- The US needs 80,000 more truck drivers, American Trucking Associations CEO Chris Spear told CNN.
- A shortage of drivers is one of biggest factors contributing to the current supply-chain chaos.
The US has a shortage of around 80,000 truck drivers, Chris Spear, President and CEO of the American Trucking Associations (ATA), told$4 Tuesday.
This is a record high, and an increase of roughly 30% from before the pandemic, Spear said.
Like other workers across the US,
This has caused havoc in the US
$4 because there aren't enough truckers to move the cargo.
$4 are both moving towards 24/7 operations, aimed at easing the supply-chain chaos, but Spear warned that this wouldn't completely solve the problems.
"It doesn't matter if it's a port in LA or Long Beach, or the last mile of delivery from a train to a warehouse in Wichita," he told CNN. "You're going to have to have a driver and a truck move that freight."
The ATA said that if nothing is done to address the
Across the US, around 3.6 million truck drivers were employed in 2019, per data from$4. Almost$4 of the country's total freight tonnage is transported by truck, it added.
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