Business Segment Information (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2016

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Schedule of Segment Reporting Information, by Segment

Financial information regarding 2016, 2015 and 2014 operations by the Company’s designated geographic areas is as follows:

	United States		Other North America
2016
Revenues from unaffiliated customers	$	1,683,006	226,561
Transfers between geographic areas	106,076		10,778
Total revenues	$	1,789,082	237,339
Net revenues1	$	918,110	119,492
Operating income	$	250,715	32,530
Identifiable assets at year end	$	1,455,722	104,804
Capital expenditures	$	39,531	1,727
Depreciation and amortization	$	29,939	1,479
Equity	$	1,166,582	46,448
2015
Revenues from unaffiliated customers	$	1,763,361	226,284
Transfers between geographic areas	118,884		13,383
Total revenues	$	1,882,245	239,667
Net revenues1	$	906,780	124,381
Operating income	$	245,257	46,846
Identifiable assets at year end	$	1,185,671	111,549
Capital expenditures	$	26,807	3,915
Depreciation and amortization	$	29,532	1,331
Equity	$	986,330	70,932
2014
Revenues from unaffiliated customers	$	1,694,819	218,735
Transfers between geographic areas	97,028		10,891
Total revenues	$	1,791,847	229,626
Net revenues1	$	823,111	108,631
Operating income	$	221,166	36,475
Identifiable assets at year end	$	1,388,319	111,324
Capital expenditures	$	19,610	1,439
Depreciation and amortization	$	31,553	1,170
Equity	$	1,165,488	54,338

	Latin America	North Asia	South Asia	Europe	Middle East, Africa and India	Elimi-nations		Consoli-dated
2016
Revenues from unaffiliated customers	84,665	2,242,670	603,980	918,561	338,594	—		6,098,037
Transfers between geographic areas	15,037	21,212	24,251	41,102	21,876	(240,332	)	—
Total revenues	99,702	2,263,882	628,231	959,663	360,470	(240,332	)	6,098,037
Net revenues1	56,066	471,275	171,033	304,429	123,335	296		2,164,036
Operating income	13,321	230,777	64,967	42,195	35,672	(14	)	670,163
Identifiable assets at year end	49,231	511,851	120,300	351,960	190,902	6,101		2,790,871
Capital expenditures	1,038	3,889	3,038	7,554	2,539	—		59,316
Depreciation and amortization	1,187	5,455	2,177	4,576	1,983	—		46,796
Equity	27,164	327,672	91,983	108,430	112,633	(33,699	)	1,847,213
2015
Revenues from unaffiliated customers	94,229	2,557,398	677,628	958,827	338,905	—		6,616,632
Transfers between geographic areas	19,158	21,722	25,018	42,787	21,322	(262,274	)	—
Total revenues	113,387	2,579,120	702,646	1,001,614	360,227	(262,274	)	6,616,632
Net revenues1	65,017	493,235	179,110	308,301	110,953	—		2,187,777
Operating income	19,656	245,854	69,643	65,024	29,204	—		721,484
Identifiable assets at year end	48,678	446,914	127,014	421,590	221,835	2,326		2,565,577
Capital expenditures	1,756	2,203	2,383	5,222	2,097	—		44,383
Depreciation and amortization	1,041	5,425	2,110	4,931	1,642	—		46,012
Equity	33,161	253,097	99,220	154,174	130,105	(32,343	)	1,694,676
2014
Revenues from unaffiliated customers	89,058	2,576,350	657,189	1,012,389	316,181	—		6,564,721
Transfers between geographic areas	20,634	23,020	26,579	39,541	19,654	(237,347	)	—
Total revenues	109,692	2,599,370	683,768	1,051,930	335,835	(237,347	)	6,564,721
Net revenues1	65,016	407,410	163,383	313,325	100,551	—		1,981,427
Operating income	19,855	177,496	52,596	62,101	24,959	—		594,648
Identifiable assets at year end	53,815	513,649	141,499	447,349	208,684	5,987		2,870,626
Capital expenditures	1,574	5,955	3,118	4,246	1,530	—		37,472
Depreciation and amortization	911	5,938	2,295	5,690	1,735	—		49,292
Equity	34,386	262,295	99,234	169,117	121,520	(34,770	)	1,871,608

Schedule of Net Revenues Calculation

The following table presents the calculation of net revenues:

Years ended December 31,	2016		2015	2014
Revenues:
Total revenues	$	6,098,037	6,616,632	6,564,721
Expenses:
Airfreight services	1,752,167		1,987,690	2,103,777
Ocean freight and ocean services	1,378,699		1,648,993	1,712,795
Customs brokerage and other services	803,135		792,172	766,722
Net revenues	$	2,164,036	2,187,777	1,981,427

Schedule of Revenues and Long-lived Assets Attributed to Material Foreign Countries

Other than the United States, only the People’s Republic of China, including Hong Kong, represented more than 10% of the Company’s total revenue, net revenue, total identifiable assets or equity in any period presented as noted in the table below.

	2016		2015		2014
Total revenues	31	%	32	%	33	%
Net revenues	18	%	19	%	16	%
Identifiable assets at year end	15	%	13	%	14	%
Equity	13	%	10	%	9	%