Container volume on Yangtze River up 38 per cent

In 2007, the Yangtze River, the longest and most important river in China, experienced a record high volume of container transportation.

The river shipped 5.54 million TEU in 2007, which is an increase of 38 per cent compared to 2006. The average utility of the Yangtze River still holds great potential to rise. Most of the cargo is transported in low reaches where shipping conditions and economic environments are better. In 2007, two-thirds of all the cargo was shipped in the extent from the river mouth to the city of Nanjing, 300 kilometers from the mouth. The main reason for the volume increase is the dredging projects carried out alone the river. By the summer of 2009, the Three Gorges, the largest water conservancy project in China, will be completed. A 10,000-tonnage barge will be able to sail from Chongqing to Shanghai on a 2,500-kilometre waterway.
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