"Sideways" Additions to The Unregistered List

In Friday's post, I talked about new USDOT carriers - or, more correctly, carriers who got new USDOT numbers - and how they are constantly "feeding" our Unregistered Carrier List.

Another way that the Unregistered List is "fed" is through what I call the "Sideways" additions to the Unregistered list.

"Sideways" additions occur as a result of carriers having their first inspection, crash or MCS-150 update in the last 12 months. The inspection or crash doesn't have to occur in your state. "Sideways" additions can also occur dues to changes in MCMIS if, in MCMIS, a carrier is updated to: 1) a Carrier or Broker (from, say, a Registrant), 2) Interstate 3) Active.

Frankly, I don't know how you can learn about these carriers unless you have direct access to MCMIS - or unless you have the ability (or the time) to 1) examine Unregistered lists from two consecutive days, 2) note all of the differences between the two lists, and then 3) subtract the new USDOT numbers.

I'll talk more about these "Sideways" additions in an upcoming post.