Legal Matters - Additional Information (Detail) - Robles Lawsuits [Member]		1 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
Aug. 05, 2015 Plaintiff Employee	May 31, 2015 Plaintiff	Jun. 30, 2016
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Percentage of California drivers who accepted settlement offers			93.00%
Number of plaintiffs		2
Number of plaintiffs against Hub Group Trucking	63
Number of employees filed lawsuit \| Employee	5
Number of claims accepted settlement offers	58

Loss contingency percentage of claimants approving proposed settlement offer.

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Number of employees filed lawsuit.

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Number of claims settled.

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The total number of new claims filed pertaining to a loss contingency during the period.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 450
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 4
-Subparagraph (a)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=25496072&loc=d3e14435-108349

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Number of plaintiffs that have filed claims pertaining to a loss contingency.

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