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southern parts of ontario canada . in the early 1990s p.a.m. began providing transportation services to mexico under agreements with several mexican trucking carriers . 1 p.a.m. transport serves clients primarily in the automotive manufacturing and retail industries and its primary freight consists of general commodities automotive parts and heating and air conditioning units . according to the hoovers financial data on this company p.a.m. s company name stands for pretty awesome mileage 2 yet according to the company s own faq on their website p.a.m. is short for the company founder s initials paul allen maestri . 3 contents 1 company awards 2 p.a.m. s trucking fleet 3 company sponsored training 4 external links company awards edit 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 america coming in at number 90 in 2002 and number 186 in 2003 . p.a.m. s trucking fleet edit a p.a.m. transport truck delivering a load p.a.m. transport operates a fleet of over 1 700 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 4 . p.a.m. tractors also include various standard industry equipment including air ride cabs qualcomm satellite equipment routing and directional software and in cab email service and recently installed electronic logs on all units . p.a.m. transport hauls dry van trailers and its fleet consists of 53 foot 16 m trailers . p.a.m. trucks are governed between 62 to 65 miles per hour 105 km h to conserve fuel as well as promote safer driving practices . company sponsored training edit 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 to attend a partner truck driving 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 trucking industry . external links edit corporate website v t e trucking industry in the united states regulated by the federal motor carrier safety administration economy of the united states regulations commercial driver s license hours of service federal bridge gross weight formula electronic on board recorder motor carrier safety rating motor carrier act of 1980 international registration plan national network manufacturers truck manufacturers am general american lafrance autocar bering bremach brockway chevrolet ccc caterpillar cnh industrial diamond reo dina f650 pickups freightliner ford gmc hayes hino isuzu marmon herrington mercedes benz international 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