Shipping throughput of Three Gorges Dam exceeds 2 bln tonnes

STORY: Shipping throughput of Three Gorges Dam exceeds 2 bln tonnes SHOOTING TIME: May 21, 2024 DATELINE: May 26, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:11 LOCATION: WUHAN, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Three Gorges Project STORYLINE: As of Tuesday, the cargo throughput of the Three Gorges Project hit 2.081 billion tonnes, according to the China Three Gorges Corporation. Three Gorges Dam ship locks logged cargo throughput of 2.064 billion tonnes. The project, which became operational in 2003, consists of a 2,309-meter-long and 185-meter-high dam, five-tier ship locks on the north and south sides, and 34 turbo-generators with a combined generating capacity of 22.5 million kilowatts. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Wuhan, China. (XHTV)

China's Three Gorges Dam registers record shipping throughput

STORY: China's Three Gorges Dam registers record shipping throughput DATELINE: Jan. 3, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:41 LOCATION: WUHAN, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Three Gorges Dam STORYLINE: The Three Gorges Navigation Authority said Monday that the shipping throughput of the Three Gorges Dam, the world's largest hydropower project, hit a new record in 2022. The project's total throughput reached 159.8 million tonnes in 2022, an increase of 6.12 percent year on year. In 2022, the cargo throughput of the project was 159.65 million tonnes, a year-on-year increase of 6.53 percent. Meanwhile, the throughput via the five-tier ship locks at the dam was 156.18 million tonnes, up 6.65 percent year on year. 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-generators with a combined generating capacity of 22.5 million kilowatts. Since the Three Gorges locks

China unveils dam of nearly completed Three Gorges Project

China unveils dam of nearly completed Three Gorges Project

YICHANG, China - The giant dam structure of China's Three Gorges hydropower project, the world's largest, is unveiled to foreign reporters on May 17, three days ahead of a completion ceremony set for May 20. The 2,309-meter-long, 185-meter-high concrete dam structure spans the middle section of the Yangtze River near Yichang in central China's Hubei Province.

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

China unveils dam of nearly completed Three Gorges Project

China unveils dam of nearly completed Three Gorges Project

YICHANG, China - The giant dam structure of China's Three Gorges hydropower project, the world's largest, is unveiled to foreign reporters on May 17, three days ahead of a completion ceremony set for May 20. The 2,309-meter-long, 185-meter-high concrete dam structure spans the middle section of the Yangtze River near Yichang in central China's Hubei Province. (Kyodo)