U.S. President Joe Biden signed a decree today to strengthen the security of ships, ports and U.S. Coastal Structures, Provision Amending Regulations in order to enhance cybersecurity in these countries, Areas. The cybersecurity initiative will be accompanied by an investment of more than $20 billion in port infrastructure over the next five years as part of the "Investing in America" agenda that will be mainly focused on the provision of safe cranes to ports American. This follows a recent survey by the Select Committee on Strategic Competition between States United and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in the House of Representatives, highlighted the security risks of the maritime sector determined by the supply of cranes to ports, in particular ship-to-shore, produced in China, which are widely used in American ports ( of 19 January 2024).

The decree gives the Coast Guard the authority to respond to threats to the security of the Marine Transportation System national authorities by asking ships and coastal structures to information systems that could lead to their safety and that of the ports. The U.S. Coast Guard will be able to also control the movement of ships that represent a Known or suspected cyber threat to maritime infrastructure and will be able to subject them to inspection.

It is also expected that the Coast Guard will issue a Maritime Safety Directive including measures for the Ship-to-shore crane-related cyber risk management made in China and installed in American ports: the owners and Operators of these vehicles will have to undertake a series of actions on these cranes as well as on the related Information Technology and Operational Technology

The measure also introduces the obligation to report cyber incidents and ongoing cyber threats that put ships, ports and coastal facilities at risk.

The White House announced that, as part of the investments in port cranes, the Paceco Corporation, a subsidiary of Japan's Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co., is planning the acquisition of an American factory at the in order to produce cranes on the national territory and has demonstrated its the intention to collaborate with other manufacturing companies in order to bring back the production of port cranes in the United States after 30 years United.