FMCSA Just Issued a Bulletin Warning Carriers Not to Buy or Sell DOT Numbers – Here Is Why That Warning Exists and What It Means

FMCSA does not publish emergency bulletins for hypothetical problems. When a federal agency puts out a formal, dated, ...

FMCSA: Stop buying and selling paper trucking companies

FMCSA just put the industry on formal notice of the sale of MC authorities and DOT numbers. The post FMCSA: Stop buying and ...
Commercial Carrier Journal

FMCSA issues warning to fleets selling or leasing USDOT, MC numbers

FMCSA is deactivateing numbers and revoking registrations found to be part of unauthorized sales, rentals, or leases.
Trucking InfoOpinion

New Entrants, Chameleon Carriers, and Safety: Is It Too Easy to Start a Trucking Company?

More than 100,000 new trucking companies enter the industry each year, but regulators manage to audit only a fraction of them ...
JD Supra

The Use of Mock DOT Audits

A Department of Transportation (“DOT”) audit [1] is something that all motor carriers dread. The potential for a Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (“FMCSA”) investigator can often have ...
Transport Topics

FMCSA Audited Over States’ Enforcement of English Mandates

[Stay on top of transportation news: Get TTNews in your inbox.] An internal audit of how the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is ensuring states comply with federal standards for ...