ORLANDO, Fla. — If there is a shortage of commercial truck drivers in America, that’s probably news to the official in charge of regulating them.
Speaking Tuesday at the Transport & Logistics Council’s annual conference, Jack Van Steenburg, executive director and chief safety officer of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, said the agency recorded 112,000 new applications for motor carrier authority in 2021, up from 45,000 new entrants in 2019.
Van Steenburg said he couldn’t pinpoint...
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