Operation under extreme climatic conditions
1 Introduction
In times when high productivity and fast handling of goods is required in order to minimise costs, the loading and unloading of ships is becoming increasingly important. Engineers are called on to produce ever more flexible and cost-effective systems.
A further demand is placed on manufacturers in cases where top performance even under the most challenging climatic and uneconomic geological conditions must be assured. SMB International GmbH is also subject to such demands: In the Russian region of Ulyanovsk, a new port has been built, and corresponding port transhipment...
