The Three Gorges Project passed more than 90 million tons of cargo in 2011 over the whole year.

In the first 10 months of this year, the volume of cargo passing through the Three Gorges Project reached 90.92 million tons, surpassing the level of the previous year.

According to the statistics, in the first 10 months of this year, the cargo volume through the Three Gorges Ship Lock and the Three Gorges Project (including trans-dam transfer) was 84.28 million tons and 90.92 million tons, respectively, both surpassing the full-year level in 2010 and setting a record high. During the experimental water storage period of 175 meters this year, the Three Gorges ship locks operated at an average of 29.4 gates per day, and the average freight volume per gate was 9,822 tons. The volume of freight per cargo was 1,890 tons, an increase of 14.2% and 17% over the same period of 2010. 2% and 39.8%.

According to the analysis of the Yangtze River Three Gorges Navigation Administration, after entering the winter season, shipping in the Sichuan River will usher in a small “peak season” with electric coal transportation as the mainstay. This year, the annual freight volume of the Three Gorges Project will exceed 100 million tons. This will be another historical height reached in the eight years since the navigation of the Three Gorges.

It is understood that the Three Gorges ship lock has been built since 2003. In the past eight years, China Three Gorges Group has optimized the safeguards to maintain a good working condition for ship locks and facilities. Since 2008, the Three Gorges overpass cargo volume has exceeded 60 million tons, 70 million tons and 80 million tons in succession in three years. Realized "triple jump."

According to statistics, in the more than eight years, the freight volume of the Three Gorges ship locks has reached 440 million tons. Coupled with the transshipment of cargo through dams, the total amount of freight passing through the Three Gorges Project reaches 530 million tons, which is the lock for the Gezhouba Dam before the impoundment of the Three Gorges Project. Twenty-two years after the operation, the number of cargo passing through the gate was 2.5 times of 210 million tons.