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Tontitown, Arkansas
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. Founded in April 1980, P.A.M’s current service area covers the lower continental 48 states as well as the southern parts of Quebec
Quebec
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and Ontario
Ontario
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, Canada
Canada
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. Recently, P.A.M. began providing transportation services to Mexico
Mexico
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under agreements with several Mexican trucking carriers.http://finance.google.com/finance?q=NASDAQ:PTSI
P.A.M. Transport serves clients primarily in the automotive, manufacturing
Manufacturing
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, and retail industries and its primary freight consists of general commodities, automotive parts, and heating and air conditioning units. P.A.M.’s customer list includes several Fortune
Fortune 500
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500 companies. http://finance.yahoo.com/q/pr?s=PTSI According to the Hoovers financial data on this company, P.A.M.’s company name stands for Pretty Awesome Mileage http://www.answers.com/topic/p-a-m-transportation-services-inc, yet according to the company's own FAQ on their website, P.A.M. is short for the company founder's initials, Paul Allen Miestri. http://www.pamdrivers.com/driverfaqs.aspx
Company Awards
P.A.M. Transport was one of the first companies to connect the trucking and business communities. In 2002 and 2003, P.A.M. Transport was named to Forbes Magazine’s 200 Best Small Companies in AmericaUnited States
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, coming in at number 90 in 2002 and number 186 in 2003. http://www.forbes.com. It has also been covered as the July 2007 “Featured Company” on AmericanTruckDrivingSchools.com http://www.americantruckdrivingschools.com/features/company.aspx
P.A.M.’s Trucking Fleet
P.A.M. Transport operates a fleet of over 2,500 trucks and 4,000+ trailers. Most of P.A.M.’s trucks are Freightliner and International tractors that have an average age of 18 months http://ptsidrivers.com/Fleets/equipment.aspx?type=pamtransport. P.A.M. tractors also include various standard industry equipment, including air-ride cabs, QualcommQualcomm
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satellite equipment, routing and directional software, and in-cab email
Email
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service.
P.A.M. Transport hauls dry-van trailers and refrigerated products (no flatbeds), and its fleet consists of 53 feet (16.2 m) trailers. P.A.M. trucks are governed between 62 to 65 mi/h to conserve fuel as well as promote safer driving practices.
Company-Sponsored Training
P.A.M. Transport adopted a way to develop properly trained, safety conscious truck drivers through a sponsorship training program. Since 1992, P.A.M. Transport has offered a company-sponsored CDL training program for entry-level drivers through a partnership with the Driver Solutions Network. Through this program, P.A.M. Transport sponsors its students' upfront training costs for school and provides an entry level driving position to drivers once they successfully complete the CDL training. To date, P.A.M. has introduced over 14,000 new drivers to the truckingTruck driver
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industry.