Off the wire
• Human H5N8 infections cannot be excluded: WHO  • Albania, KfW Bank sign agreement on new power link with Macedonia  • China Focus: China pushing to build Internet infrastructure for Belt and Road Initiative countries  • Axelsen to challenge Chen Long in semifinal of China Open badminton  • Jin Boyang tops short program at Cup of China  • S. Africa's Zuma condemns racial incident  • Results of Audi Cup of China ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2016  • Palace says Thai Queen being treated for lung inflammation  • 85 artificially-bred rare fish freed into Yangtze  • Palestinians count on Trump for achieving two-state solution  
You are here: 　 Home

World's largest shiplift starts round-the-clock operations

Xinhua, November 18, 2016 Adjust font size:

The permanent shiplift at China's Three Gorges Dam started its round-the-clock operations on Friday after its first phase of two-month trial operation ended.

The shiplift began trials in September and from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day. The round-the-clock trial will last until the water level of the Three Gorges Reservoir falls to 145 meters, said the Three Gorges Navigation Authority.

Tests for night operations were conducted one week ago.

The shiplift, designed by a Chinese and German team, is the largest and most sophisticated in the world, according to the China Three Gorges Corp.

It has been installed to complement the five-tier ship lock next to it, for the world's largest hydropower project on the Yangtze River, China's longest. The trial operation will last one year.

The vertical-hoisting elevator helps ships with a maximum displacement of 3,000 tonnes, to traverse the dam. The water level behind the dam is up to 113 meters higher than the downstream river. Endi