Shenzhen Yantian Port Sets China Record with 28,684 TEU Single-Ship Handling

The record is a throughput milestone, but the more telling figure is the route mix: over half of Yantian's weekly services now tie to APEC economies, and the additions came this year. That suggests capacity and scheduling are being reoriented toward transpacific and intra-Asia trade lanes rather than a broad-based demand surge. Whether that APEC-weighted buildout continues, and how other Chinese ports respond, is the open question.