1. A permanent certificate to operate as a common carrier of property may be issued by the commissioner to a qualified applicant with or without hearing, but upon notice to all interested parties, authorizing such applicant to provide transportation as a common carrier of property. Applications for a permanent certificate shall contain such information as the commissioner by regulation may prescribe and shall be accompanied by a filing fee as prescribed in section one hundred forty-four of this chapter. The application for a permanent certificate shall be granted if the commissioner finds that:

1. (a) the applicant is fit, willing and able to provide the transportation to be authorized by the certificate and to comply with this chapter and the regulations of the commissioner; and
2. (b) that the service proposed will be required by the present or future public convenience and necessity.