// industries - transport & shipping

Global supply chains can't afford end-of-life software. Modernise without disruption.

In June 2017, Maersk, the world's largest container shipping company, was hit by NotPetya. The malware spread through their unpatched Windows network and destroyed 45,000 PCs and 4,000 servers across 130 countries. Maersk had to rebuild its entire IT infrastructure from scratch, at a cost of roughly $300 million.1 Then in December 2022, a winter storm hit the US. Every major airline recovered within days, except Southwest, whose legacy crew scheduling system couldn't reassign pilots and flight attendants fast enough. The result: 16,900 cancelled flights, two million stranded passengers, and a $140 million DOT fine.2

Both companies were brought down not by the external event itself, but by software that couldn't cope with it.

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CI validation
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Modernise without disrupting the supply chain
When logistics software goes down, shipments don't wait. Bosun's incremental, CI-validated migration approach means transport management systems, warehouse platforms, and booking engines get upgraded progressively. No big-bang cutovers.
02
Meet maritime and aviation compliance
IMO cybersecurity requirements, IATA data standards, and national transport mandates increasingly require current, patched software. Bosun automates the dependency and runtime upgrades across your transport IT systems, with audit evidence generated as a byproduct.
03
Enable real-time visibility
Customers expect live tracking, dynamic ETAs, and API integration. Legacy systems on outdated frameworks simply can't deliver that. Bosun migrates the underlying stack to modern runtimes that support event-driven, API-first architectures.
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Consolidate post-acquisition technology
Transport is a heavily consolidated industry. Every acquisition brings another legacy stack. Bosun accelerates harmonisation, upgrading disparate systems to common standards without the years-long integration programmes that typically follow M&A.

1 Andy Greenberg, Wired, 2018

2 DOT Consent Order, December 2023

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