A-Ward tilts in Taiwan
NewsPictured are four of five “high efficiency unloaders” that container tilting specialist A-Ward recently installed in Vietnam for a Taiw...
Self-help goes a long way
NewsSelf-loading trailers, commonly known as sidelifters, remain universally popular for container transport and logistics companies....
Brazil's infrastructure in the spotlight
NewsThe Intermodal South America conference in São Paulo this week heard much about Brazil's chronic congestion problems and how to fix them...
Doing well with self-help
NewsNew products and designs keep the vitality of the “sidelifter” going....
Giving a prompt from the side
NewsSelf-loading container trailers are a mature product, but suppliers are constantly striving to meet changing market demands....
Hammar wins patent infringement case
NewsSelf-loading trailer builder Hammar Maskin AB has reported that New Zealand’s Court of Appeal in Christchurch has judged that its patent o...
Sideloaders: not just a side issue
NewsIn the past few years demand for self-loading trailers (“sidelifters”) seems to have grown in line with the container handling market ge...
Sidelifters – huge untapped potential?
NewsIn some respects, the concept of using self-loading trailers (“sidelifters”) to handle containers is very highly developed. In New Zeala...
Sidelifter safety in the spotlight
NewsThe market for self loading trailers in Australasia is booming and manufacturers are focusing on safety as Australia considers a separate st...
Steelbros for Iraq
NewsSteelbro New Zealand Ltd claims to have secured a multi-million dollar order for the immediate supply of its self-loading trailers (SLTs), o...
Steelbro launches 3-crane sidelifter
NewsLeading self-loading trailer (SLT) manufacturer Steelbro NZ Ltd has launched a new 3- crane version designed specifi-cally to deliver lightw...
SLTs: still room in the market?
NewsThe self-loading trailer for containers (SLT) is a mature product, but the market is still showing signs of growth....
Rugby Group opts for Steelbros
NewsRMC Rugby Cement (now styled Rugby Group) has started supplying the Heathrow Terminal 5 construction project with pulverised fly ash (PFA) i...
Self-loading trailers come of age
NewsNew Zealand is home ground for a number of manufacturers of SLTs for containers. The SLTconcept has been long-established here and most orde...