Jianghuai Canal shipping hub capacity achieves major upgrade
Jianghuai Canal shipping hub capacity achieves major upgrade
Quick Look
- The Shushan double-track ship lock that diverts the Yangtze River to Huaihe River started trial operation on October 15.
- The ship lock is located in Anhui Province and is connected in parallel with the first-line ship lock.
- It will greatly improve the efficiency of 1,000-ton ships passing through the lock and help upgrade the shipping capacity of the Jianghuai Canal, China's second major north-south water transport channel.
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Why It Matters
The river diversion project to feed the Huaihe River is a major strategic water resources allocation and comprehensive utilization project across river basins and provinces. The Jianghuai Canal is 1,260 kilometers long and is China's second north-south water transport channel parallel to the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal.
China News Service, Hefei, October 15 (Reporter Zhang Qiang) The reporter learned from Anhui Jianghuai River Diversion Group Co., Ltd. on the 15th that the Shushan double-track ship lock that diverts the Yangtze River to Huaihe River started trial operation on the same day, marking a major upgrade in the capacity of the Jianghuai Canal shipping hub.
On October 15, the trial operation of the Shushan double-track ship lock that diverts the Yangtze River to the Huaihe River was launched. (Photo provided by Anhui Yinjiang Jihuai Group Co., Ltd.)
The Shushan double-track ship lock that diverts the Yangtze River to the Huaihe River is located on the south side of the Jianghuai watershed. The project started construction in December 2020. It is the ship lock with the highest water head and the largest scale in Anhui. This ship lock and the first-line ship lock form a double lock parallel "dual lane" navigation, achieving efficient two-way traffic and greatly improving the efficiency of 1,000-ton ships passing the lock.
The Yangtze River Diversion to Huaihe River Project is a major strategic water resources allocation and comprehensive utilization project across river basins and provinces. The Yangtze-Huaihe Canal developed and constructed by it is the "vertical second" core section of China's "four vertical and four horizontal" high-level waterway network. It is connected with the upstream Shaying River and the downstream Wushen Canal. It builds China's second north-south water transport channel with a length of 1,260 kilometers, running through Anhui, Henan, Jiangsu and Shanghai, and parallel to the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal.
Data show that since the beginning of this year, 62,600 ships have passed through the locks on the Jianghuai Canal, a year-on-year increase of 22.8%; the total tonnage passing through the locks is 133 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 23.5%. The annual cargo volume of the Jianghuai Canal is expected to reach 200 million tons in 2030.
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The annual freight volume of the Jianghuai Canal will reach 200 million tons in 2030
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Open Questions
- The specific date when the double-track ship lock will be officially put into commercial operation
- Data on the specific impact on surrounding logistics costs in the future
