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Segment Information
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2011
Segment Information [Abstract]  
Segment Information

(9) SEGMENT INFORMATION

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

The Truckload segment consists of two operating units, One-Way Truckload and Specialized Services, that are aggregated because they have similar economic characteristics and meet the other aggregation criteria described in the accounting guidance for segment reporting. One-Way Truckload is comprised of the following operating fleets: (i) the regional short-haul ("Regional") fleet transports a variety of consumer nondurable products and other commodities in truckload quantities within geographic regions across the United States using dry van trailers; (ii) the medium-to-long-haul van ("Van") fleet provides comparable truckload van service over irregular routes; and (iii) the expedited ("Expedited") fleet provides time-sensitive truckload services utilizing driver teams. Specialized Services provides truckload services dedicated to a specific customer, generally for a retail distribution center or manufacturing facility, including services for products requiring specialized trailers such as flatbed or temperature-controlled 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 tables 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 information (in thousands):

 

     Years Ended December 31,  
     2011     2010     2009  

Revenues

       

Truckload Transportation Services

    $ 1,694,965      $ 1,550,601      $ 1,437,527   

Value Added Services

      291,109        250,983        217,942   

Other

      12,367        9,847        7,995   

Corporate

      4,409        3,589        3,006   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

  

Total

    $ 2,002,850      $ 1,815,020      $ 1,666,470   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

  

Operating Income

       

Truckload Transportation Services

    $ 157,604      $ 122,208      $ 84,524   

Value Added Services

      17,036        11,005        12,350   

Other

      (383 )      (427 )      (913 ) 

Corporate

      (583 )      1,796        730   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

  

Total

    $ 173,674      $ 134,582      $ 96,691   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

  

Information about the geographic areas in which we conduct business is summarized below (in thousands) as of and for the years ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009. Operating revenues for foreign countries include revenues for (i) shipments with an origin or destination in that country and (ii) other services provided in that country. If both the origin and destination are in a foreign country, the revenues are attributed to the country of origin.

 

     2011      2010      2009  

Revenues

         

United States

    $ 1,772,628       $ 1,614,183       $ 1,509,560   
  

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

  

Foreign countries

         

Mexico

      147,938         121,821         84,441   

Other

      82,284         79,016         72,469   
  

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

  

Total foreign countries

      230,222         200,837         156,910   
  

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

  

Total

    $ 2,002,850       $ 1,815,020       $ 1,666,470   
  

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

  

Long-lived Assets

 

United States

    $ 931,658       $ 824,649       $ 853,802   
  

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

  

Foreign countries

         

Mexico

      9,993         16,119         17,871   

Other

      485         287         229   
  

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

  

Total foreign countries

      10,478         16,406         18,100   
  

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

  

Total

    $ 942,136       $ 841,055       $ 871,902   
  

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

  

We generate substantially all of our revenues within the United States or from North American shipments with origins or destinations in the United States. No customer generated more than 10% of our total revenues for 2011, 2010 and 2009.