CLAVE 1 / 4The 83.4-mile Pinglu Canal, set for a September debut, just completed its first full trial navigation, with the 10,000-ton patrol vessel Haixun 1003 transiting the route on August 7.
CLAVE 2 / 4Beijing’s Canal Play: A $10.3bn Bet Against the Yangtze: China’s The project, four years in the making, is no modest ditch.
CLAVE 3 / 4Engineers carved through 315 million cubic meters of earth to bridge a 65-meter elevation drop between the Ping River estuary and the Beibu Gulf, installing three massive locking hubs along the way.
CLAVE 4 / 4The Pinglu Canal slashes the inland route to ASEAN ports by 560 kilometers, avoiding the Pearl River Delta detour that previously funneled goods through Guangzhou.
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