by - January 16, 2025 6:28 pm
Lowell-based carrier J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. posted an earnings increase but a revenue decline in the fourth quarter amid a prolonged freight downturn. Earnings fell 21% in 2024 from…
by - November 4, 2024 1:41 pm
Lowell-based carrier J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. has made three changes to its executive team, effective Dec. 1, the company announced Monday (Nov. 4). Hunt President and CEO Shelley Simpson…
by - September 16, 2024 12:39 pm
Lowell-based carrier J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. will be the first company to participate in a program to test a new truck that runs on renewable natural gas. According to J.B….
by - September 11, 2024 3:26 pm
Lowell-based carrier J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. awarded more than $533,000 in scholarships in the third year of the J.B. Hunt Scholarship for Families program. This year, 100 new recipients…
by - August 7, 2024 11:26 am
A collaboration between Lowell-based carrier J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc., tire manufacturer Bridgestone Americas and autonomous trucking company Kodiak Robotics Inc. recently surpassed 50,000 autonomous long-haul trucking miles. According to…
by - April 4, 2022 12:01 pm
John Roberts III, president and CEO of Lowell-based carrier J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc., received a 2.7% salary increase and total compensation of $8.8 million in 2021, according to the…
by - March 13, 2018 7:11 pm
John Roberts III, president and CEO of Lowell-based carrier J.B. Hunt Transport Services, received a 3.2% raise in 2017 and earned a base salary of $833,865, according to the company’s…
by - January 18, 2018 10:46 am
J.B. Hunt Transport Services said tax reform led fourth-quarter earnings to rise 227.8% as the company’s effective tax rate was -175.65%, compared to 37.63% in the same period in 2016….
by - October 17, 2016 8:09 am
“Tepid customer demand” and the lower freight rates that often accompany such demand pushed third quarter earnings for J.B. Hunt Transport Services below the same period in 2015 and below…
by - December 9, 2015 3:29 pm
Editor’s note: Story updated with additions and changes throughout. Lowell-based J.B. Hunt Transport Services announced Wednesday (Dec. 9) a corporate expansion plan that will add more than 1,000 jobs in…
by - June 10, 2015 7:03 pm
J.B. Hunt Transport Services is expected to start construction this summer on a seven-story office tower on its corporate headquarters campus in Lowell. Details on the construction project, expected to…
by - April 21, 2015 7:18 pm
J.B. Hunt Transport Services began as a small carrier of rice hulls from eastern Arkansas across the state to the burgeoning poultry industry in Northwest Arkansas in the late 1960s….
by - March 16, 2015 2:02 pm
Logistics giant J.B. Hunt Transport Services posted healthy revenue and profits in 2014 which translated to hefty bonuses for the company’s top executives, according to the company’s Proxy filing with…
by - January 17, 2014 12:30 pm
U.S. rail intermodal traffic declined 8.2% in the week ended Jan. 11 compared with the same week last year, the Association of American Railroads reported. Railroads moved about 236,000 intermodal…
by - February 25, 2013 12:10 pm
Lowell-based J.B. Hunt Transport Services has been recognized by Walmart for Innovative Excellence in Transportation for 2012. In a letter of commendation to J.B. Hunt, Rob Kusiciel, vice president Walmart…
by - November 6, 2012 12:20 pm
Retailers and grocery stores are among companies increasingly using dedicated-fleet services as a shortage of drivers constrains U.S. trucking capacity while the economy heals. J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. and…
by - October 11, 2012 5:15 pm
Lowell-based J.B. Hunt Transport Services continues to find a way to push earnings higher in a tough economy. The company reported Thursday (Oct. 11) that it’s third-quarter revenue was up…
by - April 18, 2012 5:43 pm
That old adage “if you bought it, a truck brought it” is as true today as ever before according to the latest report from the American Trucking Association – 2012…
by - April 18, 2012 12:14 pm
William J. Shea Jr., who has served as a board member for J.B. Hunt Transport Services since 2011, resigned his position effective April 16 according to a recent filing with…
by - March 20, 2012 2:18 pm
Shareholders of J.B. Hunt Transport Services have plenty to celebrate with respect to record $257 million profits in 2011 and a favorable outlook from Wall Street analysts in 2012. The…
