In early January, the Y-Type semi-submersible yacht transport vessel built by CIMC Raffles for Dutch shipping company Sitford was delivered at Longkou Base. Currently operated by DYT Superyacht Transport (formerly known as Dockwise) from Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and named Yacht Servant, the 214m (702ft) vessel is the largest yacht transport vessel in the world.

DYT Superyacht Transport company has dispatched the vessel to sail from CIMC Raffles Longkou Base on its maiden voyage from Shanghai to Panama. According to the website of the State Maritime Administration, the vessel carried out a submersible loading operation in waters near Shanghai in the Yangtze Estuary on January 10.