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This pushed Arkansas-Best's operations all the way to California and increased its rank from the 25th largest interstate motor freight carrier in the US to ninth. [ 7 ] Arkansas-Best changed its name to ABF Freight System Inc. in 1980 [ 7 ] and, by 1981, was the eighth largest trucking company in the US operating 106 terminals. [ 6 ]
American Freightways Corp. (AF) was an American regional less than truckload (LTL) carrier based in Harrison, Arkansas.It was acquired by FedEx in 2001, [2] renamed FedEx Freight East in 2002, [3] and its operations were merged with FedEx's other LTL subsidiaries in 2010 to form FedEx Freight Inc. [4]
The Arkansas Department of Transportation (ArDOT), formerly the Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department, is a government department in the U.S. state of Arkansas.Its mission is to provide a safe, efficient, aesthetically pleasing and environmentally sound intermodal transportation system for the user. [2]
The company was formed in 1966 as Arkansas Best Corporation by Robert A. Young, owner of LTL carrier Arkansas-Best Freight System (now ABF Freight System), [2] to be that carrier's holding company as a way to facilitate diversification. [3] Young remained the company's chairman until his death in 1973. [4]
The American Trucking Associations (ATA), founded in 1933, is the largest national trade association for the trucking industry.ATA represents more than 37,000 members covering every type of motor carrier in the United States through a federation of other trucking groups, industry-related conferences, and its 50 affiliated state trucking associations.
The U.S. state of Arkansas first required its residents to register their motor vehicles and display license plates in 1911. Prior to 1911, plates were issued by cities. As of 2022, plates are issued by the Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration. Only rear plates have been required since 1944.
P.A.M. Transportation Services Inc. is an irregular route over-the-road trucking company that is based in Tontitown, Arkansas.Founded in April 1980, P.A.M's current service area covers the lower continental 48 states as well as the southern parts of Ontario, Canada.
Following reorganization in 2019, Arkansas state government's executive branch contains fifteen cabinet-level departments. Many formerly independent departments were consolidated as "divisions" under newly created departments under a shared services model.