JB Hunt reported volume growth of just 1.0% year over year in its intermodal business in 4Q 2018. That would suggest it missed out on the pre-tariff surge seen by other U.S. logistics operators. For the new year the firm’s EVP for Intermodal operations, Terrence Matthews, has stated that container-lines are seeing 90% capacity utilization, “which should make January equal to or better from an intermodal standpoint” compared to a year earlier. The lunar new year also falls earlier than last year. In 2011, when the new year holiday started around the same time, seaborn...