Note 10 - Business Segments - Assets (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Assets	$ 4,721,671	$ 4,465,349
Operating Segments [Member] \| JBI [Member]
Assets	2,243,000	2,108,000
Operating Segments [Member] \| DCS [Member]
Assets	1,457,000	1,182,000
Operating Segments [Member] \| ICS [Member]
Assets	226,000	204,000
Operating Segments [Member] \| JBT [Member]
Assets	268,000	283,000
Corporate and Reconciling Items [Member]
Assets	$ 528,000	$ 688,000

Sum of the carrying amounts as of the balance sheet date of all assets that are recognized. Assets are probable future economic benefits obtained or controlled by an entity as a result of past transactions or events.

Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 942
-SubTopic 210
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.9-03(11))
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6876686&loc=d3e534808-122878

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 280
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 22
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=115929826&loc=d3e8736-108599

Reference 3: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 944
-SubTopic 210
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.7-03(a)(12))
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6879938&loc=d3e572229-122910

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Balance Type:	debit
Period Type:	instant