<DOCUMENT>
<TYPE>EX-24
<SEQUENCE>2
<FILENAME>mhancepoa.txt
<TEXT>
Power of Attorney
       Know all by these presents, that the undersigned (the "Reporting Person")
  hereby constitutes and appoints Matthew J. Jewell and Michael P. McLean, and
each of them, as the Reporting Person's true and lawful Attorneys-in-Fact to:
(1) execute for and on behalf of the Reporting Person, in the Reporting Person's

capacity as an officer or director of Forward Air Corporation (the "Company"),
Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act
  of 1934 and the rules thereunder;
(2) do and perform and all acts for and on behalf of the Reporting Person which
may
be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4 or 5 and
timely file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission
and any stock exchange or similar authority; and
(3) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing
which, in the opinion of such Attorney-in-Fact, may be of benefit to, and in the
  best interest of, or legally required by, the Reporting Person.
       The Reporting Person hereby grants to each such Attorney-in-Fact full
power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever
requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights
and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the Reporting
  Person might or could do if personally present, with full power of
substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
Attorney-in-Fact, or such Attorney-in-Fact's substitute or substitutes, shall
lawfully do or cause to be done by the virtue of this Power of Attorney and the
rights and powers herein granted. The Reporting Person acknowledges that the
foregoing Attorneys-in-Fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the
Reporting Person, are not assuming, nor is the company assuming, any of the
Reporting Persons responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934.
       This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
Reporting Person is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to
the Reporting Person's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the
Company, unless earlier revoked by the Reporting Person in a signed writing
delivered to the foregoing Attorney-in-Fact.
       IN WITNESS WHEREOF. the Reporting Person has caused this Power of
Attorney to be executed as of this 14th day of May, 2014.


/s/Michael L. Hance
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</DOCUMENT>
