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Company Freight Management
• I have just read Company Freight Management by George A. Hughes. This is a book that is different, in that it takes a practical approach. It talks transport men's language and it does not pretend to have all the answers. The author shows that he knows his subject and his limitations. What he tackles, he tackles well.
In the 191 pages, Mr. Hughes sets a pattern of logical thinking. He processes the organization and administration of transport from an analysis of the company's requirements through all the planning stages, and concludes with a look at the economic effects of the 1968 Transport Act. The readers are taken, sometimes light-heartedly, through the whole concept of freight management.
The book is a reference work rather than a text book. It is written for the manager, not the student, and, in my opinion, is an essential addition to every transport manager's bookshelf. It can be lifted and laid as need for information arises.
Company Freight Management is published by Gower Press Ltd., 140 Great Portland Street, London, Wl. Price, 60s. J.P.B.S.
Vehicle Equipment
• Volume 5, Vehicle Equipment, in the Automotive Technology Series has lately been published. All the major equipment and accessories are dealt with, with particular attention to their design within the limitations imposed by economic and weight considerations. Topics discussed include braking, engine cooling, mechanisms, electrical equipment and instrumentation. The development and design of vehicle equipment and how this has kept pace with increasing requirements is also explained.
This book has been written for nonspecialists, particularly design engineer students or graduates rather than mechanics, and assumes only a basic engineering knowledge.
Vehicle Equipment is edited by J. G. Giles and published by Iliffe Books Ltd., 42 Russell Square, London, WC1, at 60s, or 45s with limp covers.
Guide to British trucks and buses
• Just published by IPC Business Press Ltd. for the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders Ltd. is British Commercial Vehicles for the World, a guide to the truck and bus chassis produced in the UK.
Based on material published in Commercial Motor, it contains the specifications of goods vehicle and passenger chassis, make by make and in separately defined categories. It also lists the makers of trailers, batteryelectric vehicles and dump trucks, and a complete section is devoted to bodybuilders. This shows the location of bodybuilding concerns in Britain and indicates the types of bodies made in each case and the materials normally used.
The book is available, price 10s post free, from the SMMT at Forbes House, Halkin Street, London, SW1.
Shipping guides
• The Part of London Authority has now produced a new edition of its guide to shipping services in the port. The 51-page book, entitled Port of London Shipping Services to Overseas Markets, contains over 500 entries covering all the shipping routes from London ----nearly 150 countries are directly served by ocean trade routes from the port.
The publication is available free of charge from the Marketing Manager, PLA, P0 Box 242, Trinity Square, London, EC3.
Another shipping guide is the No. 9 September 1969) issue of Cargo Liner Services, by British Transport Docks Board. The first part lists services by country of destination, the second by port of departure-13 from Barry to Swansea—and the third gives names, addresses, phone numbers, etc„ of all the ships' agents mentioned in the two preceding sections. Copies are available from the BRTB, Melbury House, Melbury Terrace, London, NW1.