Tag: Maersk

GE and Maersk Drilling have extended the scope of their digital partnership, to enhance drilling productivity. During the extended partnership, the two companies will expand the scope of the 2016 pilot project—one vessel, one asset, one year—to nine subsequent vessels

Recent cyber-attack within Maersk IT systems have proved that existing protection tools are not enough because times and cyber crimes are changing, Crowley's Amiee Cords, director, technology, and Maria Hope, manager, technology note.

A Maersk-operated container ship went adrift off Aleutian Islands, Alaska, on Friday night, after she reportedly suffered fire in the engine room. On Saturday morning, Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation announced that the vessel was escorted to land safe.

The US Coast Guard has made available a draft Navigation and Inspection Circular, asking ship operators to assess their vulnerabilities to cyber attacks. As highlighted in the USCG Cyber Strategy, cyber security is one of the most serious economic and national security challenges in the US.

Danish shipping giant Maersk said that it expects its container operations to get back to normal early next week, after the recent cyber attack that affected its shipments. The company informed this week that it had restored its major IT systems, but the import experience has not yet been fully brought up to normal.

Maersk Supply Service has secured a long-term contract with Subtec S.A de C.V. of Mexico, a subsidiary of Blue Marine Group, for one of its Stingray new-building vessels. In this way, the company enters the Mexican market for the first time.

IContainers has warned that the ocean freight industries are insufficiently prepared for cyber attacks. According to the company, last week's ransomware attack on Maersk should serve as a warning of the increasing vulnerabilities of the industry, as it moves towards automation and digitalization.

Maersk continues to keep updated its members regarding the restore of its operations following the Petya malware attack that hit its system this week. So far, Maersk has reestablished business in Algeciras, Tangier, Callao Lima, Mumbai, Itajai and Buenos Aires.

Following the recent cyber attack, the Mediterranean Shipping Company confirmed that it is not affected by the ransomware, known as ‘PETYA’, reassuring all operators that its systems and business operations are working normally and bookings can be placed as usual.

The Indian Ministry of Shipping and Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust are taking steps to ensure minimum disturbance to trade, transporters, public, in response of the recent "Petya" cyber attack across the globe. An unforeseen situation has been developed at JNPT, owing to disruption in the operations of one of the private terminal operators, APM Maersk, due to the cyber attack.