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LEASES
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
LEASES  
LEASES

 

8.LEASES

 

The Company leases certain property and equipment, and other facilities under operating lease agreements, with terms that range from 1 to 50 years.  Such leases generally include provisions for the maintenance of the leased assets, options to purchase the assets at fair value, and renewal options to extend the lease agreement.  The minimum lease terms of the Company’s non-cancelable operating leases are as follows:

 

Classification

 

Range of Life (in years)

 

Vessels, machinery and equipment

 

2015 to 2022

 

Office and warehouse

 

2015 to 2021

 

Terminal facilities and land

 

2016 to 2036

 

 

Rent expense under operating leases totaled $58.3 million in 2014, $58.2 million in 2013, and $52.3 million in 2012, which includes volume-based terminal rent.  Additionally, rent expense for short-term and cancelable equipment rentals was $27.6 million, $20.5 million, and $17.8 million in 2014, 2013, and 2012, respectively.  Management expects that in the normal course of business most operating leases will be renewed or replaced by other similar leases.

 

Future minimum payments under operating leases as of December 31, 2014 were as follows (in millions):

 

 

 

Total Operating

 

Year

 

Leases

 

2015

 

$

20.8 

 

2016

 

13.0 

 

2017

 

9.2 

 

2018

 

3.7 

 

2019

 

2.3 

 

Thereafter

 

8.1 

 

Total minimum lease payments

 

$

57.1 

 

 

In addition to the future minimum lease payments above, the Company’s operating lease for terminal facilities in Honolulu includes a minimum annual commitment, which is calculated by the lessor based on capital improvements by the lessor and an allocation of lessor operating expenses.  The Company has met these minimum annual commitments in 2014, 2013 and 2012.