Road transport and haulage trades Books

Book SynopsisTHE UK'S BEST-SELLING ROAD ATLAS for anyone driving large vehicles - every bridge height, width and weight limit you could need. 'A map that beats all others' The Daily Telegraph 'Scale, accuracy and clarity are without parallel' Driving Magazine 'No.1 in the UK for clear maps' Independent research survey - Exceptional scale: 1.5 miles to 1 inch = 1:100,000 (Northern Scotland: 3 miles to 1 inch = 1:200,000) - The Road Atlas for the professionals- Over 6,000 bridge heights, nearly 1,500 weight-restricted bridges and over 250 width-restricted bridges-The only road atlas of Britain offers this level of detail and clarity - Super-detailed 6-page route-planning section- Every street in Britain marked on the maps - Over 3000 roads named - 100 indexed town-centre maps plus approaches maps to 12 major urban areas - Exceptional road detail, from motorways to country lanes, with every junction, roundabout and slip-road shown - Thousands of individually named farms, houses and hamletsPhilip's Navigator atlases are widely used by professional drivers and the emergency services, including national police training, and is recommended in the motoring press and national newspapers.Trade ReviewRegarded as the UK's bestselling road atlas for anyone driving large vehicles. * Trucking Magazine *

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Book SynopsisMaking Money in Forwarding provides a road map for how to be a successful forwarder, and make a great career in forwarding and logistics. It covers all aspects of what a freight planner must know, and do, in order to be successful. Readers will learn how to avoid common industry pitfalls and how to focus on profit, cost control, negotiation skills and building customer rapport. The book also shows just how profitable a company in this somewhat unglamorous industry can be, if it is led the right way, thus creating potential for enormous amounts of wealth for investors and employees alike. Written by two industry insiders; having a unique mix of hands-on daily practical experience, and the perspective from the Chief Executive Office, they share all of their insights in a way that concepts and actions can easily be applied and taken advantage of.

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Book Synopsis"You are my destiny, The compass points to you, You can have the best of me, When I get back to you" A poetry collection written with humour and honesty in the cab of his truck - HGV driver Michael John Evans takes a fresh look at the call of home and family, and his most precious corners of the UK as he experiences life on the road

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Book SynopsisThe original Haynes Repair Manual - Based on a complete stripdown and rebuild of a vehicle What's covered: Saloon and Estate, including special/limited editions, Petrol: 1.8 litre (1749 and 1761cc) and 2.0 litre (1997cc) 4-cyl, Turbo-Diesel: 2.0 litre (1997cc) and 2.2 litre (2179cc)Does NOT cover Coupe, Does NOT cover 2.0 litre Turbo, 2.0 litre direct injection (HPi), 2.2 litre (4-cyl) or 3.0 litre (V6) engines

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Book SynopsisThe coach – distinguished from the bus by its use for longer-haul and more comfortable trips – has a long and august history. Its origins lie in the charabanc, a long open-topped vehicle used to transport passengers on works outings and pleasure excursions. Over time, coaches came to be enclosed and fitted with more comfortable seating and higher-quality bodywork than the charabancs and the buses used on shorter routes. By the 1960s and 1970s on-board toilets began to be fitted, and despite a decline due to private car ownership, coach travel remains popular, with Wi-Fi, electric sockets and even video screens now built in. This colourful introduction explains the development of motor coach design and the main coach manufacturers, models and operators, offering a fascinating insight into the history of the nation’s most popular vehicles.Trade ReviewAn excellent, well-illustrated and very comprehensive yet compact book that enlightened me to many aspects of coaches and coach travel through the years. I enjoyed reading every page. -- Kim Henson * Wheels-Alive *Table of ContentsFrom Charabanc to Express Coach Luxury Travel: the 1930s Wartime and Austerity: The 1940s and 1950s Winds of Change: The 1960s and 1970s Modern Times Further Reading Places to Visit Index

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Book SynopsisProjected increases in the transport of freight by rail and truck may produce economic benefits but also increase traffic congestion in communities. This book addresses among other things, the recent changes in U.S. rail and truck freight flows and the extent to which related traffic congestion is reported to impact communities; the extent to which DOT''s efforts to implement MAP-21 address freight-related traffic congestion in communities.

