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Major ship lock in smooth operation

More than 220,000 metric tons of cargo have been carried through the world's largest ship lock at the Yangtze River's Three Gorges Dam since September, China Three Gorges Corp announced on Tuesday. A total of 886 ships, carrying 220,415 tons of cargo and more than 7,900 passengers passed through the dam's lock between September and mid-March.