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Acquisitions and Goodwill (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2018
Goodwill [Line Items] |
Schedule of Purchase Price Allocation [Table Text Block] | The following table presents the allocation of the Atlantic and KCL purchase prices to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on their estimated fair values and resulting residual goodwill (in thousands):
| Atlantic | KCL
| May 7, 2017 | October 22, 2017
Tangible assets: |  |
Property and equipment | $ | 1,821 |  | $ | 223 |
Total tangible assets | 1,821 |  | 223 |
Intangible assets: |  |
Non-compete agreements | 1,150 |  | 6 |
Customer relationships | 13,400 |  | 234 |
Goodwill | 6,719 |  | 277 |
Total intangible assets | 21,269 |  | 517 |
Total assets acquired | 23,090 |  | 740 |
Liabilities assumed: |  |
Current liabilities | 590 |  | 100 |
Total liabilities assumed | 590 |  | 100 |
Net assets acquired | $ | 22,500 |  | $ | 640 |
Schedule of Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets by Major Class [Table Text Block] | The acquired definite-lived intangible assets have the following useful lives:
| Useful Lives
| Atlantic | KCL
Customer relationships | 15 years | 15 years
Non-compete agreements | 5 years | 2 years
Schedule of Significant Assumptions Used [Table Text Block] | For our 2018 analysis, the significant assumptions used for the income approach were projected net cash flows and the following discount and long-term growth rates:
| Expedited LTL |  | Pool |  | Intermodal |  | TQI
Discount rate | 12.0 | % |  | 15.5 | % |  | 14.0 | % |  | 16.5 | %
Long-term growth rate | 4.0 | % |  | 4.0 | % |  | 4.0 | % |  | 4.0 | %
Schedule of Goodwill [Table Text Block] | There were no changes to goodwill for the six months ended June 30, 2018. Approximately $112,527 of goodwill is deductible for tax purposes. The following is a summary of the goodwill balances as of June 30, 2018.
|  | Ending balance, June 30, 2018
Expedited LTL |  |
Goodwill |  | $ | 97,593 |
Accumulated Impairment |  | — |
TLS |  |
Goodwill |  | 45,164 |
Accumulated Impairment |  | (25,686 | )
Pool Distribution |  |
Goodwill |  | 12,359 |
Accumulated Impairment |  | (6,953 | )
Intermodal |  |
Goodwill |  | 69,194 |
Accumulated Impairment |  | — |
Total |  | $ | 191,671 |

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