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Acquisitions and Goodwill (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2015
Goodwill [Line Items] |
Schedule of Purchase Price Allocation [Table Text Block] | The following table presents the allocations of the Towne, CST, RGL and MMT purchase prices to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on their estimated fair values and resulting residual goodwill (in thousands):
| Towne |  | CST |  | RGL & MMT
| March 9, 2015 |  | February 2, 2014 |  | September & November 2014
Tangible assets: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Accounts receivable | $ | 23,703 |  |  | $ | 9,339 |  |  | $ | — |
Prepaid expenses and other current assets | 2,744 |  |  | 101 |  |  | — |
Property and equipment | 1,410 |  |  | 2,132 |  |  | 287 |
Other assets | 614 |  |  | 35 |  |  | — |
Deferred income taxes | 2,159 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Total tangible assets | 30,630 |  |  | 11,607 |  |  | 287 |
Intangible assets: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Non-compete agreements | — |  |  | 930 |  |  | 92 |
Trade name | — |  |  | 500 |  |  | — |
Customer relationships | 70,000 |  |  | 36,000 |  |  | 3,590 |
Goodwill | 58,497 |  |  | 51,710 |  |  | 4,206 |
Total intangible assets | 128,497 |  |  | 89,140 |  |  | 7,888 |
Total assets acquired | 159,127 |  |  | 100,747 |  |  | 8,175 |
Liabilities assumed: |  |  |  |  |
Current liabilities | 24,984 |  |  | 6,535 |  |  | 1,000 |
Other liabilities | 3,822 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Debt and capital lease obligations | 59,544 |  |  | 11,215 |  |  | — |
Deferred income taxes | 8,454 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Total liabilities assumed | 96,804 |  |  | 17,750 |  |  | 1,000 |
Net assets acquired | $ | 62,323 |  |  | $ | 82,997 |  |  | $ | 7,175 |
Schedule of Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets by Major Class [Table Text Block] | The acquired definite-live intangible assets have the following useful lives:
| Useful Lives
| Towne |  | CST |  | RGL
Customer relationships | 20 years |  | 15 years |  | 15 years
Non-competes | - |  | 5 years |  | 5 years
Trade names | - |  | 2 years |  | -
Business Acquisition, Pro Forma Information [Table Text Block] | The following unaudited pro forma information presents a summary of the Company's consolidated results of operations as if the acquisitions occurred as of January 1, 2014 (in thousands, except per share data).
| Three months ended
| March 31, 2015 | March 31, 2014
Operating revenue | $ | 240,145 |  | $ | 231,365 |
Income from operations | 20,138 |  | 17,833 |
Net income | 12,069 |  | 10,918 |
Net income per share |  |
Basic | $ | 0.39 |  | $ | 0.36 |
Diluted | $ | 0.39 |  | $ | 0.35 |
Schedule of Goodwill [Table Text Block] | The following is a summary of the changes in goodwill for the three months ended March 31, 2015. Approximately $99,248 of goodwill, not including the goodwill acquired with the Towne acquisition, is deductible for tax purposes.
| Forward Air |  | FASI |  | TQI |  | Total
|  | Accumulated |  |  | Accumulated |  |  | Accumulated |  |
| Goodwill | Impairment |  | Goodwill | Impairment |  | Goodwill | Impairment |  | Net
Beginning balance, December 31, 2014 | $ | 93,842 |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 12,359 |  | $ | (6,953 | ) |  | $ | 45,164 |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 144,412 |
Towne acquisition | 58,497 |  | — |  |  | — |  | — |  |  | — |  | — |  |  | 58,497 |
Ending balance, March 31, 2015 | $ | 152,339 |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 12,359 |  | $ | (6,953 | ) |  | $ | 45,164 |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 202,909 |
CST [Member] |
Goodwill [Line Items] |
Business Acquisition, Pro Forma Information [Table Text Block] | The results of CST, RGL and MMT operations reflected in the Company's consolidated statements of comprehensive income for the three months ended March 31, 2014 from the dates of acquisition are as follows (in thousands, except per share data):
| February 2, 2014 to March 31, 2014
Operating revenue | $ | 10,803 |
Income from operations | 4 |
Net income | (5 | )
Net income per share |
Basic | $ | — |
Diluted | $ | — |

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