Navis World

Kalmar is participating Navis World 2017 that will take place on 27-30 March in San Francisco. The biannual, invitation only conference brings together more than 300 marine terminal executives and experts from around the world  to network and share knowledge about the latest and most innovative solutions that are helping to improve operational efficiencies in the supply chain.

This year again, Kalmar is the main sponsor of the event and our experts are speaking in four sessions about maintenance of automated terminals, benefits of equipment agnostic terminal logistics system, remote controlled yard cranes and safety in automated RTG terminals, as well as staged deployment towards straddle carrier automation.  Additionally we will hold demo session at Kalmar stand during conference breaks.

Kalmar Sessions at Navis World 2017

Maintenance of automated terminals

When: 29 March 2017 at 11:15AM - 12:05PM

Speaker: Arto Keskinen, Vice President, Intelligent Service Solutions, Kalmar

Session description:  When planning a terminal automation deployment, there are various factors that need to be taken into account to make sure the terminal operates well right from the beginning. Conversion to automated operations requires a major change in practices as the focus of maintenance moves from reactive ad hoc repairs to a targeted preventive maintenance program.

Benefits of equipment agnostic terminal logistics system

When: 29 March 2017 at 3:50 - 4:40PM

Speaker: Timo Lehto, Director, Software Development, Kalmar

Session description: Majority of equipment control system (ECS) – TOS interfaces are designed as equipment type and vendor specific solutions. The session addresses the design of equipment agnostic ECS and the benefits it provides to TOS-ECS integration and terminal operations.

Staged deployment towards straddle carrier automation

When: 29 March 2017 at 1:30 - 2:20PM

Speaker: Jarkko Mäkiranta, Director, Product Management, Intelligent Horizontal Transportation Solutions, Kalmar

Session description: The session will discuss the technology roadmap and specific considerations in straddle carrier automation; how to get started and how to reach full automation with incremental steps.

Remote controlled yard cranes and safety in automated RTG terminals

When: 30 March 2017 at 8:30 - 9:20AM

Speaker: Tomi Tuulkari, Senior Manager, Offering Development, Intelligent Crane Solutions, Kalmar

Description: RTG automation is widely accepted to be part of the future operation optimization, even it introduces several critical points that need to be handled to ensure high safety level of the operations. The session will discuss how to get started with RTG automation, and how to generate accurate, timely and actionable measures to begin your journey towards safe remote operations.

Demo session: Kalmar AutoRTG remote control

When: 28 March 2017 at 10:40 - 10:55AM, 29 March 2017 at 5:15-5:30 pm

Presented by: Tomi Tuulkari & Timo Lehto

Demo session: Kalmar OneTerminal

When: 29 March 2017 at 10:55 - 11:10AM and 4:50-5:05PM

Presented by: Hannu Karp, Jarkko Mäkiranta, Tomi Tuulkari

Demo session: Kalmar SmartMap 

When: 29 March 2017 at 3:30 - 3:45PM and 5:40-5:55PM
Presented by: Albert So

Demo session: Kalmar Insight - Aggregated operational business data from your terminal

When: 28-30 March 2017  
Presented by: Arto Keskinen