On 26 October 2002, YICT opened its doors to high-school students from Yantian District once again, continuing its efforts to increase and enhance communication with the community while providing students with an opportunity to broaden their horizons.
On 25 September 2002, YICT's entry gatehouse handled 12,545 containers. It even received 8,174 container trucks on the following day. These are the highest numbers since YICT commenced operations.
On the afternoon of 17 September 2002 at Xiao Mei Sha Hotel, YICT briefed representatives from over 100 trucking companies about its work to improve terminal operations at the port as well as measures to better traffic control.
With support from Shenzhen Customs, YICT works with Dapeng Customs to launch international transshipment procedures on 28 August 2002.
On 2 August 2002, Evergreen Marine's container vessel "Ever Diamond" arrived at YICT to commence a new weekly service WAE. This is a US service jointly operated by Evergreen and Lloyd Triestino (LT).
On the morning of 15 July 2002, Mr Tang Longjun, Director of Dapeng Customs, and other five Customs officers held an on-site meeting with YICT to work out Customs Clearance issues.
On 26 June 2002, "K" Line's container vessel "YM Tacoma" arrived at YICT to commence its new US service named PNW.
On 11 June 2002, China Shipping's container vessel "CSCL Lianyungang" made an inaugural call to kick off its second linehaul service at YICT.
On 9 June 2002, "MOL Vantage" under MOL berthed at YICT to commence New World Alliance's new PSV service.
On the afternoon of June 10, 2002, Yantian International Container Terminals (YICT) began a promotional series for safety month. The general theme of these productions is "Bearing Safety Knowledge in Mind".
On 4 June 2002, Maersk Sealand's container vessel "Maersk Toledo" arrived to commence another US service at YICT.
On 24 May 2002, Yantian International Container Terminals (YICT) handled the 10 millionth container since the commencement of the terminal. The record was achieved at 14:38 when operating the container vessel "COSCO Qingdao".
On 10 May 2002, "CCNI Arica", the first container vessel launched by Compania Chilena de Navegacion Interoceanica S.A (CCNI), arrived at YICT. "CCNI Alica" is 207.4 metres in length with the capacity of 2,564 TEU.
On 27 April 2001, "Cape Charles", a vessel under NYK, arrived at YICT to launch Grand Alliance's new ECX service.
Starting from 11 April 2002, UA has started to add Yantian call in the European route of its PDN pendulum service.