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DOT 1538420 is operated by F & A CARRIERS INC out of Laredo, TX. This profile shows verified operating authority, current insurance, observed equipment, and recent inspection activity joined into one card so brokers can verify the carrier in one tab.
Operating authority is verified against the live public registry and refreshed daily. Current status: ACTIVE. "active" means the carrier is authorized to operate; "inactive" or "out-of-service" indicates the carrier should not be hauling.
Liability and cargo insurance status is drawn from the latest filings on record. Current status: active. We mark a carrier "lapsed" when the most recent cancellation date is in the past with no superseding policy.
F & A CARRIERS INC was last inspected on 2026-08-10. We've recorded 65 inspections in the trailing 12 months.
F & A CARRIERS INC is registered as 573968. Many brokers reference carriers by MC; both identifiers resolve to the same carrier record.
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power units (MCS-150)
distinct VINs in inspections
65 inspections, 12mo
most recent roadside record
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Rates stay locked below 3 contributing brokers so no single broker’s loads can be picked out of the aggregate.
Inferred from consecutive inspection states per truck. Use these as a starting point for backhaul or rep prospecting.
Not enough broker-reported loads yet — this score unlocks as brokers report load outcomes. Aggregates appear once 3+ brokerages have reported on this carrier (0 loads from 0 brokerages so far).
Aggregate rating unlocks at 3 reviewing workspaces — 0 so far. Individual reviews appear below as they're published.
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Not enough claim reports yet
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SUTTON SPECIALTY INSURANCE CO · policy SOA01 000130026 01
Current reported fleet · as of Dec 2024. A trend line appears once a second filing is on record.
Signals are precursor patterns, not proof of fraud. Verify before acting — and if a flag looks wrong, dispute it from its row.
These are our estimates from local roadside-inspection history; FMCSA hasn't published measures for this carrier yet (see #1000).
Matched on equipment mix, fleet-size band, and home state.
A truck VIN on this carrier was run under 2 different DOTs in overlapping windows — the cloned-truck / VIN-under-multiple-MCs pattern.
62-unit fleet where 100% of VINs have no prior inspection history — likely paper-carrier shell.