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LONG-TERM DEBT AND FINANCING ARRANGEMENTS (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2013
Debt Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of long-term debt | Long‑term debt consisted of a Term Loan under the Credit Agreement (further described in Financing Arrangements within this Note) and notes payable and capital lease obligations related to the financing of revenue equipment (tractors and trailers used primarily in ABF Freight’s operations), real estate, and certain other equipment as follows:
| December 31
| 2013 |  | 2012
| (in thousands)
Term Loan (interest rate of 1.7% at December 31, 2013) | $ | 83,750 |  |  | $ | 95,000 |
Notes payable (weighted‑average interest rate of 3.0% at December 31, 2013) | 22,082 |  |  | 37,756 |
Capital lease obligations (weighted‑average interest rate of 4.8% at December 31, 2013) | 7,013 |  |  | 23,229 |
| 112,845 |  |  | 155,985 |
Less current portion | 31,513 |  |  | 43,044 |
Long‑term debt, less current portion | $ | 81,332 |  |  | $ | 112,941 |
Scheduled maturities under the Term Loan and notes payable and future minimum payments under capital lease obligations included in long-term debt | Scheduled maturities under the Term Loan and notes payable and future minimum payments under capital lease obligations included in long‑term debt as of December 31, 2013 were as follows:
|  |  |  |  | Notes Payable |  | Capital Lease Obligations(2)
|  |  | Term |  | Revenue |  | Revenue |  | Land and |  | Equipment
| Total |  | Loan(1) |  | Equipment |  | Equipment |  | Structures |  | and Other
| (in thousands)
2014 | $ | 33,659 |  |  | $ | 15,178 |  |  | $ | 15,561 |  |  | $ | 2,425 |  |  | $ | 200 |  |  | $ | 295 |
2015 | 28,467 |  |  | 17,716 |  |  | 7,033 |  |  | 3,061 |  |  | 206 |  |  | 451 |
2016 | 19,313 |  |  | 19,100 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 213 |  |  | — |
2017 | 37,121 |  |  | 36,902 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 219 |  |  | — |
2018 | 226 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 226 |  |  | — |
Thereafter | 252 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 252 |  |  | — |
Total payments | 119,038 |  |  | 88,896 |  |  | 22,594 |  |  | 5,486 |  |  | 1,316 |  |  | 746 |
Less amounts representing interest | 6,193 |  |  | 5,146 |  |  | 512 |  |  | 284 |  |  | 215 |  |  | 36 |
Long‑term debt | $ | 112,845 |  |  | $ | 83,750 |  |  | $ | 22,082 |  |  | $ | 5,202 |  |  | $ | 1,101 |  |  | $ | 710 |
(1) | The future interest payments included in the scheduled maturities due under the Term Loan are calculated using variable interest rates based on the LIBOR swap curve, plus the anticipated applicable margin (see Term Loan within the Financing Arrangements section of this Note).
(2) | Minimum payments of capital lease obligations include maximum amounts due under rental adjustment clauses contained in the capital lease agreements.
Schedule of assets securitized by notes payable or held under capital leases | Assets secured by notes payable or held under capital leases at December 31 were included in property, plant and equipment as follows:
| 2013 |  | 2012
| (in thousands)
Revenue equipment | 58,613 |  |  | 93,004 |
Land and structures (terminals) | $ | 1,794 |  |  | $ | 1,794 |
Service, office, and other equipment | 1,758 |  |  | 1,813 |
| 3,552 |  |  | 3,607 |
Less accumulated amortization(1) | 26,847 |  |  | 35,183 |
Net assets secured by notes payable or held under capital leases | $ | (23,295 | ) |  | $ | (31,576 | )
(1) | Amortization of assets secured by notes payable or held under capital leases is included in depreciation expense.

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