David Lowe
FCILT

Freelance writer on
transport law,
road haulage and
intermodal transport

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The above books by David Lowe cover many aspects of transport from EU and UK road haulage legislation through to the complexities of intermodal transportation, which involves combined road-rail transport; rail freighting; inland waterway, coastal, short-sea and shipping; as well as containerisation and unit load freighting. There is also an element of transport history with the fascinating story of the Barker carrier business from 1920-2000 in Norfolk Carrier.

They are written by David Lowe who is a long-established freelance transport writer specialising in road haulage, transport law and intermodal freighting with many books and journal articles to his credit. Formerly, a journalist on the staff of Commercial Motor where he was involved in writing about the legal, operational and management aspects of road haulage, and particularly such issues as the introduction of goods vehicle plating and testing; LGV driver licensing; operator ('O') licensing and professional competence; drivers' hours law and the use of tachographs; all key issues at the time and still so today.

In addition to the writing he does to keep his own titles up-dated, David is a regular contributor to the Croner system of loose-leaf publications; ‘Road Transport Operation’ and ‘Coach and Bus Operations’. He writes items for the Briefing Notes and the Newsletters associated with both of these manuals and is also a major contributor to the new ‘Croner-i Road Transport Expert’ web-based information resource. (For further information on this resource contact: www.croner.co.uk/croner/jsp/croner ) He revised the text of Croner’s ‘Coach and Bus Driver’s Handbook’ for the 2008 edition and he regularly responds to queries on transport issues raised by Croner subscribers.

Additionally, environmental issues are of particular relevance, hence the concentration in David Lowe's book, Intermodal Freight Transport, on such topics as reducing road haulage vehicle exhaust and noise emissions and road traffic congestion which can be achieved by switching as much goods traffic as possible on to the under-utilized freight railways and the inland waterway network.