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LONG-TERM DEBT AND FINANCING ARRANGEMENTS (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
LONG-TERM DEBT AND FINANCING ARRANGEMENTS |
Schedule of long-term debt |
|  | December 31 |
|  | 2017 |  | 2016 |
|  | (in thousands) |
Credit Facility (interest rate of 3.1%(1) at December 31, 2017) |  | $ | 70,000 |  | $ | 70,000 |
Accounts receivable securitization borrowings (interest rate of 2.3% at December 31, 2017) |  |  | 45,000 |  |  | 35,000 |
Notes payable (weighted-average interest rate of 2.7% at December 31, 2017) |  |  | 153,441 |  |  | 138,032 |
Capital lease obligations (weighted-average interest rate of 5.7% at December 31, 2017) |  |  | 478 |  |  | 641 |
|  |  | 268,919 |  |  | 243,673 |
Less current portion |  |  | 61,930 |  |  | 64,143 |
Long-term debt, less current portion |  | $ | 206,989 |  | $ | 179,530 |
| (1) |  | The interest rate swap mitigates interest rate risk by effectively converting $50.0 million of borrowings under the Credit Facility from variable-rate interest to fixed-rate interest with a per annum rate of 3.35% based on the margin of the Credit Facility as of December 31, 2017 and 2016.
Scheduled maturities of long-term debt obligations | Scheduled maturities of long‑term debt obligations as of December 31, 2017 were as follows:
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Accounts |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Receivable |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  |  |  |  | Credit |  | Securitization |  | Notes |  | Capital Lease |
|  | Total |  | Facility(1) |  | Program(1) |  | Payable |  | Obligations(2) |
|  | (in thousands) |
2018 |  | $ | 68,822 |  | $ | 2,329 |  | $ | 1,223 |  | $ | 65,036 |  | $ | 234 |
2019 |  |  | 42,156 |  |  | 2,598 |  |  | 1,396 |  |  | 37,922 |  |  | 240 |
2020 |  |  | 71,393 |  |  | 2,679 |  |  | 45,358 |  |  | 23,329 |  |  | 27 |
2021 |  |  | 24,343 |  |  | 2,696 |  |  | — |  |  | 21,640 |  |  | 7 |
2022 |  |  | 84,275 |  |  | 71,392 |  |  | — |  |  | 12,882 |  |  | 1 |
Thereafter |  |  | 404 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 404 |  |  | — |
Total payments |  |  | 291,393 |  |  | 81,694 |  |  | 47,977 |  |  | 161,213 |  |  | 509 |
Less amounts representing interest |  |  | 22,474 |  |  | 11,694 |  |  | 2,977 |  |  | 7,772 |  |  | 31 |
Long-term debt |  | $ | 268,919 |  | $ | 70,000 |  | $ | 45,000 |  | $ | 153,441 |  | $ | 478 |
| (1) |  | The future interest payments included in the scheduled maturities due are calculated using variable interest rates based on the LIBOR swap curve, plus the anticipated applicable margin.
| (2) |  | Minimum payments of capital lease obligations include maximum amounts due under rental adjustment clauses contained in the capital lease agreements.
Schedule of assets securing notes payable or held under capital leases | Assets securing notes payable or held under capital leases at December 31 were included in property, plant and equipment as follows:
|  | 2017 |  | 2016 |
|  | (in thousands) |
Revenue equipment |  | $ | 269,950 |  | $ | 220,566 |
Land and structures (service centers) |  |  | 1,794 |  |  | 1,794 |
Software |  |  | 486 |  |  | — |
Service, office, and other equipment |  |  | 100 |  |  | 7 |
Total assets securing notes payable or held under capital leases |  |  | 272,330 |  |  | 222,367 |
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization(1) |  |  | 87,691 |  |  | 61,643 |
Net assets securing notes payable or held under capital leases |  | $ | 184,639 |  | $ | 160,724 |
| (1) |  | Amortization of assets held under capital leases and depreciation of assets securing notes payable are included in depreciation expense.

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