Illinois sits at the crossroads of several major interstate freight corridors, which means carriers who don’t run through the state regularly are more likely to get caught off guard by its specific permit requirements. Between IRP/IFTA registration rules, standard size and weight limits, and IDOT’s oversize/overweight permitting system, there are three separate compliance layers a […]

A new trucking business needs three things activated before it can legally haul freight for hire: a USDOT number, operating authority (commonly called an MC number), and a BOC-3 process agent designation. That’s a simple checklist, but the “authority package” market built around it varies widely, from $300 do-it-yourself filing assistance to $995-plus full-service bundles, […]

California runs some of the highest commercial vehicle inspection volumes in the country, and its major freight corridors, I-5 through the Central Valley, I-10 and I-15 through the Inland Empire, and the truck routes feeding the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, see concentrated CHP and CVSA enforcement activity throughout the year, not just […]

A BOC-3 filing is one of the smallest forms in a new carrier’s compliance stack, and one of the easiest to treat as a box to check once and forget. That’s a mistake. Under 49 CFR §366, every for-hire interstate motor carrier, broker, and freight forwarder must have a current process agent designated in every […]