Cargotec Corporation issued a press release in November 2018 presenting its vision of the container terminal of the future highlighting a driverless terminal tractor equipped with a 5th wheel capable of rotating 360 degrees. The self-loading, self-unloading capabilities of the Steelbro Sidelifter make it uniquely viable to be part of the container terminal of the future. In fact, industry experts anticipate that the Steelbro Sidelifter of the future will be able to securely perform common container handling operations such as load, unload, transfer, and stack shipping containers without human assistance. Industry experts also anticipate that the Steelbro Sidelifter of the future will transport containers by itself without being hauled by an over-the-road tractor as it currently happens. Intelligent sensors, high performance vision systems, and advanced functions such as machine learning, which will be enabled via artificial intelligence algorithms, will allow the full, autonomous connectivity and interaction of the Steelbro Sidelifter with other fully automated container handling equipment. Through progressive innovation the Steelbro Sidelifter will keep up with the pace of technological evolution of other container handling equipment such as the terminal tractor described in the Cargotec’s November 2018 press release.