Although container shipping in and out of the Black Sea remains a relatively niche trade, a Russian invasion of Ukraine could have catastrophic consequences for global container supply chains.
At the Freightwaves Global Supply Chain conference yesterday, Vespucci Maritime CEO Lars Jensen warned that the ripple effects from a military confrontation would likely spread far beyond the region to hit world trade.
“If the situation Shipping containers escalates and Russia invades Ukraine, we are almost certain to see sanctions applied to Russia, and I would expect Russia to retaliate buy container with cyber-attacks.
“Over the past two weeks, we have seen a number of warnings from the US and UK that the danger of containers for sale cyber-attacks has increased, so there’s a very real risk that infrastructure will be targeted,” Buy Shipping Containers Mr Jensen said.
He drew used shipping containers a comparison with the 2017 NotPetya cyber-attack on Ukraine, which is widely assumed to have been carried out by Kremlin-sponsored hackers, which also crippled the systems of Maersk and FedEx’s European subsidiary TNT.
The Danish carrier subsequently revealed the attack cost it around $300m.
“It wasn’t a direct attack on Maersk, Maersk was simply one of the many thousands of companies that suffered as collateral damage,” said Mr Jensen. “However, it took out Maersk’s systems for about two weeks – so in 2017 the world’s largest carrier was effectively taken out of trading.
“But
