A vessel of Changjiang National Shipping Group load coal for transport in Wuhan Port, central China's Hubei Province, January 28, 2008. Eight vessels fully loaded with coal left Wuhan Port for the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River to meet the urgent demand of coal of power plants along the river on Tuesday. Due to the continual snowfalls and difficult transportation, most power plants along the river began to run short of coal in recent days.

(Xinhua News Agency January 30, 2008)