Note Payable and Long-Term Debt - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)	12 Months Ended											1 Months Ended	4 Months Ended					12 Months Ended
	Dec. 29, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Jan. 01, 2011	Jan. 02, 2010	Dec. 29, 2012 Vessels and Containers	Dec. 31, 2011 Vessels and Containers	Dec. 29, 2012 Machinery and Equipment	Dec. 29, 2012 Guarantor	Dec. 29, 2012 Segment, Continuing Operations Subsidiaries	Dec. 29, 2012 Segment, Discontinued Operations Subsidiaries	Jul. 31, 1993 8.75% debentures due 2013	Nov. 30, 2009 13.875% Notes due 2014	Oct. 08, 2011 13.875% Notes due 2014	Mar. 18, 2009 13.875% Notes due 2014	Sep. 25, 2009 Secured debt, 8% notes due 2016	Dec. 29, 2012 Term Loan B	Dec. 29, 2012 Term Loan C	Dec. 29, 2012 Term Loan Facility	Dec. 29, 2012 ABL revolver	Dec. 29, 2012 Restructuring Fiscal 2011 Plan	Dec. 29, 2012 Amendment of Credit Facility	Dec. 29, 2012 Notes payable
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Approximate borrowing amount of ABL revolver																			$ 119,200,000			$ 872,100,000
Revolving credit facility									26,000,000	141,200,000						311,100,000	556,600,000					350,000,000
Debt issued as percentage of par value											99.37%
Long-Term debt issued														350,000,000	315,000,000
Interest rate of debt														13.875%	8.00%
Long-Term debt issued, discount	16,477,000	22,130,000												25,000,000	6,200,000					6,800,000	8,500,000
Redemption of debt												122,500,000
Retired value of notes													52,500,000
Loss on early retirement of notes		(13,453,000)											13,500,000
Owned subsidiaries								100.00%
Interest rate per annum																		(i) the London Interbank Offer Rate ("LIBOR") plus 3.75%, with a LIBOR floor of 1.25%; or (ii) a base rate plus 2.75%.	(i) LIBOR plus 1.75% to 2.25%, or (ii) a base rate plus 0.75% to 1.25%
Debt instrument, basis spread on variable rate																		3.75%	2.25%
LIBOR floor rate																		1.25%	1.75%
Interest rate over and above base rate																		2.75%
Weighted average variable interest rate																5.03%	5.03%		3.22%
Minimum interest rate over base rate																			0.75%
Maximum interest rate over base rate																			1.25%
Line of credit borrowing base																			331,300,000
Outstanding letters of credit																			95,000,000
Available remaining borrowings capacity									6,300,000	94,400,000									117,100,000
Capital Lease Obligations					54,000,000	54,300,000	1,000,000
Total Payment due in future related to capital lease	65,100,000
Lease Expiration year	2026
Line of credit facility availability for springing covenant to be effective	35,000,000
Percentage of line of credit facility availability on commitment and base rate for springing covenant to be effective	12.50%
Deferred debt issuance cost incurred		13,000,000	17,000,000	25,500,000
Deferred debt issuance cost amortized	5,400,000	5,800,000	6,600,000
Write-off of debt issuance costs and refinancing fees		(12,700,000)	(4,600,000)
Debt discounts are amortized into interest expense	$ 5,400,000	$ 5,000,000	$ 4,700,000