services and is charged to the Company. These costs totaled $4.1 million and $3.1 million for 2019 and 2018, respectively.
In addition to the arrangements described above, we are currently a party to a number of arrangements with CenTra and its affiliates that we expect to
continue.
We periodically carry freight for CenTra and its affiliates in the ordinary course of business at market rates. Revenue for these services for
2019 and 2018 totaled $1.6 million and $0.9 million, respectively. Affiliates of CenTra have also provided transportation services at market rates in the ordinary course of business. The cost of these services for 2019 and 2018 totaled
$65,000 and $1.2 million, respectively.
We pay CenTra the direct variable cost of maintenance, fueling and other operational support costs for
services delivered at our affiliates trucking terminals that are geographically remote from our own facilities. Such costs are billed when incurred, paid on a routine basis, and reflect actual labor utilization, repair parts costs or
quantities of fuel purchased. In connection with our transportation services, we also pay tolls and other fees for international bridge crossings to certain related entities which are under common control with CenTra. The cost of these services for
2019 and 2018 totaled $0.9 million and $2.4 million, respectively.
We currently lease 28 office, terminal and yard facilities from
CenTras affiliates based on either month-to-month or contractual, multi-year lease arrangements that are billed and paid monthly. At December 31, 2018, we
leased 34 such facilities. During 2019 and 2018, we paid an aggregate of $11.8 million and $14.3 million, respectively, in rent and related costs to affiliates. We believe that the rent we currently pay for these properties is at market
rates.
We purchase our commercial auto liability, commercial general liability, workers compensation, motor cargo liability and other insurance from an
insurance company controlled by one of our majority shareholders. In addition, our employee health care benefits and 401(k) programs are provided by this affiliate. In 2019 and 2018, we paid this affiliate $53.0 million and $57.4 million,
respectively. We believe that the rates we paid for these services reflect market rates.
During 2019, we purchased 600,000 shares of our common stock
from Mr. Manuel J. Moroun, and a total of 10,000 from Mr. Jude Beres, our Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, through a publicly announced modified Dutch auction tender offer for a total purchase price of $13.5 million
and $225,000, respectively, based on final purchase price of $22.50 per share. During 2018, we exercised our right of first refusal to acquire 10,065 shares of restricted stock from Mr. Wolfe, our director, for $355,000 based on the closing
market price on the effective date of the transaction. We also exercised our right of first refusal in 2018 to acquire 7,500 shares of restricted stock from Mr. Rogers, our former director and CEO, for $264,000 based on the closing market price
on the effective date of the transaction.
We also sold a vacant parcel of land to an affiliate for $2.5 million during 2019. The sales price was
established by an independent third party appraisal. The Companys basis in the land was $2.4 million, resulting in a gain of $0.1 million.
During 2018, we purchased $466,000 of wheels and tires during 2018 for new trailering equipment from an affiliate of CenTra, and we paid an additional $8,300
for used equipment during the same period. There were no such purchases made during 2019.
We believe that substantially all of the above transactions
were entered into on terms at least as favorable to us as could have been obtained from persons who were not related to us, and each of the transactions was in our best interest. We expect to continue in 2020 certain transactions that are similar to
those described above with subsidiaries of CenTra and other companies owned or controlled by our directors and director nominees who are members of the Moroun family.
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