Wednesday, 1 May 2019
The Three Gorges Dam has opened up the Yangtze to major shipping. Here is a selection of the ships we saw on the river.
The Three Gorges Dam has opened up the Yangtze to major shipping. Here is a selection of the ships we saw on the river.
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| Typical barges. Unlike the Mississippi and the Ohio Rivers (and major tributaries) in the US, each barge is a separate ship. There are no sets of 9 or 12 barges being driven by a single tugboat. |
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| Logs |
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| Containers |
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| A ferry with passengers and trucks. |
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| Automobile transport |
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| Traditional sampans |
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| Day-cruise ship. |
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| The Yangtze is filled with cruise ships. This also gives an feel for how high the river can rise at peak level behind the dam. |
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| Several cruise ships of varying styles at the dock in Fengjie, just before the first gorge (Qutang Xia). |
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