The annual container throughput at Shenzhen Port reached 28.77 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) in 2021, up 8.4% year on year, which is a "record high" according to Chinese state media.

Shenzhen Port also saw the number of international liner routes linking the port reached 302 in 2021, up from 241 in 2020, according to the city's transport bureau.

In a report, it added that authorities are also pushing forward new projects in the port. A smart terminal at the Nanshan harbor area was put into operation in June 2021, and the construction of a container terminal affiliated to the Yantian harbor area started on December 8, 2021.

Currently, Shenzhen Port can harbor twelve 200,000-tonne container vessels.