COLONIAL PIPELINE OUTAGE HIGHLIGHTED TERMINAL OPERATIONAL ISSUES

Cathy Landry at ILTA looks at the extent of the impact on US terminals of the DarkSide ransomware attack that brought down the Colonial Pipeline The recent ransomware attack that brought Colonial Pipeline – and nearly the entire East Coast petroleum product supply chain – to its knees highlighted operational issues where the terminal industry could help overall fuel supply resilience with assistance from regulators. It also made clear the need for greater emergency contingency planning and dialogue between terminal operators, US Coast Guard headquarters, local captains of the port, governors, and the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Two specific […]