J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. is a trucking and transportation company founded by Johnnie Bryan Hunt, and is based in the town of Northwest Arkansas, Lowell. J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. was founded in Arkansas on 10 August 1961 and initially started with five trucks and seven refrigerated trailers to support the original rice hull business. In 1983, J.B. Hunt has grown into the 80th largest trucking company in the US and earned $ 63 million in revenue. At that time, J.B. Hunt operates 550 tractors, 1,049 trailers, and has about 1,050 employees. Today the company has grown into one of the largest transportation companies in the United States with annual revenues of about $ 7 billion. J.B. Hunt mainly operates large semi-trailer trucks, and provides transportation services throughout the continental United States, Canada and Mexico. The company currently employs more than 124,000 employees and operates more than 12,000 trucks. More than 100,000 trailers and containers can be found in the company's fleet.
Major competitor J.B. Hunt in the United States is Swift Transportation, Schneider National, Werner Enterprises, and Hub Group.
In 1989, J.B. Hunt Transport began partnering with railways to offer intermodal services. Today, about two-thirds of the company's revenue and profits come from intermodal. The company also launched a special truck service division along with a flatbed operation, which was then sold.
Dedicated Service Contract (DCS): Beginning in 1992, DCS operations typically provide special services that are governed by long-term contracts and currently include dry-van, flatbed, temperature-controlled, dump and local trailers in -city operation
Intermodal (JBI): The JBI segment began operations in 1989 in partnership with former Santa Fe Railway (now the BNSF Railway Company). Basically, JBI uses intermodal services (also known as "container on flatcar") from rail operators for underlying equipment line movement and pickup and delivery ("drayage") for customers at the origin and destination train terminal location. Can directly provide drayage service on the original rail or destination road using a tractor controlled by the company, or they purchase this service from a third party.
Integrated Capacity Solution (ICS): This segment includes full truckloads, dry-van transport using tractors controlled by companies operating on roads and highways. ICS also comes with a special transport service package including Less Truckload (LTL), Cooled, and Flatbed. ICS reported record revenues in 2016 over $ 800 million.
Truckload: This segment includes full truckloads, dry-van transport using tractors controlled by companies operating on roads and highways.
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See also
- The largest 53-foot domestic container company (fleet size)
- Long combination vehicle
- Quick Transport
- Schneider National
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References
External links
- J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc.
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