Shanghai's largest inland river ship lock at the end of operational

After a year of construction, is located in Pudong New Area Huangpu Zhaojiagou waterway connecting the Donggou 1,000-ton ship lock, the gate is about to begin the installation, is expected to be operational before the end of the navigation, the Waigaoqiao port the ship will have direct river into the Huangpu River, no longer have to detour Wusongkou and has built Shanghai Outer Port Line and the construction of the two provinces of Jiangsu and Zhejiang Hangzhou application line to enter.

Donggou new lock, is Shanghai's largest ship lock, the chamber length of 350 meters for the length of the Yangtze River Delta region the most inland river ship lock. Lock is completed, traffic capacity will increase nearly 10 times by up to 15.6 million tons of cargo each year.

It is reported by the Shanghai Donggou lock Tongsheng Investment (Group) Co., Ltd. affiliated with the Shanghai Construction and Development Co., Ltd. Sheng inland waterway investment and construction.