10 Books Worth Reading About the Freight and Cargo Industry

Cargo and freight have been subjects of study sinceBook for Engineering Colleges and Universities by
the origins of international trade, whether it involvesVirendra Kumar and Satish Chandra provides an
logistical science or an operations management pointacademic perspective to aviation in general, and air
of view. The following books cover major legal,transport in particular.
business, academic and engineering issues involved in6. The Transportation Industry: Airlines, Trucking and
air, surface, and sea cargo. Each title will appeal toRailroads by David G Smith is an important "how to"
different audiences. Some are written for masstoolbox for a practitioner in the changing scenario of
consumption and should be of interest to mostcargo and freight industry in the wake of
readers. Others are more narrowly focused, exploringderegulation and security threat perceptions.
facts, arrangements, difficulties and problems inherent7. Water Transportation Industry by the US
in the industry.Environment Protection Agency throws light on the
1. 4th Party Cyber Logistics for Air Cargo bytransportation of goods on water while dwelling on
Sung-Chi Chu is a discursive treatise on air freightenvironment laws, compliance, pollution and its
forwarding and planning processes in an e businesscontrol, and international regulatory framework.
environment.8. Global Cargo Management: Concept, Typology,
2. Development in Air Cargo Industry by Air CargoLaw and Policy by Prem Nath Dhar not only deals
Handling Coordination Association and DW Peak is anwith freight forwarding issues but also introduces the
extensive study on latest advances in air cargoreader to emergent concepts and themes.
management.9. Transport for the Nuclear Industry by MST Price is
3. Plunkett's Transportation, Supply Chain anda landmark book about scientific threats, risks
Logistics Industry Almanac by Jack W. Plunkett is ainvolved and their mitigation in the nuclear
ready manual on cargo and freight, and is a must fortransportation industry.
every business table. It can help all kinds of industries10. Cargo Movers and Their Revenue Potential for
and businesses to plan and strategize logistics andthe People Mover Industry by Andrew S. Jakes and
freight handling on land, air and sea.Alan S. Kahann is a must read for those in cargo
4. Logistics and Supply Chain Management by G.business.
Raghuram and N. Rangaraj is an interestingThe above mentioned books provide the reader with
compilation of case studies from a managementa broad spectrum of theoretical and practical
education perspective.information on cargo and freight industry.
5. Air Transportation Planning and Design: A Text