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FMCSA Carrier Verification
Energy Connect checks a carrier's DOT number against FMCSA records and re-checks every active carrier every night, so a broker or supplier choosing a carrier is looking at last night's check rather than whatever was true at signup.
FMCSA is a public data source, not an account you connect. The carrier supplies its DOT number; Energy Connect does the lookups.
What is checked
| Data | When | What it is used for |
|---|---|---|
| Operating authority: operating status, safety rating, out-of-service rate | At signup, on demand from carrier settings, and nightly | Shown on the carrier's profile. A change found by the nightly check notifies the carrier and its connected partners in the app. |
| BASIC safety measures | With each check | The measure for each BASIC FMCSA publishes for property carriers, dated to FMCSA's dataset where FMCSA publishes the date. |
| Federal out-of-service orders | Nightly | Matched against carriers' DOT numbers and shown on the profile. |
Read the measures exactly
- These are BASIC measures, not an official percentile. FMCSA does not publish BASIC percentiles for property carriers, so Energy Connect shows the measure itself.
- Five of the seven BASICs. Crash Indicator and Hazmat Compliance are not in FMCSA's public property-carrier data, and the profile says so.
- The rank is Energy Connect's own. Where shown, it ranks the measure among property carriers with a recorded violation, and is labelled that way.
- Out-of-service orders are shown, not enforced. They inform the person choosing the carrier; they do not block a load.
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