According to the forecast of the meteorological and hydrological department, the natural inflow of Xijiang and Beijiang rivers in the Pearl River Basin this winter and next spring is 10 to 30% less than that in normal years.
Xijiang River is the core route for the export of gravel, cement, machine-made sand, stone powder and other materials from Guangxi to Guangdong.
Taking Changzhou Lock, the core of Xijiang River, as an example, in 2023, the 61889 of ships passing through the lock of Changzhou Hub Lock was 0.68 million tons 14203, an increase of 2.05% and 13.71% respectively over the same period of last year, and the main types of cargo were gravel, cement, stone powder, etc. They account for 40%, 15% and 12% of the freight volume passing through the gate. In the first three quarters of
this year, the traffic volume of gravel, cement, machine-made sand and stone powder of ships descending from Changzhou sluice accounted for 39%, 12%, 11% and 11%
respectively in the
first quarter. In the first half of this year, the traffic volume of gravel, cement, machine-made sand and stone powder accounted for 40%, 11%, 12%, 12%
The third quarter: gravel, cement, machine-made sand and stone powder accounted for 41%, 9%, 13% and 13%
. It is expected that the reduction of natural water will affect the transportation of gravel, cement, machine-made sand and stone powder in Xijiang this winter and next spring to a certain extent.
