Brief guide to cybersecurity for port management teams
Port management is becoming digitised. Once the stuff of science fiction, autonomous straddle carriers, remote mooring line monitoring, computerised cargo...
Nic Gardner is a Maritime Technology Analyst at Thetius. She is a master mariner who holds an unlimited UK CoC and has seagoing experience on capesize bulk carriers, ro-pax ferries, sail training ships, hospital ships, general cargo tramp ships, container ships and fisheries protection boats. When she is not at sea, Nic writes about a range of topics including technology and the maritime industry. Nic is also the author of "Merchant Navy Survival Guide: Survive & thrive on your first ship", a book to give aspiring seafarers the knowledge and tools they need to make a success of their first trip to sea.
Port management is becoming digitised. Once the stuff of science fiction, autonomous straddle carriers, remote mooring line monitoring, computerised cargo...
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