Yet another indicator of the upswing in trucking mergers and acquisitions is word that Forward Air Corporation has announced its wholly owned subsidiary, Central States Trucking Co., will buy substantially all of the assets of Atlantic Trucking Co., a Charleston, S.C.-based privately held provider of intermodal and drayage services. The purchase is consistent with Greeneville, TN-based Forward Air's strategy over the past several years to expand its intermodal holdings via acquisition.
