| J. B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. | |
|---|---|
| Type | Public |
| Founded | 1969 |
| Headquarters | Lowell, Arkansas |
| Key people | Johnnie Bryan Hunt, Founder |
| Products | none |
| Employees | 16500 |
| Website | www.jbhunt.com |
J. A public company usually refers to a company that is permitted to offer its registered securities ( Stock, bonds, etc Lowell is a city in Benton County, Arkansas, in the United States. This article refers to the founder of an American trucking and transportation company J In Marketing, a product is anything that can be offered to a Market that might satisfy a want or need Employment is a Contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. (NASDAQ: JBHT) is a trucking and transportation company that was founded by Johnnie Bryan Hunt, and based in the Northwest Arkansas city of Lowell. The NASDAQ (acronym of National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations) is an American Stock exchange. This article is about the semi-truck For the North American use of the word see Pickup truck. This article refers to the founder of an American trucking and transportation company J The Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is a four-county area including three Arkansas Lowell is a city in Benton County, Arkansas, in the United States. Originally started with only five trucks and seven refrigerated trailers to support the original rice hull business. By 1983, J. B. Hunt had grown into the 80th largest trucking firm in the U. S. and earned $63 million in revenue. At that time J. B. Hunt was operating 550 tractors, 1,049 trailers, and had roughly 1,050 employees. Today this company has grown into one of the largest truckload transportation companies in the United States with annual revenues of over $2 billion. The company primarily operates large semi-trailer trucks, and provides transportation services throughout the continental United States, Canada and Mexico. truckcartransporterarp750pixjpg|thumb|right|A tractor with an auto-transport Semi-trailer. The company currently employs over 16,000 employees and operates in excess of 18,000 trucks. Over 47,000 trailers and containers can be found in the company's fleet. The company's major competitors in the United States are, YRC Worldwide, Inc., Swift Transportation, Schneider National and Werner Enterprises. YRC Worldwide ( is a Fortune 500 company based in Overland Park Kansas. Swift Transportation is a Phoenix Arizona based privately held American truckload motor shipping carrier, the largest in the United States Schneider National Inc is the largest Privately owned Truckload carrier in North America. Werner Enterprises Inc ( is one of the largest Trucking companies in the United States and has its Corporate headquarters in Omaha Nebraska.
J. B. Hunt Transport was a leader in the industry in technology and operation. In 1989, J. B. Hunt Transport started partnering with railroads to offer intermodal service. Today, 40% of the company’s revenues and 50% of its profits come from intermodal. The company also launched a specialized trucking service division along with a flatbed operation, which was later sold.
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