BlackSky Technology and Spire Global have teamed up to create a real-time, commercially available Maritime Custody Service that can automatically detect, identify and track more than 270 thousand vessels worldwide in open water, along rivers and canals, and while docked at port. The system uses data from Spire’s radio frequency-monitoring satellite constellation to detect emissions from maritime targets, including the ability to detect and locate dark vessels that manipulate their reported position in order to

The last few years have reminded us supply chains are crucial to a functioning world economy—and our nation’s ports play a huge role in the chain. That’s why, with industry input, MITRE researchers are helping ports and shipping companies fend off cyberattacks by assessing and mitigating their system vulnerabilities. Georgia’s Port of Savannah is one of the fastest-growing container terminals in the country. Between 2020 and 2021, its total container trade expanded by nearly 20

At the Port of Oakland on a recent weekday, trucks, cranes and container-laden ships moved goods across the sprawling 1,300-acre complex with the precarious precision of a Rube Goldberg machine. Mere blocks from downtown Oakland, the port operates essentially as a city within a city. It’s the ninth-biggest port in the country and the first stop for 99% of containerized goods moving through Northern California. In the whir of logistics and machinery, it’s easy to

German shipbuilder Lürssen, known for making super yachts for the exorbitantly wealthy, experienced a ransomware attack over Easter weekend that has incapacitated operations. With a high revenue — it has an expected annual revenue of nearly $2.2 billion this year — it’s likely that the shipbuilding company has a running roster of exclusive clients, making it a quality candidate for threat actors. And while Lürssen makes luxury yachts, it also builds sea vessels for the

A steep, across-the-board decline in imported cargo, exports and empty containers during March dropped volumes at several major ports to levels not seen since before the COVID-19 pandemic. The Port of Los Angeles processed 623,233 20-foot-equivalent containers, down 35% from last year’s 958,674. “Economic conditions slowed global trade considerably in the first quarter; however, we are beginning to see some signs of improvement, including nine consecutive months of inflation declines,” Port of Los Angeles Executive

Around 1000 shipping vessels have been impacted by a ransomware attack, a software management company has revealed. DNV, a Norwegian software supplier that provides services for 12,000 ships and mobile offshore units across the globe, said its ShipManager software had been hit by the attack on January 7, 2023. Consequently, around 70 customers operating roughly 1000 vessels have been impacted. These customers “have been advised to consider relevant mitigating measures depending on the types of

About 1,000 vessels have been affected by a ransomware attack against a major software supplier for ships. Oslo-based DNV – one of the world’s largest maritime organizations – said it was hit with ransomware on the evening of January 7 and was forced to shut down the IT servers connected to their ShipManager system. “DNV is communicating daily with all 70 affected customers to update them on findings of the ongoing forensic investigations. In total

Last Friday, the nonprofit Maritime Transportation System Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MTS-ISAC) released its 2022 Annual Report. The MTS-ISAC, whose stakeholders’ operations span 6 continents and over 160 countries, focuses on maritime cyber threat information sharing to help provide early warning of the cyber-attacks taking place against the maritime community. The report highlights the incredible progress its community of stakeholders made to improve cyber risk management across the maritime transportation system (MTS) community, including

U.S. officials are growing concerned that giant Chinese-made cranes operating at American ports across the country, including at several used by the military, could give Beijing a possible spying tool hiding in plain sight. Some national security and Pentagon officials have compared ship-to-shore cranes made by the China-based manufacturer, ZPMC, to a Trojan horse. While comparably well-made and inexpensive, they contain sophisticated sensors that can register and track the provenance and destination of containers, prompting