On 5 September 2008, the Yangjiang-Yantian Barge Service Agreement was officially signed between YICT and the Yangjiang Municipal Government.
On 17 August 2008, a freight train, one that was deployed to YICT's Kunming – Yantian Container Rail Service and loaded with 4,000 bottles of Carlsberg beer, left Huizhou in Guangdong for Kunming in Yunnan.
On 19 August 2008, YICT launched a voluntary blood donation drive, which received generous support from staff. The campaign began at 9:30 am, and a service booth was set up on the spot for consultations, with invited experts providing more information about blood donation.
On the morning of 7 August 2008 at YICT's conference hall, 26 students and teachers from Shenzhen University and Dalian Maritime University gave reports on their summer internship at the terminal.
On 6 August 2008, the Yantian Volunteer Association and the YICT Volunteer Group put up a service booth along the wooden promenade at CITIC Minsk World, China's first military theme park located at Dapeng Bay in Shatoujiao
On 5 August 2008, YICT launched a container rail service that links Longnan County in Jiangxi Province to YICT. The new rail service will cost 20 percent less than road transport over the same distance.
Come and join the tongue twister games to be conducted in Mandarin, Cantonese and English!
On 27 July 2008, MSC operates the Tiger service, its new European service, making its inaugural call at Yantian.
"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.