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Yangshan’s navigation channel now allows sailings in both directions

Shanghai:  Yangshan, Shanghai’s seven-year old deepwater terminal, is now allowing sailings in both directions on its main navigational channel.

Enabling simultaneous movement in two directions will reduce dwell time from three and a half hours to one hour and 45 minutes, while the berth utilisation rate will increase from 72% to 84%, reports Xinhua. [23/10/13]

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