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Carrier vetting, explained for the person with the email open.
What an MC number is, where the FMCSA record lives, what each line of it means, and the checks that take five minutes and save a load. Written for freight brokers.
How to look up an MC number and read the FMCSA record
Where to look up an MC number for free (FMCSA SAFER, Licensing and Insurance, HauLens), what each part of the carrier record means, and the five things to check before you book.
Read the guide →MC number vs USDOT number: what each one tells you
The difference between an MC number and a USDOT number, who needs which, why one carrier can have several MC numbers, and which number to use when you check a carrier.
Read the guide →How to check a carrier’s authority and insurance before you tender a load
A broker’s checklist for operating authority, BMC-91 liability filings, cargo coverage, pending cancellations and out of service orders, with the FMCSA minimums and the traps in each.
Read the guide →Free carrier lookup
Check a carrier while you read.
Authority, insurance filings, inspections and fleet from FMCSA records, on one page.
What this page cannot tell you
Is the person emailing you really that carrier?
Most double brokering starts with a real carrier's MC number in someone else's email. You just checked the record by hand. HauLens does it inside Gmail on every carrier email, and checks the part no lookup can: who is actually writing to you.
- This record opens by itself beside every carrier email, before you finish reading it.
- The sender is checked against the contact FMCSA has on file for this carrier, plus how old their email domain is.
- Your reply is already written from the load they are asking about. You read it and hit send.
Free during beta. From the Chrome Web Store, two minutes to set up. The text of your emails never leaves your browser.