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    How the Transportation Sector’s Recovery Is Shaping Investment Opportunities

    Kevin Martens, Liz

    The transportation sector navigated a volatile 2020 shift where commercial aviation grounded 17,000 aircraft and triggered a 100–200% surge in air freight rates, while West Coast port congestion and labor migration exposed systemic logistical vulnerabilities. As consumer spending drove e-commerce penetration from 11% to 14% and truckload capacity rebounded to 99%, investment focus has pivoted from distressed airlines to undervalued industrial plays like railroads and less-than-truckload carriers. Despite record truck orders signaling imminent supply expansion that may compress trucking margins, analysts anticipate sustained pricing power for sectors leveraging the permanent structural shift in global supply chains.