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 ...

When you think about your trucking operation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration safety scores, you’re likely thinking about how to reduce truck crashes and violations, improve driver safety ...

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 ...

For those of you hauling under your own authority and/or running small fleets, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration sent out a reminder last week for carriers to update their MCS-150 form ...

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 ...

FMCSA is 'flagging' motor carriers that have not updated their MCS-150 forms within the past two years—but it is also important to update the form any time there is a significant change in the ...

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 ...