Source directory
Logistics and Capacity
Primary public sources for this domain, checked 2026-11-02. Delta Arc does not control these sources.
| Source | Can establish | Cannot establish | Updates |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAFER Company Snapshot | A one-carrier-at-a-time record of identification, size, commodity information and safety record, including any safety rating. | It cannot establish how safe future operations will be, and it is not the record of insurance filings. | not stated |
| SAFER Help: data field names | The agency's own definitions of snapshot fields, including USDOT number, MC number, operating status and carrier safety rating. | It cannot establish the current status of any entity, and parts of it show age, such as a national average tied to 1999. | not stated |
| Licensing and Insurance public site | A public search over interstate for-hire carriers granted authority or with applications pending, and notices about the registration system transition. | It cannot establish a safety rating or safety performance, and its own notice leaves open how it relates to the successor system. | not stated |
| Safety Measurement System (SMS) | Public performance data used by the agency and enforcement community, with a stated data date and next release date. | It cannot establish a federal safety rating, and part of its results are hidden from public view for property carriers. | Page states data current as of September 25, 2026, website updated October 5, 2026, next update week of November 9, 2026. |
| 49 CFR Part 385, Safety Fitness Procedures | The legal procedure and vocabulary for safety fitness, compliance reviews, rating categories and the unrated status. | It cannot establish which rating, if any, a given entity holds. | Current-date eCFR text; cadence not stated in the text read. |
| 49 CFR Part 387, Minimum Levels of Financial Responsibility | The financial responsibility requirement and the filing rules for surety bonds, certificates of insurance and cancellations. | It cannot establish that coverage is in effect for a given entity, or that coverage meets a particular party's needs. | Current-date eCFR text; cadence not stated in the text read. |
| 49 CFR 392.9a, Operating authority | The rule that a vehicle providing transportation requiring operating authority must not run without it or beyond its scope. | It cannot establish which transportation requires authority in a given fact pattern, or whether any entity holds it. | Current-date eCFR text; cadence not stated in the text read. |
| Motus Insur - All With History | Published records of active or pending individual insurance policies for carriers, brokers and freight forwarders, linked by docket number. | It cannot establish whether a policy responds to a given loss, or any safety finding. | Portal metadata showed rows updated 2026-11-02 when read; no stated cadence was relied on. |
| DataQs | The channel for requesting and tracking review of Federal and State data believed to be incomplete or incorrect. | It cannot establish that any displayed record is correct, or the outcome of any review. | not stated |
| Commodity Flow Survey, About this Survey | National and state-level data on domestic freight shipments by American businesses, including mode, value, weight, origin and destination. | It cannot establish imports, shipments originating in U.S. territories, or the capacity of any single carrier or lane on a given day. | Survey-year releases; the page describes the 2022 survey and no cadence was relied on. |
| TranStats, Air Carrier Statistics (T-100) data profile | Domestic and international airline market and segment data held in the T-100 data bank. | It cannot establish motor carrier authority or insurance, or the safety of any airline. | not stated |
| Aircraft Registration | The aircraft registration process, record search routes, a downloadable registration database, and the seven-year certificate renewal term. | It cannot establish air carrier operating certification, cargo capacity or operational safety. | not stated |
| US Flag Fleet List - January 2022 - dataset | A January 2022 listing of oceangoing, self-propelled, privately owned U.S.-flag vessels of 1,000 gross tons and above carrying cargo port to port. | It cannot establish the present fleet, vessel availability, smaller vessels or foreign-flag capacity. | Dated January 2022; portal metadata showed rows updated 2022-05-09 when read. |
| About STB | The agency scope for economic regulation of surface transportation, primarily freight rail, and its jurisdictional areas. | It cannot establish motor carrier safety, operating authority or insurance status, which sit in the FMCSA records above. | not stated |
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