Shenzhen is striving to become a world-class sea container logistics hub. The city now has opened 300 international shipping routes and ranked among the top four globally in terms of container throughput for 10 consecutive years, according to Shenzhen Special Zone Daily.

An aerial view of the Yantian International Container Terminals.

Yantian Port’s annual throughput capacity reached over 10 million TEUs. Over 60% of its operational routes are to Europe and the U.S. Data showed that the port currently undertakes one-third of Guangdong Province’s imports and exports and one-fourth of China’s trade with the United States.

The world’s largest container ship named the Ever Alot, which has a capacity of 24,004 TEUs, sailed from Yantian Port this July. As of now, container ships with a capacity of over 20,000 TEUs all have berthed at Yantian Port. In addition, the port allows six vessels each with a capacity of 200,000 tons of cargo to berth simultaneously for operation.