Compared with the freight boom of 2018, last year was disappointing for US less-than-truckload carriers, but pricing discipline allow the largest operators to maintain — and in some cases increase — their top line revenue.
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22 Apr 2019
The 50 largest US trucking operators grabbed a larger share of the market, while smaller carriers raised the bar in terms of revenue growth last year thanks to the strongest freight market since the 2009 recession.
11 Apr 2017
Forward Air has expanded its US Midwest-focused drayage footprint to the Southeast.
22 Apr 2016
Diversification, an acquisition and a change in its dimensional weight factor in its expedited less-than-truckload business helped drive first-quarter revenue and profit higher at Forward Air.
05 Apr 2016
Three acquisition-hungry companies, XPO Logistics, Celadon Group and Daseke, were the fastest-growing businesses on a list of the 50 largest U.S. trucking companies in 2015.
11 Feb 2016
A Feb. 1 change in dimensional weight pricing will benefit Forward Air Corp., the CEO of the ground-air expedited transportation company told Wall Street analysts this week.
27 Jun 2014
Expedited transportation companies increasingly are focusing on detailed, custom levels of service to the pharmaceutical business. But speed isn’t necessarily the most important thing they deliver for drug shippers.
24 Jan 2014
Forward Air has agreed to acquire Central States Trucking and Central States Logistics from Central States Inc. for $95.6 million.
31 Jul 2013
Forward Air Solutions is preparing to occupy an 89,600-square-foot distribution facility at Port San Antonio’s industrial airport, Kelly Field, later this year.
19 Jul 2013
Forward Air reported its net income in the second quarter of 2013 was $13.8 million, falling 2.8 percent from $14.2 million in the second quarter of 2012.
05 Mar 2013
Forward Air has acquired Total Quality, a Michigan-based provider of security and temperature-controlled services to the pharmaceutical and life science industries.
12 Feb 2013
Forward Air Corporation, which provides transportation and logistics services to the North American air freight and less-than-truckload market, reported profit in the fourth quarter of 2012...
20 Jul 2012
Forward Air profit in the second quarter jumped 23.2 percent year-over-year to $24.4 million, as airport-to-airport volume rose 5.4 percent in the same period.
23 Apr 2012
Net income at Forward Air in the first quarter soared 30.6 percent to nearly $10.3 million, as the air freight trucker saw an increase in demand for its core services along with its logistics manageme
20 Oct 2011
Air freight trucker Forward Air says it is seeing demand “moderately better” than normal this fal
25 Apr 2011
Forward Air more than doubled its profit in the first quarter, raising net income 132.4 percent year-over-year to $7.9 million.
15 Feb 2011
Forward Air nearly doubled earnings in its fourth quarter to give the airport-to-airport trucker a $32 million profit for 2010.
25 Oct 2010
Forward Air says it is satisfied with the level of demand and pricing in the air freight trucking business, signaling the company is in no hurry to raise rates this fall after reporting its best resul
23 Jul 2010
Air freight forwarder Forward Air nearly tripled its net profit in the second quarter to $7.9 million as revenue grew 22 percent while the company kept the lid on costs.
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