The Great Pruning: How Small Fleets are Surviving the Post-COVID Slump

The Great Pruning: How Small Fleets are Surviving the Post-COVID Slump

Author: FreightWaves April 24, 2026 Duration: 18:47
Join FreightWaves’ John Kingston for an exclusive fireside chat with David Owen, President of the National Association of Small Trucking Companies (NASTC). In this engaging session, Owen pulls back the curtain on the state of the long-haul trucking industry, sharing exactly how the most resilient small carriers are surviving—and thriving—in a volatile economy. Keep up with Live FreightWaves Events Other FreightWaves Shows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Author: Language: English Episodes: 100

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Podcast Episodes
Fireside Chat: Customer Value is a Product of Internal Commitments [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 23:18
Julie Van de Kamp sits down with Tim Guin from Hirschbach a the 2024 Future of Freight Festival. The two discuss how company culture and internal values can actually help drive value for the external customer, including…
Keynote: David Parker on the Legacy of Covenant Transport [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 46:17
Trucking runs in the blood of Covenant Transport's CEO David Parker and the lifelong legacy has lead him to run an efficient carrier and brokerage right here in the heart of freight alley. Parker sits down with Craig Ful…
Keynote: Courageous Collaboration Starts with a Handshake [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 25:35
As CEO of J.B. Hunt Transport Shelley Simpson leads one of America's largest legacy carriers. The journey from small trucking company to industry leader has not been an easy one, but as Simpson explains in her keynote ad…
Convoy co-founder reflects on digital brokerage’s rise and fall [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 27:34
Dan Lewis, co-founder and former CEO of Convoy Inc., discussed the rise and fall of the digital freight brokerage he helped create and the lessons he learned along the way on Tuesday at FreightWaves’ F3: Future of Freigh…
Keynote: Winning the Business Wars with David Brown [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 49:48
In the world of rivalries some names ring legendary.... FedEx vs UPS, FreightWaves vs DAT, Pizza Hut vs Dominos.... and exploring the complex relationships between business entities and consumer choices that drive the su…
Climate Policy Is All About Nuance [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 17:20
Kaylee Nix welcomes Andrew Wishnia, partner at EpicWorks Advisors and former DOT lawmaker, to the Net-Zero Carbon Summit to explain how laws like the bipartisan Infrastructure Act and the Inflation Reduction Act are work…
Farm to TRU: The Evolution of Fossil-Free Fuel in Refrigeration Units [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 15:26
The move from diesel-dependent systems to zero-emission systems is a delicate balance. Paul Kroes, trailer innovation leader at Trane Technologies joins FreightWaves’ Mary O’Connell to break down some of the finer points…

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