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2. Truck driver - Wikipedia

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   A truck driver driving a semi-truck in the Netherlands. A truck driver (commonly referred to as a trucker, teamster or driver in the United States and Canada; a truckie in Australia and New Zealand; [1] an HGV driver in the United Kingdom, Ireland and the European Union, a lorry driver, or driver in the United Kingdom, Ireland, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Malaysia and Singapore) is a person who ...

3. Owner-operator - Wikipedia

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   In the United States and Canada, the term typically refers to independent contractors who hire out and drive their own semi-trailer trucks.In trucking, an owner-operator is a self-employed commercial truck driver or a small business that operates trucks for transporting goods over highways for its customers. [1]

4. Contract Freighters, Inc. - Wikipedia

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   CFI operates from four dedicated truckload terminals and 37 sales offices throughout the United States, Canada and Mexico. [6] As of 2021, CFI's operations included approximately 2,000 drivers, over 1,800 tractors, and over 7,000 trailers plus 700 contracted owner-operators.

5. Stewart & Stevenson - Wikipedia

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   In the 1990s, the company designed and built the Rail King railcar mover, was awarded a contract to build $1.2 billion of 2.5 and 5-ton trucks for the U.S. Army, purchased Foley Valves – an oil field equipment supplier, acquired PAMCO – Waukesha gas compression & generating equipment, and signed an agreement with European Gas Turbines Ltd ...

6. Glossary of the American trucking industry - Wikipedia

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   The use of the term "semi" in the name comes from the semi-trailer, a vehicle whose load is carried partly by its own axles and partly by the pulling vehicle, which is commonly included in tractor-trailer rigs. Straight truck A single vehicle, with no articulation. Normally 2 or 3 axles, sometimes with lift axles. Tractor-trailer See semi-truck.

7. List of companies in Houston - Wikipedia

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   In addition to the Fortune 500 companies above, many other companies in multiple fields are headquartered or have based their US headquarters in Houston. Al's Formal Wear; Allis-Chalmers Energy; Allpoint; American Bureau of Shipping; American National Insurance Company (Galveston) Aon Hewitt; Archimage; Avelo Airlines; Axiom Space; Baker Botts ...