How to Verify a Freight Broker's MC Number and Bond
The broker-side MC check: confirm the broker authority grant is active, verify the BMC-84 or BMC-85 bond, spot bond-hopping, and catch double-brokering setups before you haul.
Practical writing on carrier vetting, FMCSA data quirks, chameleon carriers, and freight-fraud prevention — from the team building the tool.
The broker-side MC check: confirm the broker authority grant is active, verify the BMC-84 or BMC-85 bond, spot bond-hopping, and catch double-brokering setups before you haul.
A field walkthrough of running a DOT number lookup: where to get the number, the exact order to read the results in, and the findings that should end the conversation.