On February 21, the Three Gorges North Line Lock was overhauled and constructed (drone**) Xinhua News Agency (photo by Zheng Jiayu).
Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, February 21 (Reporter Ye Haoming) The reporter learned from the Ministry of Transport on the 21st that with the approval of the Ministry of Transport and the Yangtze River Navigation Administration, the Three Gorges North Line Ship Lock and Gezhouba No. 1 Ship Lock will simultaneously implement a planned suspension and maintenance from 8 o'clock on the same day. The maintenance period of the Three Gorges North Line Ship Lock is 45 days, and there are 39 major maintenance projects; The maintenance period of Gezhouba No. 1 lock is 40 days, and there are 18 major maintenance projects.
According to the relevant person in charge of the Yangtze River Three Gorges Navigation Administration of the Ministry of Transport, during the "overhaul" of the two dam locks, the Three Gorges South Line Lock and the Gezhouba No. 2 Lock implemented single-line (directional) operation and regular reversing; Gezhouba No. 2 lock is matched with the Three Gorges South Line lock, and Gezhouba No. 3 lock is matched with the Three Gorges ship lift. Key emergency material ships, grain transport ships, container ships and other key ships shall be dispatched in accordance with the "Notice of the Changhang Bureau on the Classification Arrangements for the Dispatch of Ships Passing through the Gates during the Maintenance Period of the Three Gorges and Gezhouba Locks in 2024".
On February 21, workers overhauled the construction in the north line of the five-level ship lock of the Three Gorges double line (drone**) Xinhua News Agency (photo by Zheng Jiayu).
During the "overhaul" of the two dam locks, the Three Gorges Bureau, together with the maritime safety administration agencies and waterway management departments along the Yangtze River, will effectively control the total number of ships waiting for the lock in the waters near the dam in the Three Gorges Hub River section, reasonably arrange the orderly anchorage of ships crossing the dam along the way, and focus on the reversing operation of the locks and emergency anchoring scheduling. At the same time, strengthen communication and coordination with the reservoir dispatching department, and use the dynamic draft control standards of the Gezhouba Sanjiang Pilotage Channel to give full play to the Sanjiang Pilotage and Gezhouba.
The No. 2 and No. 3 locks have the ability to pass through, and make every effort to ensure the safe and orderly navigation of the Three Gorges hub section and the Yangtze River trunk line.
It is understood that the "overhaul" of the lock is a powerful measure to focus on solving the problems of equipment aging, defect treatment, and performance recovery, after the "overhaul" of the Three Gorges North Line Lock and Gezhouba No. 1 Lock in 2021 and 2018 respectively.
On February 21, the Three Gorges North Line Lock was overhauled and constructed (drone**) Xinhua News Agency (photo by Zheng Jiayu) pagebreak
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