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July 14, 2017
YICT Releases Fingerlings into its Surrounding Waters
On 14 July 2017, YICT, together with Yantian Port Group, released over 2.5 million fish and shrimp fingerlings into its surrounding waters in the Mirs Bay.
July 5, 2017
Huo Shuhua Wins Yantian Outstanding Talent Award
On 5 July 2017, Huo Shuhua, General Manager-Port Development of YICT, received the “Yantian Outstanding Talent Award”.
July 4, 2017
YICT’s Barge Quay Cranes Start Operations
On 4 July 2017, YICT’s two new barge quay cranes started operations by unloading a total of 162 containers off two feeder vessels from Huizhou and Hong Kong.
June 16, 2017
YICT Launches Inland Container Depot in Changping, Dongguan
On 16 June 2017, YICT held a ceremony at Changping Town, Dongguan City to celebrate the official launch of its inland container depot at Changping.
June 14, 2017
YICT Takes Delivery of Two Barge Quay Cranes
On 14 June 2017, YICT took delivery of two new quay cranes tailor-made for barge operations. Each with a lifting height and outreach of 28 metres and a lifting capacity of 40 tonnes, the new cranes are suitable for both single- and double-hoist operations.
June 9, 2017
Minister of Transport of China Visits YICT
On 8 June 2017, Li Xiaopeng, Minister of Transport of China, and his delegation visited YICT.
June 1, 2017
YICT Arranges Port Tour for Residents as Part of Shenzhen Port Environment Day
As part of the Shenzhen Port Environment Day hosted by the Shenzhen Ports Association, YICT arranged a port tour for around 60 residents from 20 local families on 1 June 2017.
June 1, 2017
YICT Welcomes the Inaugural Call of the World’s Largest Container Vessel, OOCL Hong Kong
On 28 May 2017, YICT welcomed the inaugural call of the 21,413-TEU OOCL Hong Kong. Measuring 399.87 metres long and 58.8 metres wide, this is the largest container vessel in the world by carrying capacity.
May 27, 2017
YICT Holds Customer Communication Session 2017
On 26 May 2017, YICT conducted its 2017 customer communication session, themed “YICT – Your Fastest Gateway to the World”, for around 300 guests. Cargo owners, freight forwarders, railway operators and representatives from shipping lines, warehousing enterprises and related government departments attended the event.
May 26, 2017
First Direct Rail Freight Link between Shenzhen and Europe Launched
On 22 May 2017, the first container train serving the railway cargo route linking Shenzhen with the Belarusian capital of Minsk set off from YICT, marking the launch of the first direct freight route from Shenzhen to Europe.
May 22, 2017
YICT Berth #16 Officially Put into Operation
YICT Berth #16 was officially put into operation. With a quay length of 886 metres and water-depth alongside of 17.4metres, the new berth is equipped with eight quay cranes, four of which are dual-hoist cranes.
May 12, 2017
YICT Welcomes Inaugural Call of 20,568-TEU Madrid Maersk
On 12 May 2017, the 20,568-TEU container vessel Madrid Maersk called at YICT on her maiden voyage. Madrid Maersk is the world’s largest container vessel in service.
May 6, 2017
Shenzhen Party Secretary Wang Weizhong Visits YICT
On 6 May 2017, Wang Weizhong, Member of the Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Guangdong Provincial Committee and Secretary of the CPC Shenzhen Municipal Committee, visited YICT.
May 5, 2017
YICT Receives Two New Feeder Services
During April, YICT received another two new feeder services following the launch of the Zhanjiang-Yantian service.
May 2, 2017
YICT Employee Awarded Guangdong Labour Day Medal of Merit
On 28 April 2017, YICT employee Huang Xing was conferred the Labour Day Medal of Merit of Guangdong Province.