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• It is not the case that ships are sent out in ballast when suitable cargoes are available.

• It is better that we should take out goods to where they can be used than that ships should go out in ballast.

• Let us make sure that some products that we have available go back in the same ships, instead of sending the ships back in ballast.

• I do not think that either of these arguments conforms to the usual practice throughout the world, particularly in the case of ships in ballast.

• However, it is necessary to open the valves in order to take in ballast.

• You have got to send your ships in ballast to fetch it.

• It is true that the vessels may be in ballast at the time, but they are still capable of causing considerable pollution.

• All the above figures are exclusive of vessels in ballast.

• Everyone knows the danger of sending ships out in ballast at certain times of the year.

• My sixth suggestion is that in no case should a ship be sent away in ballast.

• Since these will normally be in ballast, the scheme says, there will not be so much danger from pollution if there is a breakdown.

• They often go one way in ballast, returning with cargo, or vice versa.

• There was plenty of time, but they were not prepared to go out in ballast to lift these cargoes at a loss.

• One trouble is that half our steamers are going out in ballast because they cannot get the necessary cargoes.

• A ship comes in with a cargo of 30,000 or 40,000 tons of oil and will go out in ballast and does not pay.