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Book SynopsisIn 1977 the US government began to loosen regulations on the tightly controlled trucking industry, expecting that increased competition would drive down companies'' shipping costs. In this provocative new book Michael H. Belzer takes a close look at trucking deregulation, discussing its effects on the industry in particular and the unintended consequences of deregulation in general. He makes the case that government still has a role to play in ameliorating the hardship caused by competition while retaining its benefits.Trade ReviewIs low pay in the trucking industry making the nation's roads unsafe ? With the U.S. economy booming and the demand for drivers mounting, why haven't working conditions for truckers improved? This book argues that trucking embodies the dark side of the new economy. * Sweatshops on Wheels, U.S. News and World Report *Table of Contents1: A New Look at Competitive Forces 2: Two Decades of Decline 3: The Road From Institutional to Market Regulation 4: An Industry Transformed 5: Collective Bargaining Still Makes a Difference 6: Labor Market Failure and the Role of Institutions 7: What if the Rest of the World Looked Like Trucking 8: Deregulation as Public Policy: Competition's Winners and Losers

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Book SynopsisThis up-to-date informative and fully illustrated guide provides all the information you need to gain and then safeguard your hard-won licence, go to work successfully in the industry and enhance your employment opportunities. This invaluable 28 chapter handbook is written by an LGV 1 driver of 24 years' experience in collaboration with an LGV trainer for the sole purpose of helping new and returning drivers confidently and safely into work. Readers will find this comprehensive handbook beneficial, accessible and user friendly. Whether you are just starting out in your career, or a returning veteran of the open road, you will find everything you need in these chapters to support your way forward, including: * In depth tips and advice for passing the on road driving test. * An overview of the technology you will be expected to use day to day. * A clear, simplified review of the rules and regulations that you will have to abide by. * A guide to operating the various different types of trucks: curtain siders, reefers, hook loaders, skips, grabs, tippers, cranes etc. * A guide to operating the various different types of trailers: tautliners, reefers, containers, double deckers, low loaders, car transporters etc. * Step by step instructions for: loading equipment, safe loading, load securing, coupling, vehicle checks, as well as using digicards and digital tachographs. * Detailed pre-employment examination test paper and answers. * Useful, multi-scenario job advice and much more.......! The 1st edition was reviewed in Truck & Driver magazine in summer 2016 and made editor's choice of the month.Table of ContentsChapter 1 Tachograph and Digicard; Chapter 2 official Working Time Regulations (WTR); Chapter 3 Drivers' Hours Rules; Chapter 4 mock-up of New Driver's Shift; Chapter 5 mandatory Vehicle Inspection Checks; Chapter 6 Coupling Procedures; Chapter 7 loading and Unloading; Chapter 8 load Chaining and lashing; Chapter 9 manoeuvring; Chapter 10 Key Safe (lock on Dock); Chapter 11 Refrigerated Trailers and Tautliners; Chapter 12 Gearboxes; Chapter 13 Roping and Sheeting; Chapter 14 maximum Vehicle laden Weights; Chapter 15 Enviromentally Friendly - Fuel Saving - Driving; Chapter 16 Regulations on Tachograph Exempted Vehicles; Chapter 17 Users Guide to operating Trucks and Trailers; Chapter 18 ADR - Accord Dangereux Routier; Chapter 19 mineral Products Qualification Council - mPQC; Chapter 20 Umbrella Companies; Chapter 21 Pre-Employment Examination Questions; Chapter 22 Jobs at a Glance; Chapter 23 Jobs Abroad; Chapter 24 optional Electrical Equipment; Chapter 25 Road Safety/Useful Information; Chapter 26 Driver Fatigue; Chapter 27 load securing, operators' guide; Chapter 28 Advice for passing LGV driving test.

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Book SynopsisThis book follows the history and development of Brian Harris Transport Limited, the original red, green, and yellow liveried lorries that made the trek between Devon and Scotland at regular intervals for over fifty years. In 1946, Brian's father, Jerry, and Sam Miners formed Harris & Miners; with their fleet of two Ford trucks and one Commertipper, these two men took on the ultimate haulage challenge of the time: road vs. train. The outcome was that Harris & Miners were offered a contract to haul 'Devon Grate' Candy fire surrounds to Glasgow in 1947. Young Brian Harris began driving for his father in an Albion Chieftain in 1960. When Jerry Harris passed, Brian bought out the Miners family and the company became Brian Harris Transport Limited. With his fleet of ERF lorries fitted with Gardner engines, Brian set about running the company in a way only understood by him. Over the course of its existence, the company utilized a vast quantity of magnificent machines, including the first ERF 'A' series in that area, the Leyland Roadtrain and one Leyland DAF. Brian Harris died in April 2012 and his funeral was attended by over 600 people from all over the UK. This new edition gives an update to the events that have taken place since the second edition was published in 2007, including the eulogy given by the author at the funeral, as well as 82 previously unpublished photographs. [Subject: Transportation]

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Book SynopsisTransport affects everyone - it enables access to social activities, employment, leisure, goods, and services. This report highlights the various ways in which transport policy affects health, considering not the more obvious effects but also other consequences of transport policy. It is for students, policy makers, town planners, and doctors.Table of ContentsIntroduction. Patterns of transport use in Great Britain. The health benefits of road transport policy. The health impact of road transport. Reducing health risks and increasing health benefits through transport policy. Towards road transport and health. References. Index.

