en.Wedoany.com Reported - Shenzhen's Yantian Port handled over 8.3459 million TEUs of container throughput in the first half of the year, a 10% increase year-on-year, setting a new historical high for the same period. As one of the world's largest single container terminals, the port is equipped with 20 deep-water berths, handles nearly 60,000 TEUs per day, and processes over 20,000 truck trips daily at its gates. Kang Hongjun, the duty manager of Yantian International Container Terminals Limited, provided the above data.
In April this year, Yantian Port launched a new express Europe route via the Suez Canal, reaching the Port of Rotterdam in the Netherlands in 27 days, nearly half a month faster than regular routes. The main vessel on this route, the "CMA CGM Othello," is about to load nearly 5,000 TEUs of cross-border e-commerce goods for shipment. On-site staff noted that every voyage since the route's launch has been fully loaded.
In the first half of 2026, Yantian Port's container throughput reached 8.3459 million TEUs, up 10% year-on-year. Yantian Port has also promoted the "inspect before loading" model to address the pain point of cross-border e-commerce consolidated cargo, which involves many orders and scattered volumes. Lin Zhiluan, Deputy General Manager of Commerce at Yantian International, stated that goods can first be sent to customs supervision areas for inspection, then loaded after clearance, reducing customs clearance time by over 50% and cutting comprehensive enterprise costs by over 30%.
Nearly half of China's cross-border e-commerce sellers are concentrated in Shenzhen, totaling over 120,000. A company founded just two years ago launched its first dynamic ergonomic chair in the second half of 2025, achieving success in overseas markets through cross-border e-commerce. Yan Aoyi, the company's head, reported that online sales in the first quarter of 2026 were approximately 100 million yuan, and about 140 million yuan in the second quarter, a nearly 50% increase compared to the second half of 2025.
The product structure of Shenzhen's cross-border e-commerce exports is changing. Zhang Peipei, General Manager of Shenzhen Didi Logistics Technology Co., Ltd., noted that the company's cross-border e-commerce cargo volume increased by about 30% year-on-year in the first half of the year, with customer groups for smart devices, outdoor equipment, and consumer electronics growing by about 15% year-on-year. AI, technology, and smart equipment products saw the most significant growth.
Huang Wei, Deputy Section Chief of the Ship Supervision Section 1 of Dapeng Customs under Shenzhen Customs, stated that in the first half of the year, the export value of automatic data processing equipment reached 38.09 billion yuan, up 47.7% year-on-year; medical instruments and devices reached 8.62 billion yuan, up 2.7%; and 3D printers reached 6.39 billion yuan, up 115.7%.
