ThreadsignalKnow which carriers in your market just went under.
Every week we read the federal carrier record for the Chicago metro and tell you who lost operating authority, who shed trucks, and who stopped operating. Company name, USDOT number, what changed, what it means for you.
Every one of them is filed in your metro. We tell you which ones actually run here.
We read the federal record so you do not have to.
Authority revoked, registration lapsed, fleet cut, gone from the file entirely.
One of them went dark.
You would have driven straight past it.
What a finding looks like
A carrier in your metro
- USDOT
- Named in your report
- Home base
- Named in your report
- Authority
- Authorized → Not authorized
- Where they run
- Named in your report, from federal roadside inspections
- What it means
- Their drivers are based near you and about to be looking for work. Whether their freight moves in your lanes depends on where they actually run, and the report tells you which.
- What to do
- Check SAFER for current status before you act on it.
What we watch
Four things in the federal record worth your attention.
- 01Operating authority revokedThe carrier can no longer legally haul freight.
- 02USDOT registration gone inactiveThe registration behind the whole operation has lapsed.
- 03Fleet size droppedPower units or drivers fell since the last filing.
- 04Gone from the file entirelyNo longer in the federal census. Usually the end.
An honest note
Some weeks nothing happens. We say so.
A quiet week gets a short report telling you it was quiet. We would rather send four honest lines than pad a page and train you to stop reading it.
We also tell you where each carrier actually runs, taken from federal roadside inspections rather than the address it filed with the government. A carrier based in the metro that runs the West Coast frees up drivers here, not freight. We say which, rather than letting you assume both.
Price
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Chicago is the only metro open today. Tell us where you run and we will let you know when it opens.