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Book SynopsisThe story of America's first government-sponsored highway.The National Road was the first major improved highway in the United States built by the federal government. Built between 1811 and 1837, this 620-mile road connected the Potomac and Ohio Rivers and was the main avenue to the West. Roger Pickenpaugh's comprehensive account is based on detailed archival research into documents that few scholars have examined, including sources from the National Archives, and details the promotion, construction, and use of this crucially important thoroughfare.America's First Interstate looks at the road from the perspective of westward expansion, stagecoach travel, freight hauling, livestock herding, and politics of construction as the project goes through changing presidential administrations. Pickenpaugh also describes how states assumed control of the road once the US government chose to abandon it, including the charging of tolls. His data-mining approach—revealing technical details, contracting procedures, lawsuits, charges and countercharges, local accounts of travel, and services along the road—provides a wealth of information for scholars to more critically consider the cultural and historical context of the Road's construction and use.While most of America's First Interstate covers the early days during the era of stagecoach and wagon traffic, the story continues to the decline of the road as railroads became prominent, its rebirth as US Route 40 during the automobile age, and its status in the present day.Trade ReviewRoger Pickenpaugh's new study of the National Road gathers into one highly readable volume a terrific wealth of information and detail about this first national "intern improvement" project. In our rush to appreciate canals and railroads, historians easily ignore the prosaic business of carving out roads through wild country, quite literally over hills and dales, through swamps and rocky passes. Working with pick and shovel and horse-drawn scrapers, breaking stone by hand to dress the roadways, these early civil engineers truly paved the way for the settler conquest of America's antebellum frontier. Deeply researched in archival sources, this volume fills a serious gap in our literature about early American highways." — John L. Larson, author of Laid Waste! The Culture of Exploitation in Early America "This will now be the go-to text for anyone wishing to learn about the long history of the nation's first major highway. But it is more than that. Pickenpaugh's extensive primary research gives us fascinating anecdotes and brings fresh insight into Jeffersonian and Jacksonian politics and the familiar battles over federalism, as presidents, legislators, entrepreneurs, and workers debated and constructed a 620-mile road that people still travel today." — Lindsay Schakenbach Regele, author of Manufacturing Advantage: War, the State, and the Origins of American Industry, 1776–1848

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Book SynopsisThis Safety Guide provides recommendations on meeting the requirements established in IAEA Safety Standards Series No. SSR-6 (Rev. 1), Regulations for the Safe Transport of Radioactive Material, 2018 Edition, for a radiation protection programme for the transport of radioactive material. The objectives of a radiation protection programme for the transport of radioactive material are to provide for adequate consideration of radiation protection measures in transport; to ensure that the system of radiological protection is adequately applied; to enhance a safety culture in the transport of radioactive material; and to provide practical measures to meet these objectives. The recommendations provided in this Safety Guide are applicable to the transport of radioactive material by all modes on land, water, or in the air, including transport that is incidental to the use of the radioactive material. The intended audience for this Safety Guide includes competent authorities, consignors, carriers, consignees, and operators of ports (e.g. harbours, seaports and airports). It will also be of interest to the employees of public authorities (customs authorities, harbour authorities, port authorities) concerning activities associated with the transport of radioactive material that involve radiation exposure.

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Book SynopsisThis book is specifically for working operations managers across the broad range of business types that deploy fleet and product via a myriad of service types. It is applicable to businesses with small medium to large fleets in haulage, 3PL, and any service business operating a depot structure. The book is less about theoretical concepts although specific references point to theories including Lean, continuous improvement, net promoter score, and balanced scorecard but is essentially a practical guide applying worked examples and generic templates regarding the core ten activities that are critical to achieving service and profit expectation in any depot, route-based business deploying fleet. Every working manager front-line to COO will identify with and grasp that these are fundamental areas and that, if improvement can be sustained, will deliver better service to customers and enhanced profit in both local and business levels. The key areas examined are: People mTrade ReviewThis practical guide to Improving Productivity and Service in Depot Businesses is a must read for any operations manager wanting to improve their professional skills. Colin is undoubtedly the most accomplished operations leader I have ever worked with, and his guide is full of practical tips and tools to help hone and enhance operational management expertise. -- David Taylor-Smith, MBE, FRGS, Portfolio Chairman, and former FTSE 100 Board Director The author enables you to clearly understand straightforward methodologies that can be applied piecemeal or holistically, and which will improve operational efficiency. Having applied some of the techniques referenced in the book, I recommend this book and the content. -- Warren Edmondson, CEO, The Safegroup Ltd. UK I worked with Colin on a successful business turnaround implementing some of the principles included in this book; the project was a success, and the business continues to perform well. -- Aiden Harper. BA. M.MUS. MD Ireland Improving productivity and service in depot businesses, provides invaluable tried and tested methodologies and practical tools and techniques. Applied correctly they have the ability to transform the performance of a business. The benefits gained from managing non-productive hours were transformational for the business I managed. The techniques described in the operating rhythm (drumbeat) chapter are applicable in any business and is something I still utilise at an executive level. -- Kevin O'Connor MBA, CEO I had the opportunity to work with Colin on an important operational project in Colombia, we applied some of the principles presented in the book and achieved strong results. This book is a must for any professional or student working in ​​operations. -- Claudio Enrique Pita Garcia. University of Politecnico Grancolumbiano. Columbia Table of ContentsPreface. Acknowledgements. About the Author. 1 People Management. 2 Fleet Management. 3 Route Scheduling. 4 Minimising Non-Productive Hours. 5 Driver Debrief. 6 Customer Service. 7 Managing Complaints. 8 KPIs, the Balance Scorecard, and Basic Financial Models. 9 The Management Operating Rhythm (Drumbeat). 10 Operational Health and Safety. 11 Continuous Improvement. 12 The Depot Manager Cadre. Glossary. Index.

