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2020 is a much different bull run in trucking than in 2018.

The housing market has been sliding since early 2018, but there are optimistic signals for a turnaround in 2019. Freight markets can only benefit from a strong housing market.

The inbound container flows had a big impact to freight volumes in the port cities of Savannah and Los Angeles this past year.

National spot market price movement has a surprisingly tight relationship with new truck orders.

Capacity is still being added to the market. Truck orders numbers for both new and used models support this.

Specialty retail and electronics retail stores are the least efficient loading and unloading docks for carriers according to FreightWaves latest index.

Manufacturing numbers are not looking as robust after a booming early 2018. The flatbed freight market may be in line for a big correction as well.

After a period of attempting to improve detention times with carriers, they appear to be falling into the old habits of making load/unload times are lower priority according to FreightWaves’ Detention Minutes Index.

Los Angeles has had the heaviest freight volumes in the U.S. for the past several months, but carriers should be paying attention to where that freight is headed.

National freight volumes are flat year-over-year, but capacity is as loose as ever. What is driving the discrepancy?