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.
On 22 March, YICT Golf Day 2002 was held at Xili Golf and Country Club. Mr. Thomas Lindy Sorensen from Maersk Sealand won the championship.
On 25 March 2002, the container vessel "Chuanhe" under COSCO made an inaugural call at YICT, to commence a new weekly CSEA service.
On 25 March 2002, Mr. Kenneth Tse, General Manager and Mr. Xu Yun Guo, Deputy General Manager, launched the opening ceremony of YICT's first "Reading Festival" at YICT Sports & Training Centre.
On 15 March 2002, YICT organised a promotional function on Multi-Mode Transportation at the Sunshine Hotel of Shenzhen.