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OPERATING LEASES AND COMMITMENTS | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2014
OPERATING LEASES AND COMMITMENTS |
OPERATING LEASES AND COMMITMENTS | NOTE G — OPERATING LEASES AND COMMITMENTS While the Company maintains ownership of most of its larger terminals and distribution centers, certain facilities and equipment are leased. Certain of the leases are renewable for additional periods with similar rent payments. Rental expense for operating leases, including rentals with initial terms of less than one year, totaled $30.2 million, $24.1 million, and $20.3 million in 2014, 2013, and 2012, respectively. The future minimum rental commitments as of December 31, 2014 for all noncancelable operating leases were as follows:
|  |  |  | Land and |  | Equipment |
|  | Total |  | Structures |  | and Other |
|  | (in thousands) |
2015 |  | $ | 13,969 |  | $ | 13,071 |  | $ | 898 |
2016 |  | 10,759 |  | 10,554 |  | 205 |
2017 |  | 8,669 |  | 8,550 |  | 119 |
2018 |  | 7,165 |  | 7,086 |  | 79 |
2019 |  | 5,636 |  | 5,573 |  | 63 |
Thereafter |  | 11,225 |  | 11,225 |  | — |
|  | $ | 57,423 |  | $ | 56,059 |  | $ | 1,364 |
As of December 31, 2014, the Company had an $11.8 million commitment to acquire a general office building and service bay to replace certain Panther leased facilities.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for significant arrangements with third parties, which includes operating lease arrangements and arrangements in which the entity has agreed to expend funds to procure goods or services, or has agreed to commit resources to supply goods or services, and operating lease arrangements. Descriptions may include identification of the specific goods and services, period of time covered, minimum quantities and amounts, and cancellation rights. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 210 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.25) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Regulation S-X (SX) -Number 210 -Section 02 -Paragraph 25 -Article 5 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Regulation S-X (SX) -Number 210 -Section 03 -Paragraph 19 -Article 7 Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Regulation S-X (SX) -Number 210 -Section 03 -Paragraph 17 -Article 9 Reference 5: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 942 -SubTopic 210 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SX 210.9-03.17) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6876686&loc=d3e534808-122878 Reference 6: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 944 -SubTopic 210 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SX 210.7-03.(a)(19)) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6879938&loc=d3e572229-122910 + Details
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