Black Hat 2020: Satellite Comms Globally Open to $300 Eavesdropping Hack
Attackers can listen in on internet traffic for high-value targets a continent away, like shipping fleets and oil installations, using some basic home-television gear.
Maritime
‘Fourth Propulsion Revolution’ as Plans for Ammonia Fuelled Tanker Drawn Up
WORLDWIDE – MISC Berhad, Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI), Lloyd’s Register (LR) and MAN Energy Solutions have announced that they will work together on a joint development project for an ammonia-fuelled tanker to support shipping’s drive towards a decarbonised future. The creation of the alliance has been motivated by the partners’ shared belief that the maritime industry needs leadership and greater collaboration if shipping is to meet the International Maritime Organisation’s…
Ten Years On Air Freight Anti-Trust Bloodhounds Hunt Down the Last Accused
US – NETHERLANDS – ITALY – Maria Christina ‘Meta’ Ullings, the former Senior Vice President of Cargo Sales and Marketing for Martinair and a Dutch national, has been extradited from Italy to the US to face charges for her alleged role in a long-running worldwide conspiracy to fix prices of air cargo. The decision however has sent waves of dissent amongst many in the logistics industry who feel it has…
As market changes, SMC3 adds truckload software
Increased use of TMS software is opening up opportunity for multimodal bidding events, SMC3 says. Photo credit: Shutterstock.com. Shipper demand for broader transportation software solutions is hauling SMC3, a technology provider deeply rooted in the less-than-truckload (LTL) business, further into the truckload market. The company has added truckload functionality to its LTL procurement system, Bid$ense, a cloud-based system that automates the request for proposal (RFP), or bid process. That’s significant…
Winmore software update designed to speed 3PL bid process
Winmore’s software update is focused around allowing 3PLs to coordinate internally more effectively to win business from shippers. Photo credit: Shutterstock.com. Seeing the need from third-party logistics providers (3PLs) to quickly gauge a shipper’s request and determine whether it would be profitable to serve, customer relationship management (CRM)-related software providers such as Winmore are upgrading their systems to enable 3PLs to make faster and smarter decisions. San Francisco-based Winmore on…
Mexican state drops law requiring truckers to pay for annual permit
Mexican truckers, who say they are facing several state and municipal laws that burden them with fees and limit their movement, have persuaded the state of Jalisco to modify a law that required truckers to buy an annual permit to deliver cargo in Guadalajara. Source: http://www.joc.com
European airports: Time to reform outdated airline slot system
A shortage of slots at Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport contributed to a cut in freighter movements at the busy European hub by 11.5 percent in 2019. Photo credit: Shutterstock.com. Urgent reform of the slot allocation system is needed at Europe’s heavily congested airport hubs with the 27-year-old regulation now well out of date and unreflective of the fast-evolving aviation industry, according to Airports Council International (ACI) Europe. A position paper released…
India mulls privatizing stressed public cargo facilities to regain growth
India has 12 federal government-owned gateway ports dotting its east and west coasts, which together handle approximately 60 percent of the country’s containerized trade. Photo credit: Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust. Undeterred by trade union calls for a pause on privatization and other sweeping policy reforms, the Indian government is considering boosting private participation in cargo operations at major public ports where container handling is already dominated by build-operate-transfer (BOT) operators….
Flexport dominated maritime startup investment in 2019
Thetius predicts that companies focusing on APIs, AI, and robotic process automation will get traction in 2020 in the maritime technology environment. Photo credit: Shutterstock.com. Investment in San Francisco-based forwarder Flexport accounted for nearly 88 percent of all money raised via venture capital by maritime- and shipping-focused startups in 2019, according to a report from UK-based maritime technology research firm Thetius. The report found that SoftBank’s $1 billion investment in…
Bleak Look in Cash Terms as Container Terminal Dispute Starts to Resemble Jarndyce v Jarndyce
DJIBOUTI – UK – DUBAI – If the court battle between DP World, the international ports and logistics operator, and the government of Djibouti over the Doraleh container terminal was a test match series, by now the latter’s captain and selectors would have been dismissed, their supporters quit and quite possibly many fans suicidal. This however, is not about a game of cricket. Having both formulated and signed a contract…