JR Freight plans to establish a mechanism to switch to another telecommunications company as soon as possible because KDDI's large-scale communication failure that occurred earlier this month affected the logistics business that it handles. Revealed.
Due to KDDI's large-scale communication failure, JR Freight became unable to use the system for managing the loading and unloading of container luggage, resulting in a delay of up to 10 hours in transportation by freight train.
Regarding this, JR Freight's new president Inukai said at a press conference on the 13th, "There was also a movement to cancel the shipment of packages by freight, such as customers switching to truck transportation," and said that the business is being affected. I made it clear.
After that, he showed the idea of establishing a mechanism to switch to another telecommunications company as soon as possible in the event of a failure.
On the other hand, regarding the response to KDDI, President Inukai said, "Since the amount of damage is not expected to increase, we are not considering seeking compensation at this time."