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1Ballast tank — A ballast tank is a compartment within a boat or ship, that holds water. A vessel may have a single ballast tank near its center or multiple ballast tanks typically on either side. A large vessel typically will have several ballast tanks… …
2Ballast water discharge and the environment — Cruise ships, large tankers, and bulk cargo carriers use a tremendous amount of ballast water, which is often taken on in the coastal waters in one region after ships discharge wastewater or unload cargo, and discharged at the next port of call,… …
3Ballast Point, New South Wales — Ballast Point is a 2.6 hectare area located in Birchgrove at the tip of the Balmain Peninsular in the Municipality of Leichhardt in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is located between Snails Bay and Mort Bay in Port Jackson.HistoryBetween… …
4Ballast Point (Tampa), Florida — Ballast Point is a neighborhood and district located in Tampa, Florida. As of the 2000 census, the district had a total population of 17,186. Its park was previously called Jules Verne Park before its name change to Ballast Point Park. Recent… …
5Ballast tamper — A ballast tamper or tamping machine is a machine used to pack (or tamp) the track ballast under railway tracks to make the tracks more durable. Prior to the introduction of mechanical tampers, this task was done by manual labour with the help of… …
6Ballast Point Light — Infobox Lighthouse caption = location = Point Loma, California coordinates = yearbuilt = 1890 yearlit = automated = yeardeactivated = foundation = construction = shape = Square height = convert|34|foot|0 currentlens = lens = Fifth order Fresnel… …
7Ballast tractor — A ballast tractor is a heavy haulage road vehicle designed to pull or push heavy or exceptional loads. Unlike the tractor unit from an articulated trailer, the ballast tractor is designed or adapted to pull or push loads from a drawbar. By… …
8Ballast pond — Wooden ships used to have their hulls waterproofed using tar. To facilitate the application of tar below the waterline, shipyards built a square ballast pond in shallow water with an entrance port on one side. A ship would enter the ballast pond… …
9ballast — [16] Originally, ballast appears to have meant literally ‘bare load’ – that is, a load carried by a ship simply for the sake of its weight, and without any commercial value. English probably acquired it, via Low German, from a Scandinavian… …
10ballast — [16] Originally, ballast appears to have meant literally ‘bare load’ – that is, a load carried by a ship simply for the sake of its weight, and without any commercial value. English probably acquired it, via Low German, from a Scandinavian… …
