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Note 10 - Business Segments (Details Textual) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014
Number of Operating Segments	6us-gaap_NumberOfOperatingSegments
Number of Reportable Segments	4us-gaap_NumberOfReportableSegments	2us-gaap_NumberOfReportableSegments
Truckload [Member]
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization	13,200,000us-gaap_DepreciationDepletionAndAmortization / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = mrtn_TruckloadMember	13,300,000us-gaap_DepreciationDepletionAndAmortization / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = mrtn_TruckloadMember
Dedicated [Member]
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization	2,900,000us-gaap_DepreciationDepletionAndAmortization / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = mrtn_DedicatedMember	1,500,000us-gaap_DepreciationDepletionAndAmortization / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = mrtn_DedicatedMember
Intermodal [Member]
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization	1,500,000us-gaap_DepreciationDepletionAndAmortization / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = mrtn_IntermodalMember	1,400,000us-gaap_DepreciationDepletionAndAmortization / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = mrtn_IntermodalMember
Brokerage [Member]
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization	270,000us-gaap_DepreciationDepletionAndAmortization / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = mrtn_BrokerageMember	224,000us-gaap_DepreciationDepletionAndAmortization / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = mrtn_BrokerageMember

X

- Definition

The aggregate expense recognized in the current period that allocates the cost of tangible assets, intangible assets, or depleting assets to periods that benefit from use of the assets.

+ References

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 230

-SubTopic 10

-Section 45

-Paragraph 28

-Subparagraph (b)

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=31042434&loc=d3e3602-108585

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- Definition

Number of operating segments. An operating segment is a component of an enterprise: (a) that engages in business activities from which it may earn revenues and incur expenses (including revenues and expenses relating to transactions with other components of the same enterprise), (b) whose operating results are regularly reviewed by the enterprise's chief operating decision maker to make decisions about resources to be allocated to the segment and assess its performance, and (c) for which discrete financial information is available. An operating segment may engage in business activities for which it has yet to earn revenues, for example, start-up operations may be operating segments before earning revenues.

+ References

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- Definition

Number of segments reported by the entity. A reportable segment is a component of an entity for which there is an accounting requirement to report separate financial information on that component in the entity's financial statements.

+ References

No definition available.

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