The Secretariat of Infrastructure, Communications and Transportation (SICT) made the announcement final week and mentioned that among the many measures it took to include the malicious software program it found on October 24 was the suspension of all companies. In accordance with SICT, 110 computer systems have been hacked
Working with Mexico’s Nationwide Digital Technique Coordination workforce, SICT is diagnosing the complete extent of the cyber-attack and its affect on its administration of truck licences and permits. In doing so it hopes to deal with any technical points and steadily and safely re-establish entry to the methods. That’s prone to take at the very least two weeks however catching up with allow allowances and opinions is anticipated to take for much longer.
Within the meantime, the SICT mentioned it had prolonged the validity of licenses and certificates, that means drivers whose licenses or certificates have been within the technique of being renewed, or which these which had expired throughout this era, wouldn’t be affected.
Nonetheless, the transport and logistics business nonetheless fears that any additional delay might jeopardise commerce. Mexico’s Nationwide Chamber of Freight Transport (Canacar) has referred to as on SICT to design an emergency plan for federal transport procedures to keep away from the danger of Mexico’s provide chains collapsing.
The shortcoming to qualify truck permits and licences on-line is an actual risk to cross border commerce in accordance with Canacar.
“In cross-border transportation companies, the American authority has the facility to request the driving force’s license and validate… the doc within the info system that it shares with the SCIT,” mentioned the organisation in a press release. “Not having the registration of the process and the present doc, supposes a lot of drivers and vehicles can be dropping all alternative to function.”
The chamber mentioned that suspending procedures elevated the danger of shortages of each kind of commodity, stating that Mexico is closely reliant on street transport for the motion of freight. Extra particularly, the sector contributes 3.3% of nationwide GDP and strikes 84% of products throughout the border with the US, in addition to shifting 81% of home cargo. Canacar additionally mentioned that the transport sector supplies direct and oblique jobs for greater than 6m individuals.
Home freight actions in Mexico and cross-border commerce with the US will likely be underneath dialogue and subsequent week’s Automotive Logistics and Provide Chain Mexico convention, which takes place between November 15-17 in Mexico Metropolis
