ABSTRACT

The Three Gorges Project has benefited shipping development in the upper Yangtze River by improving the waterway channel and thus increasing ship load and port handling capacity. However, the Three Gorges lockage freight volume exceeded the designed capacity in 2011 (19 years sooner than expected), becoming a bottleneck for shipping development. For the predicted freight volume, building of a second ship lock with transit capacity of 150 million tons is suggested, and before it is built, ship organization should be optimized to increase transit capacity.

中文翻译：

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三峡工程：长江上游航运发展的好处与挑战

摘要

三峡工程通过改善航道，提高船舶载重和港口吞吐能力，有利于长江上游航运发展。但2011年三峡船闸货运量超预期（比预期提前19年），成为航运发展的瓶颈。根据预计货运量，建议建设1.5亿吨中转能力的第二船闸，并在建成前优化船舶组织，提高中转能力。