A Florida lawmaker plans to propose legislation aimed at disincentivizing the purchase of Chinese container gantry cranes by port authorities and terminal operators, saying the cranes pose a cyberthreat to U.S. supply chains.
Speaking on Tuesday during a Capitol Hill hearing on maritime cybersecurity, Republican U.S. Rep. Carlos Gimenez, whose district is south of the Port of Miami, said he is concerned about software embedded in cranes purchased by the port from China that could include malware...