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Global Shipping Feels Fallout from Maersk Cyber Attack

Jun 29, 2017

Global shipping is still feeling the effects of a cyber attack that hit A.P. Moller-Maersk two days ago, showing the scale of the damage a computer virus can unleash on the technology dependent and inter-connected industry. About 90 percent of world trade is transported by sea…

Vallenthin Joins Greencarrier Freight Services Board

Jun 29, 2017

Greencarrier Freight Services International AB has welcomed Peter Vallenthin, former Managing Director and Senior Vice President of Norwegian Post – Bring, onto its Board of Directors as of October 1. Vallenthin brings experience in the freight forwarding and logistics sector…

Maersk Booking System Back In Action after Cyber Attack

Jun 28, 2017

Maersk Line, one of the world's largest container shipping companies, said on Wednesday its cargo booking system was back up and running after a global cyber attack crippled its IT networks a day earlier. 'Further to earlier communications…

Hamburg Hosts Conference on Port Rail Cargo

Jun 28, 2017

Anticipating further growth in maritime cargo transport by rail, experts from the rail and port sector are going for digitalization and automation.  The ‘First Rail Conference on Cargo Transport by Rail and Ports’ brought together numerous experts from the railway network…

MSC, Maersk Work on Data Sharing after Cyber Attack

Jun 28, 2017

Swiss container line MSC (Mediterranean Shipping Company) is working with vessel-sharing partner Maersk to find ways to share data after a cyber attack on the Danish company, MSC said on Wednesday. MSC said it was prepared to divert ships away from affected Maersk terminals…

Maersk Bullish on India

Jun 27, 2017

Domestic reforms have slowed down India’s trade momentarily, thereby weakening domestic demand. However, A.P. Moller – Maersk expects Indian EXIM trade to pick up pace in the next quarter. “This dip in import growth was due to piling up…

Current and Former WWL Execs Accused of Price Fixing

Jun 27, 2017

Two former and one current executive of the shipping company Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics AS (WWL) have been indicted on charges of fixing the prices of some international ocean shipping, the U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesday. Former…

Telenor Expands Communication Services for DFDS

Jun 27, 2017

Global maritime mobile operator Telenor Maritime said it will expand communications services for longstanding partner DFDS, deploying its connectivity platform with Premium Wi-Fi, Ka VSAT and mobile broadband backhaul for the Northern European shipping company…

Merkel Sounds Conciliatory Tone on Trade before G20 Summit

Jun 27, 2017

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Tuesday that global trade was not a zero-sum game and that she would seek to establish a rules-based commerce system that benefits all, striking a compromising tone before a G20 summit next week. Merkel…

Cyber Attack Hits 17 APM Container Terminals

Jun 27, 2017

Seventeen shipping container terminals run by APM Terminals have been hacked, including two in Rotterdam and 15 in other parts of the world, Dutch broadcaster RTV Rijnmond reported on Wednesday.APM Terminals is a subsidiary of shipping giant Maersk…

Maersk Says It's Been Cyber Attacked

Jun 27, 2017

Shipping giant A.P. Moller-Maersk, which handles one out of seven containers shipped globally, said the Petya cyber attack had caused outages at its computer systems across the world on Tuesday. The attack came as computer servers across Europe and in India were hit by a major ransomware attack…

Florida International Terminal Upgrade Underway

Jun 26, 2017

Florida International Terminal (FIT), a port in Port Everglades–Fort Lauderdale operated by SAAM since 2005, began a modernization project that will change the look of the port. The project will see the construction of a modern terminal with new facilities such as a gatehouse with eight lines…

CEVA Starts Rail Service between China and Germany

Jun 26, 2017

CEVA Logistics, a supply chain management companies, has launched a new rail service linking Shilong in southern China's Guangdong province to Hamburg in Germany. In conjunction with the Chinese state railway company, the new regular block trains will route Shilong…

Ever Sigma Discharges 9 millionth TEU at Los Angeles Port

Jun 25, 2017

Evergreen Line’s Ever Sigma container ship discharged the 9 millionth TEU (twenty-foot equivalent unit) to pass through the Port of Los Angeles in the span of 12 months, setting a new annual record for the most container throughput of any port in the western hemisphere…

Korea Line Signs USD 1.15 bln LNG Shipping Deal from KOGAS

Jun 23, 2017

Korea Line Corporation (KLC) has secured a KRW 1.27 trillion (USD 1.1 billion) contract to transport liquefied natural gas (LNG) for its compatriot Korea Gas Corporation (KOGAS). Yonhap reported that under the deal with Korea Gas Corp. (KOGAS)…

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