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Segment Information
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2011
Segment Information [Abstract] 
Segment Information
(8) Segment Information

We have two reportable segments – Truckload Transportation Services ("Truckload") and Value Added Services ("VAS").

The Truckload segment consists of six operating fleets that are aggregated because they have similar economic characteristics and meet the other aggregation criteria described in the accounting guidance for segment reporting. The six operating fleets that comprise our Truckload segment are as follows: (i) the dedicated services ("Dedicated") fleet provides truckload services required by a specific customer, generally for a distribution center or manufacturing facility; (ii) the regional short-haul ("Regional") fleet transports a variety of consumer nondurable products and other commodities in truckload quantities within four geographic regions across the United States using dry van trailers; (iii) the medium-to-long-haul van ("Van") fleet provides comparable truckload van service over irregular routes; (iv) the expedited ("Expedited") fleet provides time-sensitive truckload services utilizing driver teams; and, the (v) flatbed ("Flatbed") and (vi) temperature-controlled ("Temperature-Controlled") fleets provide truckload services for products requiring specialized trailers. Revenues for the Truckload segment include a small amount of non-trucking revenues which consist primarily of the portion of shipments delivered to or from Mexico where we utilize a third-party capacity provider.

The VAS segment generates the majority of our non-trucking revenues through four operating units that provide non-trucking services to our customers. These four VAS operating units are as follows: (i) truck brokerage ("Brokerage") uses contracted carriers to complete customer shipments; (ii) freight management ("Freight Management") offers a full range of single-source logistics management services and solutions; (iii) the intermodal ("Intermodal") unit offers rail transportation through alliances with rail and drayage providers as an alternative to truck transportation; and (iv) Werner Global Logistics international ("WGL") provides complete management of global shipments from origin to destination using a combination of air, ocean, truck and rail transportation modes.

We generate other revenues related to third-party equipment maintenance, equipment leasing and other business activities. None of these operations meets the quantitative reporting thresholds. As a result, these operations are grouped in "Other" in the table below. "Corporate" includes revenues and expenses that are incidental to our activities and are not attributable to any of our operating segments. We do not prepare separate balance sheets by segment and, as a result, assets are not separately identifiable by segment. We have no significant intersegment sales or expense transactions that would require the elimination of revenue between our segments in the table below.

The following table summarizes our segment financial information (in thousands):

 

     Three Months Ended
September 30,		     Nine Months Ended
September 30,		  
     2011     2010     2011     2010  

Revenues

         

Truckload Transportation Services

    $ 428,565      $ 395,417      $ 1,270,855      $ 1,150,523   

Value Added Services

      76,635        64,683        211,435        191,149   

Other

      3,274        2,262        9,185        7,309   

Corporate

      1,113        900        3,438        2,825   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

  

Total

    $ 509,587      $ 463,262      $ 1,494,913      $ 1,351,806   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

  

Operating Income

         

Truckload Transportation Services

    $ 45,715      $ 37,275      $ 114,745      $ 83,910   

Value Added Services

      4,074        2,813        11,203        8,243   

Other

      545        (693 )      (1,077 )      (522 ) 

Corporate

      (268 )      750        (596 )      2,324   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

  

Total

    $ 50,066      $ 40,145      $ 124,275      $ 93,955