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Investments / Public Companies

New PAM CEO Earned Nearly $2M in 2020

Joe Vitiritto earned slightly more than $1.9 million in his first half year as CEO of PAM Transportation Inc. of Tontitown, according to a proxy filed by the company with the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission. read more >
Public Companies / Transportation

PAM Names Joe Vitiritto As New CEO

PAM Transport Inc. of Tontitown named Joe Vitiritto as the company’s new president and CEO, effective Aug. 18. read more >
Dan Cushman, president and CEO of PAM Transport, at his office in Tontitown: “I have to focus on what we do and do it well.”
Investments / Public Companies / Transportation

Cushman Recalls Fond Memories of Matty MorounLock Icon

Former PAM Transport Services CEO Dan Cushman remembers going into a board meeting in 2010 and receiving the ire of director Manuel “Matty” Moroun, the Detroit transportation titan whose family owns 68% of PAM. read more >
Agriculture & Poultry / Business Services / Education

Logistics Experts Say Supply Chain UnbrokenLock Icon

The American consumer culture and the supply chain it depends on have both been put to the test by the restrictions and safety precautions of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. read more >
Dan Cushman, president and CEO of PAM Transport Inc., sits in his office in Tontitown.
Investments / Public Companies

Cushman Steps Down As PAM CEO

Cushman, the CEO of PAM Transport Inc. in Tontitown since 2009, announced his retirement this week and left company headquarters for the last time late Friday morning. read more >
Dan Cushman, president and CEO of PAM Transport Inc., sits in his office in Tontitown.
Investments / Public Companies

PAM Reports 1Q Loss As Auto Industry Pauses

PAM Transport Inc. of Tontitown on reports a first-quarter loss amid a slight rise in revenue. read more >
Investments / Transportation

Proxy Shows Executive Pay Dropped at PAM Transport

Executive dropped from last year for executives of PAM Transport Inc. of Tontitown. Meanwhile, directors will consider electing 19-year-old Matthew J. Moroun, the son of the chairman, to the company's board. read more >
Transportation

PAM Transport Reports $13.6M 4Q Loss

PAM Transportation Inc. of Tontitown reports a fourth-quarter net loss of $13.6 million, down from a profit of $6.1 million in the same quarter last year as revenue sank and the company faced a host of challenges. read more >
Public Companies

PAM Transport Reports 2Q Income Incease

PAM Transport Inc. of Tontitown reported Monday second quarter income of $8.65 million, up from $7.3 million in the same quarter a year ago. read more >
The former headquarters for The Right Solutions (TRS) was bought by its next-door neighbor, PAM Transport Services Inc. of Tontitown.
Business Services / Health Care / Real Estate

PAM Transport Finds Right SolutionLock Icon

PAM Transport Inc. of Tontitown is moving one of its divisions, but it won’t have to go very far. read more >
Dan Cushman, the CEO, says P.A.M. is “looking at every possible means to feed and fuel our driver growth.” One element of that is a program that lets Mexican truck drivers with work visas deliver loads to points in the United States, as long as they return to Mexico with a load.
Business Services / Manufacturing / Public Companies

Arkansas Trucking Companies See Tailwinds from Good EconomyLock Icon

Dan Cushman, CEO of P.A.M. Transportation Services Inc. of Tontitown, says a healthy economy is finally bringing relief to rate-crunched trucking companies. read more >
Dan Cushman, president and CEO of PAM Transport Inc., sits in his office in Tontitown.
Public Companies / Transportation

PAM Reports Record Third Quarter

PAM Transport Services Inc. of Tontitown reported third-quarter 2018 revenue of $140.3 million, a significant increase from the $108.8 million reported in the third quarter of 2017. read more >
Peloton’s truck platooning system uses Vehicle to Vehicle (V2V) communication to connect the braking and acceleration between the two trucks.
Agriculture & Poultry / Business Services / Construction

Driver Dearth Means Higher Freight Prices

Things are getting really tight for American trucking companies. That means things are going to get more expensive for everyone else, too. read more >
PAM Transport’s CEO, Dan Cushman, does not expect calamity as the United States renegotiates NAFTA, though 40 percent of PAM’s revenue comes from hauling goods to and from Mexico.
Business Services / Government & Politics / Manufacturing

NAFTA Talks Don’t Panic PAM TransportLock Icon

Trade with Mexico fuels profit, but CEO Dan Cushman says his carrier can cope. read more >
Investments / Public Companies / Transportation

P.A.M. Transportation 1Q Net Income Down 39 Percent

P.A.M. Transportation Services Inc. of Tontitown reports first-quarter net income of $1.4 million, or 22 cents per share, down from $2.3 million, or 36 cents per share, in the same quarter last year. read more >
Public Companies / Transportation

Tax Cut Boon to PAM Transport

PAM Transport Inc. of Tontitown reported 2017 fourth-quarter income of $31.5 million on Thursday, a spectacular increase from the $722,842 it reported in the same quarter of 2016. read more >
Chris Spear
Energy / Government & Politics / Public Companies

Arkansas Truckers Toot Horn for Tax Cuts

The trucking industry was one of the stronger proponents of the tax overhaul that President Donald Trump signed into law in December. read more >
Dan Cushman, president and CEO of PAM Transport Inc., sits in his office in Tontitown.
Business Services / Construction / Insurance

When Nature Rages, Cushman and Carriers ‘Take the Hit’

Dan Cushman fully understands that sometimes a company’s bottom line has to take a (hopefully) temporary beating when natural disasters hit. read more >
Dan Cushman, president and CEO of PAM Transport, at his office in Tontitown: “I have to focus on what we do and do it well.”
Investments / Public Companies / Transportation

Driver Costs, Insurance Put Brakes on PAM in 4Q

PAM Transport Services Inc. of Tontitown reported fourth-quarter income Tuesday of $722,000, down from $3.2 million in the same quarter of 2015. read more >
Comedian Tracy Morgan received a large settlement from Wal-Mart after a June 2014 accident involving one of the retailer’s drivers. The accident injured Morgan and three others and killed another man.
Insurance / Legal / Public Companies

‘Nuclear’ Judgments Cited As Trucking Insurance Rises

The American Transportation Research Institute reports that insurance premium costs rose from 7.1 cents per mile in 2014 to 9.2 cents in 2015. read more >