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Revenue from Contract with Customers
 3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2021
Revenue From Contract With Customer [Abstract]  
Revenue from Contracts with Customers

NOTE 4. Revenue from Contracts with Customers

Hub offers comprehensive multimodal solutions including intermodal, logistics, truck brokerage, and dedicated services. Hub has full time employees located throughout the United States, Canada and Mexico.

Intermodal. As an intermodal provider, we arrange for the movement of our customers’ freight in containers, typically over long distances of 750 miles or more. We contract with railroads to provide transportation for the long-haul portion of the shipment between rail terminals. Local pickup and delivery services between origin or destination and rail terminals (referred to as “drayage”) are provided by our subsidiary Hub Group Trucking, Inc. (“HGT”) and third-party local trucking companies.

Logistics. Hub’s logistics operation offers a wide range of transportation management services and technology solutions including shipment optimization, load consolidation, mode selection, carrier management, load planning and execution and web-based shipment visibility. Our multi-modal transportation capabilities include small parcel, heavyweight, expedited, less-than-truckload, truckload, intermodal, last mile delivery, railcar and international shipping. We leverage proprietary technology along with collaborative relationships with retailers and logistics providers to deliver cost savings and performance-enhancing supply chain services to consumer-packaged goods clients. We contract with third-party warehouse providers in seven markets across North America to which our customers ship their goods to be stored and eventually consolidated, along with goods from other customers into full truckload shipments destined to major North American retailers. These services offer our customers shipment visibility, transportation cost savings, high service levels and compliance with retailers’ increasingly stringent supply chain requirements.

On December 9, 2020, we acquired NSD. NSD provides basic, residential last mile delivery services through a non-asset business model, working with a network of over 170 carriers throughout the country. The financial results of NSD since the acquisition are included in our logistics line of business.

Truck Brokerage. We operate one of the largest truck brokerage operations, providing customers with an over the road service option for their transportation needs. Our brokerage service does not operate any trucks; instead we match customers’ needs with carriers’ capacity to provide the most effective service and price combination. We have contracts with a substantial base of carriers allowing us to meet the varied needs of our customers.

Dedicated. Our dedicated operation contracts with customers who seek to outsource a portion of their trucking transportation needs. We offer a dedicated fleet of equipment and drivers to each customer, as well as the management and infrastructure to operate according to the customer’s high service expectations. Contracts with customers generally include fixed and variable pricing arrangements and may include charges for early termination which serves to reduce the financial risk we bear with respect to the utilization of our equipment.

The following table summarizes our disaggregated revenue by business line (in thousands):

 

Three Months Ended March 31,

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

Intermodal

$

506,004

 

 

$

478,034

 

Logistics

 

217,035

 

 

 

200,202

 

Truck brokerage

 

127,262

 

 

 

98,017

 

Dedicated

 

69,252

 

 

 

62,606

 

Total revenue

$

919,553

 

 

$

838,859