China News Service, May 10, According to the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), after the largest oil pipeline company in the United States suffered a cyber attack, the US government issued an emergency statement on the 9th local time to ensure fuel transportation and supply.
The Federal Automobile Transportation Safety Administration under the US Department of Transportation issued a regional emergency statement on the 9th.
Image source: Screenshot from the official website of the US Department of Transportation
According to the US Department of Transportation website, the Federal Motor Transportation Safety Administration under the Department of Transportation issued a regional emergency statement on the 9th.
Due to an emergency situation, this emergency statement temporarily granted 18 states a temporary transportation exemption for gasoline, diesel, aviation fuel, and other refined oil products so that the fuel could be transported by road.
Colonial Pipeline, the largest pipeline operator in the United States, said on the 7th that the company was under a cyber attack and then closed a 5,500-mile pipeline, which is responsible for transporting nearly half of the fuel supply on the east coast.
This incident has raised concerns about the shortage of gasoline, diesel and jet fuel.
US Secretary of Commerce Raymondo said on the 9th that the federal government is helping the company to avoid supply disruptions.
According to the Colonial Pipeline website, the company’s refineries on the Gulf Coast are capable of delivering fuel to more than 50 million people in the south and east.