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.
On 20 May 2008, YICT collected a sum of over RMB 3.05 million to help the Sichuan earthquake victims.
On 6 May 2008, YICT was designated as an Advanced Waste Reduction Enterprise for 2007 by the Steering Committee of the Pengcheng Waste Reduction Programme, and was awarded a reward of RMB20,000.
On 30 April 2008, Feng Rencai, a senior engineer at YICT, won the Medal of Guangdong's Model Worker award for his excellent work ethic and overall performance.
On 27 April 2008, YICT became one of the first ports in mainland China to be named as an "International Sanitary Port" by the World Health Organization (WHO).