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Freight tools and intelligence
Carrier identity, fraud checks, registration guidance, and market context in one library. The verification tools require no account, login, or CAPTCHA.
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DOT & MC number lookup
Search any registered US carrier by DOT number, MC number, or legal name. Operating authority, out-of-service status, fleet, safety rating, and cargo authority.
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FMCSA carrier verification checklist
Work through identity, authority, out-of-service, safety, contact, insurance, and pickup checks. Save a DOT or MC lookup link and print the completed record.
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Double brokering risk check
Check a carrier against the fraud signals that precede a re-brokered load: shared phone numbers and addresses, repeated officers, new authority, and recent contact changes.
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MOTUS authority check
FMCSA retired the Portal and URS in May 2026. Check what the public census says about a record, and see why MOTUS and SAFER can disagree.
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US Carrier Capacity Report
Free 4-page analysis of all 3.19M FMCSA carrier records: fleet size distribution, state-level capacity, and how common shared phone numbers actually are.
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Freight market signals
See where trucks are hard to find, how rates changed this week, and what brokers and carriers should do next.
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Reefer freight rate explorer
Compare four weeks of USDA truckload rate ranges by produce origin and destination, then open a public chart for any reported lane.
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What Carrier411 covers, who can use it, and where this differs. Written to be useful whichever you pick.
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