China’s Shanghai Zhenhua denies posing a cybersecurity risk to US ports

Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries declared that its cranes don’t pose any cybersecurity threat.

The US congressional committees had questioned the Chinese state-owned firm’s work on cranes bound for the US.

Zhenhua Heavy Industries’ installation of Swiss engineering major ABB’s equipment onto the U.S.-bound ship-to-shore cranes was scrutinised.

The House of Representatives invited ABB’s executives to public hearings to clarify their relationship with Zhenhua Heavy Industries.

ZPMC has taken the concerns seriously and strongly believes that the reports can mislead the public without adequate factual review.

ABB said that it sold its equipment to leading crane manufacturers, including Chinese firms, which have sold the cranes to U.S. ports directly.

China and the U.S., the world’s most significant economies, frequently accuse one another of cyberattacks and industrial espionage.

ZPMC said the cranes it supplies are used in ports worldwide, including the U.S., and comply with all international laws.

ZPMC is one of the world’s biggest port machinery manufacturers, owning a fleet of over 20 transportation vessels.

ABB gets almost 16% of its sales via China, second only to the U.S. market, estimated at 24%.