On 19 October 2008, YICT welcomed the maiden vessel call of the "APL Denmark" deployed by The New World Alliance (TNWA, comprising APL, HMM and MOL) to its South Asia Express (SAX) Service.
On 24 September 2008, YICT and Shenzhen Yantian Port Group (YPG) signed a memorandum pledging them to cooperate on building a new Port Information Centre.
On 25 September 2008, YICT and Sinotrans Guangdong officially signed an agreement, establishing their cooperation on terminal and feeder services, warehousing, and freight forwarding to further improve the efficiency of the local logistics industry.
On 23 September 2008, a train loaded with three 40-foot containers of toys bound for the earthquake-hit Mianyang City in Sichuan Province set out from YICT.
On 4 September 2008, the Shenzhen Bureau of Trade and Industry declared YICT to be an Outstanding Energy-saving Enterprise. YICT was the only enterprise from Shenzhen's port industry to be so honoured.
In August, the Yantian District Government granted RMB200,000 worth of funding to YICT's rubber-tyred gantry crane (RTGC) reconfiguration project, which aims to replace the diesel engines of YICT's RTGCs with electric engines.
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.