Transport Industries

The goal of this book is to provide transportation and land use planning practitioners in the public and private sectors with the tools and resourc...

Railways have always been at the heart of British politics, from their early beginnings in the 1830s through to the present day. And the sharpest d...

The Victorians risked more than just delays when boarding a steam train . . .Victorian inventors certainly didn't lack steam, but while they squabb...

Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. The shipping container is all around: ...

From the Spanish galleons of the 16th century to the cruise ships and crude oil tankers of the 21st, maritime industries have been central to Ameri...

From the mid-nineteenth century onwards, railways became increasingly important in the lives of a growing number of Indians. While allowing million...

The Union-Castle Lines heritage spans over a century. It provided the mail service to South Africa for 120 years and established an unrivalled repu...

Commander Edward John Smith's career had been a remarkable example of how a man from a humble background could get far in the world. Born to a work...

In this engaging book, Dr. Solly examines the history of crude oil tankers from early days when this vital commodity was carried aboard ordinary sa...

The Caledonian Steam Packet Co. was founded in 1889 by the Caledonian Railway and in 2014 is 125 years old. It originally sailed from Gourock but c...

Cruise ships are the single largest passenger conveyances in the world, with one ship currently in service that can carry more than 8,500 passenger...

Harland and Wolff, once acknowledged as the greatest and best-known shipbuilding company in the world, for many years enjoyed a mighty eminence bef...