At 1:27 AM, the Bin Xun and Linggang Tuo 001, towing two large timber rafts, slowly entered the North Branch Channel under the escort of China Customs boats 823 and 825.
Usually, the Bin Xun wouldn't dare use the North Branch Channel.
The Yangtze North Branch has severe sediment accumulation, the navigation department no longer maintains the North Branch Channel, and there isn't a single navigation mark on the river, making it easy for a cargo ship like the Bin Xun to run aground.
But now it's flood season, the Yangtze River's water level is higher than usual, and Binjiang Police 001, equipped with a depth detection device, specially came over to guide them, so Teacher Xia felt very relieved and was very happy to go home via the North Branch Channel, because there are too many ships in the main channel.
