Research on the Navigating Capacity of Ships in the Three Gorges Reservoir Waterway

Quantitative Assessment on Navigation Impact of the Controlled Waterway in the Upper Yangtze River Using Queuing Model

“…However, relatively few studies have investigated the ship traffic issues of controlled waterways, and the traffic congestion problems discussed to date have mostly concerned those experienced in straits, locks, and ports—comparatively few in inland waterways. For example, numerical models were used to simulate complex traffic conditions in the Bosphorus Straits ( 14 , 15 ), whereas Huang et al analyzed the navigation capacity of the Three Gorges Lock ( 16 ), and Liu et al considered the Tianjin port to assess port congestion ( 17 ). However, owing to the peculiarities of inland waterways, the ship queuing problem caused by traffic congestion is more serious in this case.…”