Tag: trucking
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How chameleon carriers hide behind LLC renames
A trucking company loses its FMCSA operating authority. Two weeks later, a new LLC with a different name and a fresh DOT number is on the road with the same drivers, same equipment, same owner · and no underwriter…
Underwriting a Texas trucking carrier in 90 seconds
Texas lets you validate a trucking carrier's franchise-tax standing and pull officer names in a single API call. No portal crawling. No separate lookups. If you're underwriting a small fleet operator, that one call +…
USDOT vs MC number — what credit underwriters need to know
They're not the same number, they're not issued together, and only one of them tells you the carrier is actually legal to haul freight today.
The MCS-150 stale-date math — how to use it for credit underwriting
Every active USDOT carrier must update the MCS-150 biennially. The update date is one of the most useful single signals for trucking-credit underwriting.
BASIC scores — which of FMCSA's five categories actually predicts loss
FMCSA publishes five Behavior Analysis and Safety Improvement Categories. For credit underwriting, two of them carry most of the predictive signal.
Chameleon carriers — how to spot one before the deal funds
A chameleon carrier is a trucking company that closed under one MC and reopened under a new one to escape a bad safety record. The FMCSA data is there if you know where to look.