YANTIAN International Container Terminals (YICT) is to welcome eight new international shipping services this month.

The new services, operated by New World Alliance carriers Maersk Sealand, Hanjin, Norasia and Hamburg Sud, will boost YICT's weekly shipping services to a total of 70, and allow shippers to have more shipping service choices especially during the peak season, said a news release from YICT.

The eight new services include five East Asia-American routes, two Asia-Europe services via Suez Canal and Rotterdam, and one Asian route via Colombo and Dubai in the Middle East. Four of the eight additional new services calling at YICT this month will be operated by Maersk Sealand, and they include two American services, the TP2 and TP9, one Middle East service, and one European service, AE8W.

To date, Maersk Sealand has launched a total of 12 shipping services from Yantian.