Enterprise Auto Transport is an owner-operated, federally licensed & bonded nationwide auto transport broker (USDOT #2273104 / MC #774106). All logistics are managed via our central dispatch at (239) 273-4649— this is our only phone number.
Fraud Prevention
Operation Highway Shield put more than 3,300 commercial vehicles under inspection, took 766 unsafe drivers and vehicles off the road, and recovered nearly $1 million in stolen cargo. Here is why this enforcement effort matters for honest brokers, carriers, and customers.
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Verify before you book
You do not have to take any company's word for it. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration keeps free public records on every licensed broker and carrier in the country. Here is exactly what to ask for and where to verify it:
Every legitimate broker and carrier must provide both on request. Our numbers: USDOT #2273104 and MC #774106. If a company hesitates or deflects, stop.
Go to safer.fmcsa.dot.gov and use the Company Snapshot search. Enter the MC or USDOT number and confirm the legal name, operating status and “Authorized” broker or carrier authority match what you were told.
In the FMCSA Licensing & Insurance portal (li-public.fmcsa.dot.gov), verify the broker's BMC-84 bond or BMC-85 trust fund is active. No active bond means no legal authority to broker your shipment.
Before your car is loaded, ask for a certificate of insurance directly from the assigned carrier — cargo and liability. Match the carrier's name and DOT number on the certificate to the truck that arrives.
When you check our records you'll find Enterprise Auto Transport, USDOT #2273104, MC #774106 — an owner-operated, federally licensed and bonded broker with offices in Naples, Florida and Minnesota. You can also read our full carrier vetting process.
I want to personally congratulate FMCSA Administrator Derek D. Barrs and the federal, state, and local law-enforcement officers participating in Operation Highway Shield.
The results speak for themselves.
Operation Highway Shield began in Florida with more than 3,300 commercial vehicle inspections. The operation then expanded into Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, and Ohio, where the latest three-day enforcement effort produced the following results, as reported by FMCSA:
There is another part of Administrator Barrs' statement that everyone in transportation should be paying attention to.
He specifically said FMCSA is taking the fight to corrupt dispatch rings, manipulated logbooks, and unqualified drivers.
That is something those of us working inside transportation have desperately needed to hear.
Fraud, cargo theft, identity manipulation, and bad actors operating within our transportation system do not just hurt brokers and carriers. They hurt legitimate American businesses, our customers, professional drivers, and ultimately the safety of everyone traveling on our highways.
I have had the opportunity to speak with FMCSA about some of the fraud we are encountering within auto transport, and I appreciate that these concerns are being heard.
It is not another memo. It is not another warning. People are being investigated. Unsafe operations are being stopped. Stolen cargo is being recovered.
Congratulations, Administrator Barrs, FMCSA, DHS, HSI, ICE, the participating state highway patrols, and every officer and inspector involved with Operation Highway Shield.
There is still a tremendous amount of work ahead of us, particularly when it comes to transportation fraud and verifying who is actually behind the wheel of a commercial vehicle.
But this is a major step in the right direction.
Protect the legitimate carriers. Protect the professional drivers. Protect our customers. Protect America's highways.
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