Longtime employees of TransForce’s new acquisition in Joplin, Mo., are proudly digging out their old CFI shirts, as the company founded in 1951 as Contract Freighters Inc. goes back to its roots ...

Heartland Express Inc. on Aug. 22 announced plans to acquire Contract Freighters’ nondedicated truckload business as well as Mexican entities under CFI Logistica in a $525 million deal.

TFI International recently agreed to sell its CFI truckload, temperature control, and Mexican non-asset logistics businesses to Heartland Express for $525 million. The transaction, subject to ...