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Chongqing News

Navigators on the river

2020-07-02 14:36:45

CHONGQING (CQNEWS) -- On the vast river, ships come and go. In the broad river course, the navigation mark provides guidance for the passing ships day and night. During the flood season every year, the water level fluctuates frequently, so the navigation lights need to be adjusted in time, and navigators will be busy and nervous. In Changjiang Chongqing Waterway Bureau Cuntan Waterway Maintenance Base, we visited this group of “navigators” on the river about their daily routine.

From Chaotianmen, passing by Cuntan Yangtze River Bridge, Changjiang Chongqing Waterway Bureau Cuntan Waterway Maintenance Base not far away. This Waterway Base is responsible for the safety and smooth flow of the 11km-section from Chaotianmen to Tangjiatuo, as well as the routine maintenance of 24 navigation marks. Although the section from Chaotianmen to Tangjiatuo is not long, it is one of the most complicated sections of the Yangtze River in Chongqing.

Four sailors, one captain and one chief engineer constitute a team. Cuntan Waterway Maintenance Base is equipped with 10 people, and they patrol the waterway and navigation marks 24 hours in turn. As the work ship leaves the pontoon, the day-to-day inspection begins.

Editor:Jiang Yiwei