Florida has a freight problem most states never deal with: more trucks want to leave than want to come in. Consumer goods, retail freight, and imports flow south into the state constantly, but there's comparatively less manufacturing and export freight heading back out. That imbalance shapes trucking companies in Florida in ways that don't really apply to a manufacturing-heavy state or a border state like Texas, and it's worth understanding before assuming Florida trucking works the same way freight does anywhere else in the United States. With roughly 22 million residents and a tourism economy that pulls in visitors year-round, Florida generates enormous consumer demand without the heavy industrial base that would normally balance that out with outbound manufactured freight. That combination — huge consumption, comparatively light production — is really the root of everything else in this post, from which lanes pay well to which ports specialize in which freight type, an...
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