On January 25, 2024, Forward Air Corporation (NASDAQ: FWRD) announced that it completed its previously announced acquisition of Omni Logistics, LLC. Together, Forward & Omni create a category leader in LTL with a differentiated service offering, industry-leading team, & expanded geographic footprint. It's also the most interesting merger in supply chain in over a decade (at least to me.)

Having covered this deal with the better part of eight months, to me this was the inevitable outcome. But beyond the headlines is one of the most interesting transportation stories in the US supply chain. Who better to walk us through the players, the deal, and what I expect will become a juggernaut in the LTL space than my good friend, Brittain Ladd.

The road ahead is fraught with dangers: will the combined entity unlock untold value for shareholders or will it go down as one of the biggest blunder supply chain mergers?

Time will tell.

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