On 1 May 2011, YICT welcomed the first call of the 10,000-TEU ZIM Antwerp. As the largest vessel from ZIM having called at Yantian, the ZIM Antwerp is deployed to a new Asia Europe Express Service, the AEX2 service. The service, which is jointly operated by ZIM, Evergreen and China Shipping, consists of nine vessels with capacities of 8,073 TEU to 10,062 TEU. The ports of call are Qingdao, Shanghai, Ningbo, Xiamen, Yantian, Tanjung Pelepas, Port Klang, Hamburg, Rotterdam and Antwerp.