2nd channel of grand canal's hangzhou section now navigable
www.ehangzhou.gov.cn| updated: july 19, 2023
a bird's-eye view of the babao ship lock, the largest of its kind on the qiantang river. [photo/hangzhou.com.cn]
the opening of the second channel has resolved a crucial bottleneck in the provincial inland waterway network for thousand-tonnage ships.
unlike the old canal, the new channel runs south from the hangzhou-shanghai railway line, along the borders of linping with tongxiang, haining, and qiantang. it leads directly to the babao ship lock, with a total length of 26.4 kilometers. after the opening, thousand-tonnage ships can sail directly from shandong province to hangzhou, bypassing the city center and entering the qiantang river.
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