Freight best practice guides

Transport Scotland has produced a series of guides and case studies that can help save fuel, reduce emissions and increase safety

These guides help you drive smarter and more efficiently to save money, develop skills and preserve the environment.
The Department for Transport have also produced freight-specific guides.

Play from YouTube

Freight Best Practice Scotland Driver Check video

Driving and parking guides

Driver safety guide (pdf, 4MB)
Bad weather driving guide (pdf, 4.8MB)
Rural driving guide (pdf, 4.3MB)
Urban driving guide (pdf, 6MB)
Lorry parking guide (pdf, 4.1MB)

Saving money and carbon

Online carbon saving toolkit (pdf, 23KB)
Fuel saving in a Scottish haulage fleet (pdf, 5.4MB)

Working with others

Planning and managing effective customer deliveries (pdf, 12MB)
Successful partnerships solving the puzzle (pdf, 6.2MB)

Technology

The benefits of operating an electrical vehicle in an urban environment (pdf, 4.2MB)
Innovation in Scottish timber haulage (pdf, 4.8MB)
Innovation secures future at rural haulier (pdf, 2.6MB)
Onsite advice working for your company (pdf, 7.6MB)

Multi modal

Short haul rail freight on track for profits in Scotland (pdf, 7.6MB)
Highland waterborne freight (pdf, 13.2MB)