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Title Cargo securing in road transport using restraining method with top-over lashing / editor, Tone Lerher
Published New York : Nova Publishers, [2014]
©2015

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Description 1 online resource
Series Transportation issues, policies and R & D
Transportation issues, policies and R & D series
Contents Introduction -- Logistics and transportation -- Need for cargo securing -- Forces and resistances in transportation -- Restraining method with top-over lashing -- Efficiency analysis of the restraining method -- Conclusion
Summary In this book, cargo securing in road transport using the restraining method with top-over lashing is presented. Cargo securing is the prevention of slipping and tipping of cargo forward, sideways and backwards, which is a consequence of hard braking, vehicle cornering in roundabout, vehicle changing lanes, high acceleration, etc. Usually, the friction alone between the cargo and the load platform bed does not guarantee that the cargo would not slip or tip in case of hard braking, vehicle cornering, vehicle changing lanes and high acceleration. In the case of hard braking, extremely large inert
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Trucking -- Safety measures
Cargo handling -- Safety measures
Shipment of goods.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
Cargo handling -- Safety measures
Shipment of goods
Trucking -- Safety measures
Form Electronic book
Author Lerher, Tone, editor.
ISBN 9781634632317
1634632311