On 21 July 2009, YICT welcomed more than 200 representatives from shipping lines, cargo owners and shipping agents to its Customer Communication Conference.
On 1 July 2009, YICT received the maiden call of the ACX Diamond, a 3,534-TEU vessel deployed by the consortium of COSCO, Hamburg Süd, MOL and NYK to its JKHN service.
On 26 June 2009, the CMA CGM Pelleas, a mega-vessel deployed by CMA CGM to its French Asia Line 1 Eastbound Service (FAL1E), berthed at YICT.
On 22 June 2009, a Xinhui-Yantian Shuttle Feeder operated by Golden Fame Shipping Ltd. and Dah Chong Hong Logistics Company Ltd.
On 1 June 2009, the Yantian District Recycling Economic Development Fund granted a 200,000-yuan subsidy to YICT's hybrid rubber-tyred gantry crane (RTGC) project.
On 27 May 2009, United Arab Shipping Company (UASC) restructured one of its Far East-Mediterranean loops, namely the Asia-Mediterranean Container Service 1 (AMC1).
It has been one year since the May 12 Sichuan Earthquake.
On 24 May 2009, Hyundai and Bengal Tiger Line (BTL) jointly launched the Asia Chennai Service (ACS) at YICT.
On 18 May 2009, YICT welcomed the first call of Hanjin's China-Mediterranean Express (CMX) Service. The EU service includes eight 5,000-TEU vessels, including the Hanjin Helsinki, which made the inaugural voyage.
On 12 May 2009, the Philippine Feeder 5 (PH5) Service, a new Asian service operated by Maersk, made its first call at Yantian.
On 8 May 2009, the CSCL Xin Tai Cang berthed at YICT. The call was the first of the Asia-America East Coast 1 (AAE1) Service of China Shipping Container Lines (CSCL).
On 1 May 2009, the Yantian Port Interchange, the nexus of the ever-improving road network around Yantian Port, opened to traffic.