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The Day a Cyber Attack Brings the World’s Supply Chains to a Halt

Talking Logistics

In 2013, for example, drug traffickers recruited hackers to breach the IT systems at the port of Antwerp. As reported by the BBC: Prosecutors say a Dutch-based trafficking group hid cocaine and heroin among legitimate cargoes, including timber and bananas shipped in containers from South America.

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Logistics Hubs as Drivers of Innovation

MIT Supply Chain

Key players came together at the first European Logistics Clusters Forum , on October 14 -15, 2014, in Brussels, Belgium, to explore their possible involvement in the initiative. It’s a chicken-and-egg problem; shippers will not provide the cargo until operators guarantee the rail capacity, and vice versa.