High-end simulators are still in demand despite the wide range of less expensive alternatives on the market.
The boom in port throughput and development over the last decade combined with the drop in the price of high-powered computers led to the commercialisation of crane simulator systems. Although the larger or “full scale” crane simulators with an operator console mounted on a motion platform are a significant investment (ca.US$500,000), more and more port operators have the scale to justify this level of investment....
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