where to put the crude.”

From MarketWatch • Mar. 4, 2026

Unbalanced because of inefficient ballasting and overcrowded too, the Joola was in no state to survive the heavy storm that hit it just off the coast of The Gambia and after capsizing, it soon sank.

From BBC • Dec. 2, 2022

Owners are mostly decelerating on the so-called ballasting leg of journeys, when they’re sailing empty, said Martin Korsvold, a Pareto analyst.

From BusinessWeek • Mar. 9, 2011

Legion officers scouted the idea, pointed out that wives, children, fathers, mothers and other relatives of Legionnaires will accompany them with ballasting effect.

From Time Magazine Archive

We commenced caulking our leaky decks to-day, and despatched the launch to assist in ballasting the barque.

From The Cruise of the Alabama and the Sumter by Semmes, Raphael