Remove ballast from (a ship) in order to increase its buoyancy.
（从船上）卸下压舱物
deballast the temporary launching barge until the end of the buoyant tower floats
Example sentencesExamples
The vessel had completed the discharge of a full load of barges and was then deballasted to her usual seagoing condition of 4.25m draught even keel.
Had there been a leak between cargo and ballast tank as the vessel was loaded, so the oil would have flowed from cargo to ballast and then out into the sea as the vessel was deballasted.
Currently, the best option for minimizing such introductions is deballasting and reballasting a ship in mid-ocean areas.
After the deck is transferred, the GBS is deballasted to the tow draft and prepared for the ocean tow.
Definition of deballast in US English:
deballast
verbdēˈbaləst
[with object]
Remove ballast from (a ship) in order to increase its buoyancy.
（从船上）卸下压舱物
deballast the temporary launching barge until the end of the buoyant tower floats
Example sentencesExamples
After the deck is transferred, the GBS is deballasted to the tow draft and prepared for the ocean tow.
Had there been a leak between cargo and ballast tank as the vessel was loaded, so the oil would have flowed from cargo to ballast and then out into the sea as the vessel was deballasted.
The vessel had completed the discharge of a full load of barges and was then deballasted to her usual seagoing condition of 4.25m draught even keel.
Currently, the best option for minimizing such introductions is deballasting and reballasting a ship in mid-ocean areas.