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Senior Credit Facility (Details)

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Senior Credit Facility (Details) (USD $)
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Feb. 04, 2015
Debt Instrument [Line Items]    
Line of Credit Facility Term, In Years   5fwrd_LineOfCreditFacilityTermInYears
Senior credit facility amount   $ 275,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity
Interest rate spread above LIBOR as of reporting period (in hundredths) 1.00%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentBasisSpreadOnVariableRate1  
Base reference rate of credit facilities LIBOR  
Letters of Credit Outstanding, Amount 12,613us-gaap_LettersOfCreditOutstandingAmount  
Available borrowing capacity 137,387us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityRemainingBorrowingCapacity  
Long-term Debt, Gross 125,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentCarryingAmount  
Term Loan, Quarterly Payment Percentage 11.10%fwrd_TermLoanQuarterlyPaymentPercentage  
Interest Rate on Term Loan 1.30%us-gaap_LongTermDebtPercentageBearingVariableInterestRate  
Letter of Credit [Member]    
Debt Instrument [Line Items]    
Line of Credit Facility, Capacity Available for Specific Purpose Other than for Trade Purchases   25,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityCapacityAvailableForSpecificPurposeOtherThanForTradePurchases
/ us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis
= us-gaap_LetterOfCreditMember
Swing line loan [Member]    
Debt Instrument [Line Items]    
Line of Credit Facility, Capacity Available for Specific Purpose Other than for Trade Purchases   15,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityCapacityAvailableForSpecificPurposeOtherThanForTradePurchases
/ us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis
= fwrd_SwinglineloanMember
Revolving Credit Facility [Member]    
Debt Instrument [Line Items]    
Senior credit facility amount   150,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity
/ us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis
= us-gaap_RevolvingCreditFacilityMember
Debt Instrument, Basis Spread on Variable Rate, Minimum   0.30%fwrd_DebtInstrumentBasisSpreadOnVariableRateMinimum
/ us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis
= us-gaap_RevolvingCreditFacilityMember
Debt Instrument, Basis Spread on Variable Rate, Maximum   0.80%fwrd_DebtInstrumentBasisSpreadOnVariableRateMaximum
/ us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis
= us-gaap_RevolvingCreditFacilityMember
Federal funds [Member]    
Debt Instrument [Line Items]    
Interest rate spread above LIBOR as of reporting period (in hundredths) 0.50%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentBasisSpreadOnVariableRate1
/ us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis
= fwrd_FederalfundsMember
 
Term loan [Member]    
Debt Instrument [Line Items]    
Senior credit facility amount   $ 125,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity
/ us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis
= fwrd_TermloanMember
Debt Instrument, Basis Spread on Variable Rate, Minimum   0.10%fwrd_DebtInstrumentBasisSpreadOnVariableRateMinimum
/ us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis
= fwrd_TermloanMember
Debt Instrument, Basis Spread on Variable Rate, Maximum   0.60%fwrd_DebtInstrumentBasisSpreadOnVariableRateMaximum
/ us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis
= fwrd_TermloanMember