Exhibit 23


The Board of Directors
J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc.:


We consent to incorporation by reference in the Registration Statements No. 
2-93928, No. 33-57127 and No. 33-40028 on Form S-8 and No. 33-64950 on Form 
S-3 of J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. of our report dated February 7, 
1997 relating to the consolidated balance sheets of J.B. Hunt Transport 
Services, Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 1996 and 1995, and the 
related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders' equity and cash 
flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 1996, 
which report is included in the December 31, 1996 annual report on Form 10-K 
of J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc.


                                            /s/ KPMG Peat Marwick LLP
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                                            KPMG Peat Marwick LLP

Little Rock, Arkansas
February 17, 1997









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