Kalmar organises CargoHack on 8-10 April 2016 in Tampere, Finland

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, the company said in its press release.

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.

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.