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Leases, User Charges and Commitments
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2013
Leases [Abstract]  
Leases, User Charges and Commitments

NOTE 11. Leases, User Charges and Commitments

Minimum annual capital and operating lease payments, as of December 31, 2013, under non-cancelable leases, principally for containers, chassis, other equipment and real estate, as well as other commitments are payable as follows (in thousands):

Future Payments Due:

 

          

Operating

Leases and

         
     Capital
Lease		     Other
Commitments		      Total  

2014

    $ 3,186      $ 18,665       $ 21,851   

2015

      3,186        8,539         11,725   

2016

      3,194        6,525         9,719   

2017

      3,186        5,159         8,345   

2018

      3,186        3,687         6,873   

2019 and thereafter

      8,228        7,206         15,434   
  

 

 

    

 

 

     

 

 

  
   $ 24,166      $ 49,781       $ 73,947   
    

 

 

     

 

 

  

Less: Imputed interest

      (3,276 )      
  

 

 

       

Net capital lease liability

    $ 20,890        
  

 

 

       

Total rental expense included in general and administrative expense, which relates primarily to real estate, was approximately $10.1 million in 2013, $8.8 million in 2012 and $9.9 million in 2011. Many of the real estate leases contain renewal options and escalation clauses which require payments of additional rent to the extent of increases in the related operating costs. We straight-line rental expense in accordance with the FASB guidance in the Leases Topic of the Codification.

We incur rental expense for our leased containers, tractors and trailers that are included in transportation costs and totaled $10.2 million, $9.3 million, and $9.4 million for 2013, 2012 and 2011, respectively.

We incur user charges for use of a fleet of rail owned chassis, chassis under capital lease and dedicated rail owned containers on the Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern railroads which are included in transportation costs. Such charges were $69.1 million, $67.0 million and $64.0 million for 2013, 2012 and 2011, respectively. As of December 31, 2013, we have the ability to return the majority of the containers and pay for the rail owned chassis only when we are using them under these agreements. As a result, no minimum commitments related to these rail owned chassis and containers have been included in the table above.

In addition to the commitments above, in October 2013, we entered into an equipment purchase contract for the acquisition of 200 Freightliner tractors. The total purchase price of these tractors is approximately $25.4 million. As of December 31, 2013, we received 28 of these tractors. See Note 18 to the consolidated financial statements for information relating to this commitment.

During the fourth quarter of 2013 we exercised our purchase option on approximately 2,000 containers that are currently leased. The purchases totaling approximately $7.8 million will occur as the leases expire throughout 2014.