Kalmar CargoHack brings new ideas and innovations to the port and terminal industry through co-creation
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CARGOTEC CORPORATION, PRESS RELEASE, 11 APRIL 2016 AT 3 PM (EEST)
Kalmar, part of Cargotec, organised its first hackathon CargoHack on 8-10 April
2016 at its Technology and Competence Centre in Tampere, Finland. The event
brought together about 100 participants from all around the world, including 57
hackers that formed 16 teams to solve the challenges that the terminals are
facing today.
"CargoHack was a great success in many aspects. We received more than 100
applications and had to widen the event scope already at an early stage. We
selected 16 teams to join in and gave them challenges covering areas like
visualisation of terminal operations, use of mobile technologies, safety, and
improving efficiency of the wider value chain around cargo handling," says Tommi
Pettersson, Vice President, Automation at Kalmar.
The participants had access to the latest technology and equipment in the port
industry, including world's largest automation test field with unmanned machines
and drones, Kalmar's Virtual Lab, Application Program Interfaces (APIs), sensors
and big data from terminal environment. In addition, experts from Kalmar and
Tieto Corporation served as mentors for the teams during the entire event.
"Improving performance by utilising technology that is already available and
safety turned out to be the most common themes in the final pitches. Many
proposals looked for new ways to use drones, sensors, robots, smart glasses or
other innovative tools and devices in improving terminal efficiency and safety
or in creating new intelligent services for terminal operators. Some of the
teams came up with new conceptual thinking to improve sharing of data and
knowledge among the entire value chain of terminal operations. We even heard
ideas on how to intelligently combine manual and automated operations," Tommi
continues.
Customer value and business model were key criteria in choosing the winner of
CargoHack. The winning concept was presented by the team Pointscene. Their
unique idea of using visualisation in a terminal environment can be implemented
in multiple ways.
"Overall, the hackathon proved to be a great tool and method for bringing out
and demonstrating new ideas and out-of-the-box thinking. We will move forward
with some of the ideas and integrate them into our product and technology
roadmaps," Tommi concludes.
Further information for the press:
Tommi Pettersson, Vice President, Automation, Kalmar +358
Maija Eklöf, Vice President, Marketing and Communications, Kalmar, tel.
+358 20 777 4096, maija.eklof(at)kalmarglobal.com
Kalmar offers the widest range of cargo handling solutions and services to
ports, terminals, distribution centres and to heavy industry. Kalmar is the
industry forerunner in terminal automation and in energy efficient container
handling, with one in four container movements around the globe being handled by
a Kalmar solution. Through its extensive product portfolio, global service
network and ability to enable a seamless integration of different terminal
processes, Kalmar improves the efficiency of every move. www.kalmarglobal.com
Kalmar is part of Cargotec. Cargotec's sales totalled EUR 4.2 billion in 2014
and it employs approximately 11,000 people. Cargotec's class B shares are quoted
on NASDAQ OMX Helsinki under symbol CGCBV. www.cargotec.com
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