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Three Gorges Dam Achieves Monthly Cargo Record

6 September 2023

Credits: Zheng Jiayu/Xinhua

In August, cargo traffic through the Three Gorges Dam’s ship locks hit a record 15.71 million tonnes, as per the China Three Gorges Corporation’s September 4th announcement. The English news source.

August Buzz: Yangtze River Ship Locks in Action

China’s longest river, the Yangtze is an east-west inland waterway, and it is regarded as the country’s “golden shipping route.”

During August, the ship locks operated 965 times and saw the passing of 3,737 vessels, according to...

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Over 1 million Ships Have Passed Through The Three Gorges Dam In Last Two Decades

26 July 2023

Credits: Zheng Jiayu/Xinhua

The Three Gorges Navigation said on Tuesday that “A total of a million ships have passed through the Three Gorges Dam since it opened to traffic in June 2003.”

Boosted transportation

In the past two decades, the total cargo throughput via the ship locks has exceeded 1.936 billion tonnes. It has significantly boosted transportation efficiency on the river, providing robust support for the safe and smooth navigation of the Yangtze River.

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Three Gorges Dam’s Shipping Throughput Hits A New Record

2 July 2023

Credits: Zheng Jiayu/Xinhua

The total cargo throughput via the ship locks at the Three Gorges Dam, the world’s largest hydropower project, hit a new record in the first half of this year, reports Xinhua quoting the Three Gorges Navigation Authority.

Total cargo throughput hits new record

From January to June, the project’s total throughput exceeded 84.15 million tonnes, an increase of 9.32 percent from the same period last year.

During this period, the Three Gorges ship locks operated 5,469 times,...

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Floods Hit China As World’s Largest Dam Reaches its Maximum Capacity

24 August 2020

Extreme floods have hit China’s Three Gorges dam, which recorded the largest inflow of water in its history.
Inflows to the world’s largest hydro-electric dam reached 75m litres of water a second, according to state media.
The Three Gorges dam, which can handle inflows of about 98.8m litres a second, is already approaching its capacity.
Upstream from the dam, officials in the city of Chongqing, in Sichuan province, evacuated almost 300,000 residents before the flooding.
The flooding threatens...

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