Forward Air Corporation Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Segment Reporting (Details)

Segment Reporting (Details) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended								6 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Segment Reporting (Details) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2019 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2018 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2019	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Number of principal reporting segments										3
Number of Reportable Segments									5
External revenues	$ 381,504	$ 361,663	$ 345,756	$ 321,471	$ 356,561	$ 331,375	$ 330,343	$ 302,608		$ 1,410,395	$ 1,320,886	$ 1,169,346
Depreciation and amortization										42,109	42,183	41,055
Depreciation										30,896	33,045	30,862
Amortization of Intangible Assets										11,213	9,138	10,193
Share-based Compensation										11,907	10,549	8,103
Interest expense										2,711	1,783	1,209
Operating Income (Loss)	32,852	$ 30,689	$ 30,550	$ 24,734	35,047	$ 29,879	$ 32,870	$ 24,235		118,823	122,031	108,757
Total assets	990,878				760,215					990,878	760,215	692,622
Additions to Other Assets, Amount										28,209	42,293	38,265
Expedited Freight Revenue										988,757
Expedited Freight [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
External revenues										985,697	926,446	846,706
Revenue from Related Parties										3,060	4,678	3,701
Depreciation										22,993	25,453	23,260
Amortization of Intangible Assets										4,336	3,499	5,171
Share-based Compensation										8,628	8,457	7,154
Interest expense										0	(20)	5
Operating Income (Loss)										101,065	101,440	91,184
Total assets	713,527				550,051					713,527	550,051	506,652
Additions to Other Assets, Amount										22,179	38,710	36,683
Pool Distribution [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
External revenues										207,092	193,690	168,194
Revenue from Related Parties										297	427	289
Depreciation										4,884	5,871	5,732
Amortization of Intangible Assets										1,029	1,029	1,041
Share-based Compensation										644	453	387
Operating Income (Loss)										7,275	5,870	6,378
Total assets	115,638				64,306					115,638	64,306	55,970
Additions to Other Assets, Amount										5,313	2,729	1,068
Intermodal [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
External revenues										217,606	200,750	154,446
Revenue from Related Parties										105	256	238
Depreciation										3,086	1,719	1,867
Amortization of Intangible Assets										5,848	4,610	3,981
Share-based Compensation										1,801	984	562
Interest expense										142	58	48
Operating Income (Loss)										23,679	23,266	12,963
Total assets	206,576				167,002					206,576	167,002	149,150
Additions to Other Assets, Amount										717	854	514
Business Intersegment, Eliminations [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue from Related Parties										(3,462)	(5,361)	(4,228)
Depreciation										(67)	2	3
Share-based Compensation										834	655
Interest expense										2,569	1,745	1,156
Operating Income (Loss)										(13,196)	(8,545)	(1,768)
Total assets	$ (44,863)				$ (21,144)					(44,863)	$ (21,144)	$ (19,150)
Network revenue [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Expedited Freight Revenue										676,911
Truckload revenue [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Expedited Freight Revenue										184,663
Final Mile revenue [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Expedited Freight Revenue										100,555
Other revenue [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Expedited Freight Revenue										$ 26,628