<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001562180-25-003256.txt : 20250428
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20250428120833
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001562180-25-003256
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20250424
FILED AS OF DATE:		20250428
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20250428

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			ROBO JAMES L
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001183254
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-11757
		FILM NUMBER:		25878128

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		3300 PGA BOULEVARD
		STREET 2:		SUITE 350
		CITY:			PALM BEACH GARDENS
		STATE:			FL
		ZIP:			33410

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			HUNT J B TRANSPORT SERVICES INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000728535
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	TRUCKING (NO LOCAL) [4213]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	01 Energy & Transportation
		EIN:				710335111
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			AR
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		615 JB HUNT CORPORATE DR
		STREET 2:		PO BOX 130
		CITY:			LOWELL
		STATE:			AR
		ZIP:			72745
		BUSINESS PHONE:		479-820-0000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		615 JB HUNT CORPORATE DRIVE
		STREET 2:		PO BOX 130
		CITY:			LOWELL
		STATE:			AR
		ZIP:			72745
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    <schemaVersion>X0508</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2025-04-24</periodOfReport>

    <notSubjectToSection16>false</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000728535</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>HUNT J B TRANSPORT SERVICES INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>JBHT</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001183254</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>ROBO JAMES L</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>615 J.B. HUNT CORPORATE DRIVE</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>LOWELL</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>AR</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>72745</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>true</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>false</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>false</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>false</isOther>
            <officerTitle></officerTitle>
            <otherText></otherText>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <aff10b5One>false</aff10b5One>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2025-04-24</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <deemedExecutionDate></deemedExecutionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>false</equitySwapInvolved>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness></transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>2594.00</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>132.98</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>2594.00</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>113735.00</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>By grantor retained annuity trust</value>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <derivativeTable></derivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Award of common stock as annual retainer for outside directors. Stock is restricted and must be registered or sold pursuant to Rule 144.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">On March 3, 2025, the reporting person contributed 113,735 shares of the issuer's common stock to a grantor retained annuity trust for the benefit of himself and his two adult children. The reporting person's wife serves as the trustee of the trust.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Whitney Elliott, Attorney-in-Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2025-04-25</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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<DOCUMENT>
<TYPE>EX-24
<SEQUENCE>2
<FILENAME>jameslrobopoa.txt
<DESCRIPTION>POA
<TEXT>
J.B. Hunt
Power of Attorney
Executions of Forms 3, 4 and 5

Know all be these present, that the undersighned herby constitutes and appoiunts
each of David G Mee, Juli Dorrough, Sherry Moncrief and Rae Millerd, or any
of them signing individually, his/her true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

1. Execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity
as an officer, director, or owner of greater than ten percent (10%) of the
outstanding common stock of J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc., an Arkansas
corporation, or any of its affiliates (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4 and 5 in
accordance with the section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
and the rules thereunder;

2. Do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which
may be necessary or desirable to complete the execution of any such Form 3, 4 or
5 and any amendments thereto, and timely file such form or amendment with the
SEC and any similar authority, including filing this power of attorney with the
SEC and;

3. Take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the forgoing
which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the
best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood
that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the
undersigned pursuant to this power of attornney shall be in such form and shall
contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in his
/her discretion.

The undersighned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary and proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers
herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might
or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation
revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact,
or his/her substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue of this power of attorney and the right and powers herein granted. The
undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving
in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is
the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply
with Section 16 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934.

This power of attorney shall remain in full force and effect (i) until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to
his/her position or interest in the Company, or (ii) with respect to any
individual attorney-in-fact, until such attorney-in-fact is no longer employed
by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing
delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of the 20th day of April, 2017.

/s/ James L Robo
</TEXT>
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