Cargo throughput via Three Gorges Dam ship locks hits record high(1/5)

Cargo ships pass through the five-tier ship locks of the Three Gorges Dam in Yichang, central China's Hubei Province. (Photo: China News Service/Wang Gang)

The total cargo throughput via the ship locks at the Three Gorges Dam, the world's largest hydropower project, exceeded 154 million metric tons in 2024. In 2011, the annual cargo throughput via the Three Gorges lock exceeded 100 million metric tons for the first time, reaching the designed passing capacity 19 years in advance. Since 2014, the annual volume of the Three Gorges lock has exceeded 100 million metric tons for 11 consecutive years.

Cargo ships pass through the five-tier ship locks of the Three Gorges Dam in Yichang, central China's Hubei Province. (Photo: China News Service/Wang Gang)

Cargo ships pass through the five-tier ship locks of the Three Gorges Dam in Yichang, central China's Hubei Province. (Photo: China News Service/Wang Gang)

Cargo ships pass through the five-tier ship locks of the Three Gorges Dam in Yichang, central China's Hubei Province. (Photo: China News Service/Wang Gang)