Vancouver Fraser Port Authority investment in shipment visibility paying off

Although rail can be a blind spot for many ports, a partnership between the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority and the primary railroads that serve it is generating more reliable data for use in forecasting demand.

The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority’s work to achieve greater multimodal shipment visibility also could become a model for other gateways.

“The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority has made good progress, together with Railinc, by investing more heavily in information and analytics. The port...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/vancouver-fraser-port-authority-investment-in-shipment-visibility-paying-off

GPS Spoofing a Cyber Threat To Ship Navigation

  • GPS spoofing threat was pushed higher up the global news agenda, when more than 20 vessels in the Black Sea reported AIS traces erroneous in 2017.
  • All of the ships’ tracking systems placed them in the same nonsensical location, led to informed speculation.
  • It is still unconfirmed officially that the incident could be attributed to Russian testing of satellite navigation spoofing technology as part of its electronic warfare arsenal.
  • A UK-based cyber vulnerability testing firm’s researchers...

http://mfame.guru/gps-spoofing-a-cyber-threat-to-ship-navigation/

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