Yangtze River shipping

Commercial navigation on the Yangtze River moves passengers and freight between inland ports and the coast, linking China’s interior with global maritime trade.

Yangtze River: Asia’s longest river flows east across China to the East China Sea near Shanghai. Its length, flow, and changing channel shape the shipping route.
Port of Shanghai: A major Chinese seaport at the mouth of the Yangtze River, serving domestic and international trade. It links Yangtze cargo flows to global shipping networks.
Treaty of Nanjing: The 1842 treaty ending the First Opium War and opening several Chinese ports to foreign trade. Its treaty-port system reshaped commercial access to the lower Yangtze.
Three Gorges Dam environmental impact: The ecological and social effects of the Three Gorges Dam and its reservoir. Dam operations change river habitats and sediment flows that affect navigation and communities.
Three Gorges Dam: A hydroelectric dam on the Yangtze in Hubei Province, completed in 2006. Its locks raise vessels across the dam and its reservoir alters upstream navigation.
Port of Wuhan: A major inland port on the Yangtze in central China. It serves as a transfer point for freight moving through the middle reaches.
Shanghai International Settlement: A foreign-administered area in Shanghai that existed from 1863 to 1943. Its growth helped establish Shanghai as a major Yangtze trading hub.
Yangtze River pollution: Contamination of the Yangtze from industrial, agricultural, and urban sources. Heavy river traffic and port-side industry add pressures to the waterway’s environmental burden.
Ship lock: A gated chamber raises or lowers vessels between stretches of water at different elevations. Locks at the Three Gorges Dam allow ships to bypass its height difference.
Port of Chongqing: An inland port municipality on the upper Yangtze in southwestern China. It anchors shipping at the upstream end of the river’s major navigable corridor.

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