China's Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River recorded total throughput of 119M tonnes for 2014, up 12.3% year-on-year.

The Three Gorges Dam is a hydroelectric dam that spans the Yangtze River by the town of Sandouping, located in Yiling District, Yichang, Hubei province, China. The Three Gorges Dam is the world's largest power station in terms of installed capacity (22,500 MW).

The dam is the largest operating hydroelectric facility in terms of annual energy generation, generating 83.7 TWH in 2013 and 98.8 TWH in 2014, while the annual energy generation of the Itaipú Dam in Brazil and Paraguay was 98.6 TWH in 2013 and 87.8 in 2014.

The dam's five-tier ship lock saw 44,458 vessels passing through it last year. Its passenger volume reached 520,000 passengers, up 20.1% y/y.

During the first six months, the throughput through Three Gorges project reached 55.69M tonnes, making an increase of 11.35% from the previous year, said the Three Gorges Navigation Administration, adding that the top three cargos were mining materials, ore and containers.

The project maintained its no-casualty record for the fourth year in a row, according to the administration, and there were no sinkings or pollutions last year.

As the largest river ship lock, Three Gorges has witnessed its throughput more than tripling in the decade since it opened. In 2004, it handled 34.3M tonnes of cargo. The lock capacity has been improved from 1,040 tonnes at the beginning to 3,784 tonnes today.