Ships navigate waters in Guizhou via lift system

Fourteen cargo ships loaded with 6,800 metric tons of phosphate ore moved past the Goupitan Hydropower Station in Yuqing county of Guizhou province recently by means of a ship lift from the upstream Wujiang River to the downstream Yangtze River.

[Video by Deng Gang/For chinadaily.com.cn]

With a total length of 2,306 meters, the Goupitan Hydropower Station's navigation project consists of upstream and downstream approach channels, a three-tier vertical ship lift and a two-tier middle channel.