"Eight-point ring, nine-point ring and another eight-point ring!"
On 16 July 2008, the new intra-Asia service from Hyundai Merchant Marine, the China India Express (CIX) service, made its inaugural call at YICT.
On 13 July 2008, YICT welcomed the commencement of the new EU service from CMA CGM and CSCL, the French Asia Line-4 (FAL4) service.
On 4 July 2008, YICT invited over 500 representatives from cargo owners, shipping agents, shipping lines and warehousing companies to its Peak Season Initiatives Conference.
On 4 July 2008, the Second Access Road to Yantian was opened to traffic after its three year construction.
In June 2008, YICT unveiled brand-new detectors that can check for stowaways in shipping containers without opening the doors.
To tap into the booming market during the peak shipping season, COSCO and Evergreen restructured their jointly-operated CPG service and split it into two independent loops, namely the China Persian Gulf service (CPG1) and the China Arabian Persian Gulf service (CPG2).
These are the very words of one of the 21 interviewees from Dalian Maritime University (DMU). On 13 June 2008, an interview was held at DMU to select students for YICT's 2008 Summer Practice Project.
On 2 June 2008, YICT launched its second Environmental Awareness Promotion Week to celebrate this year's World Environment Day.
On 5 June 2008, YICT welcomed the maiden vessel call of the "Aruni Rickmers" which Evergreen deployed to its new Taiwan-China-Australia (TCA) Express service to replace its former North Asia-China-Australia (NCA) Express service.