XML 51 R38.htm IDEA: XBRL DOCUMENT
v3.21.2

Acquisitions - Estimated Useful Lives (Details) | May 30, 2021 | Feb. 28, 2021
--- | --- | ---
Proficient Transport | Customer relationships |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |
Weighted-Average Useful Lives |  | 8 years
Proficient Transport | Non-compete agreements |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |
Weighted-Average Useful Lives |  | 1 year
J&P | Customer relationships |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |
Weighted-Average Useful Lives | 12 years |
J&P | Non-compete agreements |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |
Weighted-Average Useful Lives | 5 years |

X
- Definition Weighted average amortization period of finite-lived intangible assets acquired either individually or as part of a group of assets, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days. + References Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 350 -SubTopic 30 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (a)(3) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=66006027&loc=d3e16265-109275 + Details
Name: | us-gaap_AcquiredFiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsWeightedAverageUsefulLife
Namespace Prefix: | us-gaap_
Data Type: | xbrli:durationItemType
Balance Type: | na
Period Type: | duration

X
- Definition Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table. + References No definition available. + Details
Name: | us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionLineItems
Namespace Prefix: | us-gaap_
Data Type: | xbrli:stringItemType
Balance Type: | na
Period Type: | duration

X
- Details
Name: | us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis=fwrd_ProficientTransportIncorporatedAndProficientTruckingIncMember
Namespace Prefix: |
Data Type: | na
Balance Type: |
Period Type: |

X
- Details
Name: | us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis=us-gaap_CustomerRelationshipsMember
Namespace Prefix: |
Data Type: | na
Balance Type: |
Period Type: |

X
- Details
Name: | us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis=us-gaap_NoncompeteAgreementsMember
Namespace Prefix: |
Data Type: | na
Balance Type: |
Period Type: |

X
- Details
Name: | us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis=fwrd_JPHallExpressDeliveryMember
Namespace Prefix: |
Data Type: | na
Balance Type: |
Period Type: |