On 25 August 2017, 50 children aged between 6 and 9 took part in the activity day organised by Yantian.

On 21 August 2017, Yantian joined hands with Hasbro to launch a debut ceremony for the locomotive painting with Hasbro’s New Transformers & My Little Pony at Pingyan Railway Station.

On 11 August 2017, a total of 24 students from Dalian Maritime University and Shenzhen University successfully completed their three-week summer internship at Yantian with impressive presentations on their projects.

In August 2017, Yantian International Container Terminals received another two new feeder services. Now there are 12 feeder services connect Yantian to ports in the Pearl River Delta region and its periphery.

On 9 August 2017, Yantian International Container Terminals held a safety operation management meeting with its contractors.

On 3 August 2017, He Jianzhong, Vice Minister of Transport of China, and his delegation visited YICT.

On 9 July 2017, a group of 15 students and their teachers from Yunnan Dahaicun Hope Primary School arrived in Shenzhen for a week-long summer camp. This was the 12th annual summer camp the company has hosted for these Hope Primary School students.

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.

On 5 July 2017, Huo Shuhua, General Manager-Port Development of YICT, received the “Yantian Outstanding Talent Award”.

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.

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.

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.

On 8 June 2017, Li Xiaopeng, Minister of Transport of China, and his delegation visited YICT.

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.

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.