Intermodal has long been considered a handsome profit center for the railroads, and JBHT's financial statement disclosures reveal that JBHT is now also minting money the Intermodal way. From every $1,000.00 of its Intermodal revenue JBHT extracts ~$102.00 of operating income; that's about $195.00 of average operating income achieved from each JBHT Intermodal load, and there were 663,386 such loads at JBHT during the first nine months of this year (17,000 loads per week = $3.3 million of JBHT Intermodal weekly operating income). Schneider's Intermodal results are likely near those of JBHT's, but Schneider's privately-held status allows it to withhold words to the public about the parts of its money machine.... Read More

Savvy trucker JB Hunt heads east, by train! Truckers traveling via train? Yep, the smart do so with increasing frequency. Earlier this month, J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. announced that its already successful "Secret Formula" for Intermodal success will henceforth include much more of a current ingredient, one known as "NSC" or Norfolk Southern Corporation, which reported Intermodal revenues for this year's 1st nine months of just slightly less than JBHT's $1.2 billion of Intermodal biz. for the same three quarters.... Read More