Compliance
Authority, bond, and records in order.
Brokers can now be held liable for putting freight on an unsafe carrier. The defense — and the right way to run — is a documented, consistent vetting process. Here's ours, in plain English, and the records you can check yourself.
Regulatory standing
The credentials, on the record
OSD carries a BMC-84 surety bond (the property-broker financial-responsibility instrument) backed by a third-party surety, and maintains FMCSA recordkeeping. The bond protects carriers and shippers against non-payment; it is not cargo or liability insurance.
How we vet
Every carrier, before we book your load
Active authority
We confirm the carrier's operating authority is active at the moment of booking — not last week, not last month.
Insurance on file
We check insurance limits against a current certificate, sized to the freight (steel and machinery, not just the minimum).
Safety signals
We review the FMCSA safety rating plus CSA/SMS BASIC percentiles, out-of-service rate, and crash history.
Identity
We confirm the carrier is who they say they are against FMCSA records — the check that stops double-brokering and MC-number takeover.
A dated record
Every check is timestamped and kept on file. If anyone ever asks, the record is there.
Continuous re-vetting
Authority and insurance can lapse. We re-check, so a carrier that was good last quarter is still good today.
And we never double-broker your load. The carrier we vet is the carrier that hauls it.
Verifiable, by design.
Our authority, bond, and safety record are public. Check them — then send us a load.