De-palletiser and palletiser

An apparatus for unloading or loading one or more containers of a plurality of containers stacked up in multiple layers on a pallet, each of the plurality of containers comprising a bottom wall and upwardly standing sidewalls, the apparatus comprising:

• (a) a pivot member for supporting a container;
• and
• (b) a guide rail arranged above the pivot member, the guide rail supporting an engagement feature for engaging with a sidewall of a target container, the engagement feature is moveable in a substantially horizontal direction along the guide rail relative to the pivot member;
• wherein the engagement feature is configured such that there is relative vertical movement between the engagement feature and the pivot member, in use, when the engagement feature is engaged with the sidewall of the target container, movement of the engagement feature in the vertical direction relative to the pivot member causes the target container to tilt on a container in a layer immediately below the target container or on the pallet and relative movement between the engagement feature and the pivot member in the substantially horizontal direction causes the target container to pivot about the pivot member as it is moved onto or removed from the pivot member.