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THE GROWING DEMAND FOR BIGGER AND SAFER TIPPING SEMI-TRAILERS IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA IS A TREND THAT GORICA IS ON TOP OF. AS THE REGION CALLS FOR GREATER ROAD REGULATION AND EQUIPMENT WEIGHT ALLOWANCES, THE SPECIALISED TRAILER AND BODY BUILDER CONSISTENTLY RISES TO THE CHALLENGE.

GORICA Group is a leading developer and manufacturer of semitrailers in the Middle East and Africa. For the past three decades the OEM has specialised in the production of tipping semi-trailers and rigid mounted tipping bodies.

The construction of the tree-shaped artificial archipelago, Palm Jumeirah, in Dubai was a major project that saw the use of more than few hundred units of 40 CBM (Cubic meters) ROCK tipping semi-trailers tasked with delivering bulk materials.

“We’ve been pioneering in this segment by constantly developing new customised solutions to satisfy customer requirements from an application and design perspective,” Gorica General Manager Sales & Marketing, Domen Bockor.

GORICA is renowned for the design of its slanting rear door design – a benchmark in the tipping semi-trailer industry and a distinctive feature that ensures GORICA tippers on the road can be recognised from afar.

Due to non-uniform road regulations in the Gulk Cooperation Council (the GCC is a political and economic alliance including Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates – UAE – Qatar, Bahrain and Oman) and across Middle East technical specifications vary, depending on the intended application, in terms of capacity or volume, axle configuration and axle load capacity along with material thicknesses.

“If we look at mature markets like Europe, for example, where there are common road regulations, most of the tippers are quite similar and only vary to accommodate specific uses,” Bockor says. “Contrary to the Middle East, you have extremes like Bahrain where maximum capacity of a tipping semi-trailer allowed by road regulations is 18 CBM and United Arab Emirates (UAE) where the market standard is 48 CBM. These differences make it impossible to standardise.”

To conform with local road regulations and international standards, GORICA has tackled this challenging task and has developed a complete range of tippers complete with unique features.

“In our complete line-up we offer both carbon steel made tipping semi-trailers and