When fishing vessels enter the port, the crew requests the required amount of ice for their catch via radio. The ice block is loaded directly from the local freezer, lowered along rails to the crusher, and fed through a pipe into the container with fish in the form of ice chips

The machine is being developed by Australian startup Crest Robotics in collaboration with Earthbuilt Technology, which has developed an eco-friendly material made from a mixture of sand, glass, and brick fragments. Buildings made from this material are strong, moisture- and fire-resistant, and the use of local components will help reduce the carbon footprint. Instead of performing a multitude