Every other year, motor carriers must complete an updated Motor Carrier Identification Report, referred to as the MCS-150. But it can cause headaches, especially for small carriers, including ...

Before December 2015, if you were an entrepreneur starting your own trucking business, one of your first steps would be to register for your U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) number with the ...

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration issued a final rule last month requiring motor carriers to file new Form MCS-150s every 24 months under a staggered filing schedule based on their USDOT ...

Motor carriers with USDOT numbers now can update their Form MCS-150s online. A 1999 law now requires an update at least every two years, although carriers – particularly those that are growing in ...

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is reminding commercial motor carriers they they need to update their Vehicle Miles Travelled (VMT) and Power Unit (PU) data on their Motor Carrier ...

Expanding operations into the United States means fully complying with U.S. Federal Motor Carrier Safety (FMCSA) regulations. And one of your first steps toward compliance is obtaining a USDOT number.

When I first got my authority in 1999, like so many I thought that meant I didn’t need to do anything outside of maintaining my insurance, single state permits (now replaced with the Unified Carrier ...