Cybersecurity

Report finds gap between companies selling online and using automated trade tools

Tom Cook, managing director of Blue Tiger International, discussed the negative effects of risk exposure in the global supply chain and how to manage those risks.

OFAC move incorrectly interpreted by some lawmakers

As a result of Russia’s alleged interference in the U.S. presidential election, the White House is imposing sanctions on three Russian companies, expelling 35 Russian diplomats from the U.S., and closing two Russian-operated U.S. facilities.

President-elect Donald Trump announced a series of immediate actions he plans to take to increase jobs and wages for workers, including the withdrawal from the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement.

Mxi Technologies names new CEO,; IAPH (America, North region) appoints new VP; ATA names CFO; Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg hires FDA regulatory consultant; and Morrison & Foerster appoints head of Transportation Group.

The U.S. National Counterintelligence and Security Center will begin providing supply chain threat reports to critical U.S. telecommunications, energy, and financial businesses in an effort to defend against cyberattacks, among other threats.

The American Association of Port Authorities is concerned that local agencies with no nexus to ports are taking advantage of a federal program designed to help ports pay for security needs.

Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas is offering a new master’s program in port management, and recently named veteran port administrator Erik Stromberg to lead its new Center for Advances in Port Management.

SAL appoints manager of Singapore office, while Union Pacific appoints cyber-security expert to board and Johanson Transportation Service announces promotions.

The next round of federal port security grants from the United States Department of Homeland Security is now open to eligible parties, such as port authorities, marine terminal operators, and state and local government agencies.

BIMCO, the International Chamber of Shipping and Intertanko are among the industry bodies that have developed a framework to help shipowners and operators prepare for cyber attacks.

Chinese leader Xi Jinping, whose agenda in the U.S. includes commercial issues, Wednesday met with CEOs from Boeing, Apple and Cisco in Seattle on his way to visit President Obama in Washington, D.C. on Friday.

Global cargo thefts are increasing at an “alarming” rate and are no longer limited to high-value goods, according to the International Union of Marine Insurance.

The aircraft manufacturer opened a research and technology center in Huntsville, Ala. on June 18.

The Department of Homeland Security has made $100 million available for 2015 port security grants.

The $461m purchase of Maher’s Canadian terminal will allow the Dubai-owned port operator to increase its U.S. business.

   We’ve often written within these pages about the importance of connectivity.    Indeed, modern transportation and trade management software platforms are built to leverage the benefits of connecting supply chain partners easily and quickly.    But they need to ensure that connectivity doesn’t hurt their operations and those of their suppliers and service providers. […]

   Increased funding for ports—not just for marine terminals themselves, but connections via water and land—continue to be a key focus for the American Association of Port Authorities.    In January, AAPA held a roundtable in the Port of Long Beach to draw the media’s attention to what it believes is a need to boost […]

   Just before Thanksgiving I spoke with Andrew Kinsey, a senior marine risk consultant for Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty, who addressed a variety of issues on his radar screen.    A retired master for both Maersk Line, Ltd. and the U.S. Military Sealift Command, he was returning from Alabama where he had done a […]