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Cyber Attack 'Worst Possible Timing' for Gothenburg Port

3-7-2017 < Red Ice Creations 43 137 words
 
Cyber Attack 'Worst Possible Timing' for Gothenburg Port Trouble-hit Gothenburg harbour is still struggling to get its services up and running after shipping mammoth Maersk was hit by a cyber attack. A large number of Maersk's 76 container terminals around the world were affected and were forced to run on manual systems on Wednesday, 28 June 2017, AP Moller Maersk chief operating officer Vincent Clerc told AFP. Some were later back up and running, however Gothenburg harbour, Scandinavia's biggest port, was still affected on Thursday morning. "We still can't get any containers out," Joachim Steivik at freight transport company Swedebridge told Swedish news agency TT before noon. Work at Gothenburg harbour is already affected by a long-running conflict between the dockers' union and APM Terminals, owned by Maersk. The row has resulted in strikes and…
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