J.B. Hunt Dedicated Contract Services
Lowell, AR
NASDAQ:  JBHT (J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc.)
John Roberts III, President
800-643-3622
www.jbhunt.com

3PL Turnover:

$937m                    Parent:  $3.5b

Service Area:

North America (Locations: 300 U.S., 2 Canada, 2 Mexico)

3PL Assets:

6,041 employees
15 terminals
11,392 tractors, 56,464 trailers

Information Systems:

Good
TMS – Proprietary

Services:

Dedicated contract carriage, IMC

Industry Focus/Key Customers:

Building materials, chemicals, consumer goods, food and beverage, paper, retail
Key Customers: Anheuser-Busch, Circuit City, Family Dollar, Home Depot, Mohawk Industries, Office Depot, PPG Industries, Target, Wal-Mart, Weyerhaeuser

Armstrong & Associates’ Evaluation:

J.B. Hunt has over 300 dedicated contract carriage customers and is the largest American pure dedicated carrier. A significant part of Hunt’s DCC operations involve direct store delivery. Services utilize owner-operators for 10% of the driver base. Hunt revenues run $560, without recent fuel impacts, per load and most round trips average 300 miles. Van, flatbed and reefer services are provided. J.B. Hunt Dedicated Services continues to grow and has spread into integrated transportation management. J.B. Hunt is the benchmark standard for DCC comparisons. A&A estimates that about one-half of J.B. Hunt’s dedicated tractors are tandem axle sleepers. About as many are day cabs used in regional operations. Driver turnover rates are about one-half of regular over the road trucking operations.