Three Gorges Dam ship locks register record cargo throughput

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Three Gorges Dam ship locks register record cargo throughput

STORY: Three Gorges Dam ship locks register record cargo throughput DATELINE: Sept. 9, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:32 LOCATION: WUHAN, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Three Gorges Dam STORYLINE: The cargo throughput via the five-tier ship locks at the Three Gorges Dam, the world's largest hydropower project in the upper stream of the Yangtze, reached a record high of 102 million tonnes during the first eight months of this year, according to the China Three Gorges Corporation. China's longest river, the Yangtze, an east-west inland waterway, is regarded as the country's "golden shipping route." During the January-August period, nearly 24.5 million tonnes of key materials including coal, diesel, and grain were transported via the Three Gorges Dam, up 6.3 percent year on year, according to the corporation. The Three Gorges project is a multi-functional water-control system, consisting of a 2,309-meter-long and 185-meter-high dam, five-tier ship locks on the north and south sides, and 34 turbo-g

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