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Book Synopsis“There’s nothing semi about Finn Murphy’s trucking tales of The Long Haul.”—Sloane Crosley, Vanity FairTrade Review"Like a Mark Twain behind the wheel, [Murphy] takes us on the road coast to coast and city to city with a voice that’s honest and direct and sometimes even poetic." -- Bob Ryan - Boston Globe"Rich [and] insightful.… A well-written story that rarely slows down." -- Nathan Deuel - Los Angeles Times"It’s a hoot to ride along with Murphy." -- Irene Wanner - Seattle Times"The Long Haul is funny and sad and wise, and it shows us the lives of people we depend on." -- Matthew B. Crawford, author of Shop Class as Soulcraft"Exquisite.… Murphy can cross class boundaries as smoothly as changing lanes on the highway.… Readers even passingly familiar with the burgeoning literary genre we might call hillbilly elegiacs… will find Murphy’s more nuanced perspective refreshing." -- Meghan Daum - New York Times Book Review"The Long Haul delivers because it is a survey of a culture fused to a working man’s memoir—and Murphy, smartly, avoids sentiment and lazy comparisons." -- Jeffery Gleaves - Paris Review"Like priests, movers shepherd us through life’s transitions; like cowboys, truckers drive the roads we’ll never know. Both see America in ways the rest of us don’t. In The Long Haul, Murphy… bring[s] us into his semi-mythic world." -- Joshua Rothman - The New Yorker"An adventure story and… a peek into an occupation whose practitioners we see rolling down the highway." -- Jim Higgins - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel"The Long Haul beguil[es] readers with wit, wisdom and observations born from decades in transit." -- Jason Blevins - Denver Post"Finn Murphy… bring[s] readers along for a rollicking ride through a trucker’s world and [provides] an insider’s eye, pairing it with an involving series of encounters." -- Midwest Book Review

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Book SynopsisA long-haul mover’s rollicking account of life out on the Big Slab.Trade Review"The Long Haul can be almost shamefully enjoyable, allowing readers to have their fix of ‘fabulous-life-of’ porn and class outrage, too. . . . [T]he stories Murphy tells . . . my goodness, how astonishing they are, and how moving, and how funny." -- Jennifer Senior - New York Times Book Review"Like priests, movers shepherd us through life’s transitions; like cowboys, truckers drive the roads we’ll never know. Both see America in ways the rest of us don’t. In The Long Haul, Murphy . . . bring[s] us into his semi-mythic world." -- Joshua Rothman - The New Yorker"It’s [Murphy's] rich perspective as a mover that makes this story of trucking life so insightful. . . . A well-written story that rarely slows down." -- Nathan Deuel - Los Angeles Times"The Long Haul delivers because it is a survey of a culture fused to a working man’s memoir—and Murphy, smartly, avoids sentiment and lazy comparisons." -- Jeffery Gleaves - The Paris Review"A veteran driver’s informative, humorous and beautifully detailed memoir. . . . It’s a hoot to ride along with Murphy." -- Irene Wanner - The Seattle Times"There's nothing semi about Finn Murphy's trucking tales of The Long Haul." -- Sloane Crosley - Vanity Fair"Finn Murphy . . . bring[s] readers along for a rollicking ride through a trucker's world and [provides] an insider's eye, pairing it with an involving series of encounters." -- The Midwest Book Review"A rare, fascinating glimpse into the lives of big-rig pilots and the people they move… The Long Haul beguil[es] readers with wit, wisdom and observations born from decades in transit." -- Jason Blevins - Denver Post

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