FreightAuthorityDisclosureAudit / report
FreightAuthorityDisclosureAudit report: https://www.demo-freight-brokers.example/
Demo report on a fictional sample site.
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5 of 9 checks need attention (2 high priority).
- ✓ Observed: USDOT number on the page (high): USDOT: 1234567.
- ✗ Observed: MC / FF docket number on the page (high): The page offers brokerage but no MC/FF docket number was found.
- ✗ Observed: broker status stated where brokerage is offered (high): Brokerage or 3PL services are offered but no statement of broker status was found.
- ✗ Observed: fleet wording on a broker page is paired with a carrier-authority statement (medium): The page offers brokerage and also says "our fleet/trucks/drivers" or "asset-based" without saying which authority applies.
- ✗ Observed: link to FMCSA's public registration lookup (medium): No link to SAFER or FMCSA Licensing & Insurance found.
- ✗ Observed: broker bond or trust mentioned (low): No broker bond or trust mention found.
- ✓ Observed: FMC OTI license number on an ocean-intermediary page (high): No ocean-intermediary services observed.
- ✓ Observed: NVOCC tariff publication link (medium): No ocean-intermediary services observed.
- ✓ Observed: Organization structured data (low): Organization or LocalBusiness JSON-LD is present.
Automated observations of the publicly served HTML of one page (numbers shown only in images or added later by JavaScript may not be seen). Numbers found are not checked against FMCSA or FMC records; verify them on the agencies' own lookups. Relates to 49 CFR 371.7 (broker misrepresentation; advertising shall show broker status), 49 CFR 387.307 (broker surety bond or trust fund), 49 CFR part 365 and 49 U.S.C. 13904 (broker registration), 46 CFR part 515 (OTI licensing) and 46 CFR part 520 (NVOCC tariff publication). Not legal advice and not a compliance certification.