Shanghai's first inland river container channel completed

EAST China's Shanghai port is accelerating construction of an inland river channel network, and its first project of the Sushen Channel is now in service, reports Xinhua.

The new 65.7-kilometre channel links the Grand Canal to the west and Huangpu River to the east, or links from Jiangsu province to Shanghai. The Shanghai section is 35.5 kilometres with a 1,000-tonne vessel limitation.

Shanghai began construction of the channel network in 2005, planning to complete four container streams by 2010, and by 2020 to build up one loop and 10 departure container channels over a network of 400 kilometres.

A new 1.17-square kilometre inland river port area with a capacity of one million TEU will be added in 2020 and so will another 1.5-square kilometre port areas with an annual two million TEU capacity.

Source: www.schednet.com