Contract Freighters, Inc.

Contract Freighters, Inc.
CFI
Formerly
  • Con-way Truckload (2007–2015)
  • XPO Logistics Truckload (2015–2016)
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryTransportation
Founded1951; 73 years ago (1951) in Joplin, Missouri
Founders
  • Roy Reed
  • Ursull Lewellan
HeadquartersJoplin, Missouri
Number of locations
Number of employees
3,569
Parent
Websitecfidrive.com

Contract Freighters, Inc. (CFI), a subsidiary of Heartland Express, is an American truckload freight carrier headquartered in Joplin, Missouri with operations in the continental US, Canada, and Mexico. Easily recognizable on the highway by their iconic bright red Kenworth trucks. CFI provides point-to-point, full truckload, dry van service, as well as refrigerated transport, and utilizes single drivers as well as two-person driver teams over long-haul routes—most commonly with each trailer containing only one customer's goods.

CFI was owned by Con-way, Inc. from 2007 to 2015 and known as Con-way Truckload. For a short period between 2015 and 2016, the company was owned by XPO Logistics and known as XPO Logistics Truckload. In 2016, it was acquired by Canadian logistics company TFI International who returned it to its pre-2007 operations as a standalone truckload company under its original name, CFI. TFI sold the company to Heartland in 2022.