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Deeper compliance starts with ISS and BASIC scores, offering brokers critical safety insights unavailable in OOS data to reduce liability and protect shippers.
FMCSA upgrades its complaint database to include broker fraud for the first time. Regulators, truckers, and brokers agree modernization is overdue, but enforcement will determine its effectiveness.
FMCSA restored key safety datasets after a glitch, as DOT launches a cargo theft crackdown.
FMCSA is launching its first fatal truck crash causation study in nearly two decades, aiming to pinpoint driver, vehicle, and environmental factors shaping deadly crashes and future safety policy.
The U.S. has frozen work visas for foreign truck drivers. This comes after the fatal U-turn Florida crash
Fake names, duplicate addresses, and carriers with thousands of violations—FMCSA data reveals patterns that expose just how broken the system really is.
Hackers exploit FMCSA accounts to impersonate carriers and steal cargo. Learn how this complex scam works and steps to protect your freight business.
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has finalized new rules for freight brokers that will begin to go into
FMCSA initiates a new study with 80 carriers and 2,500 CMV drivers to assess the impact of driver detention time on safety and operations.
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