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Black Mountains Logistics LLC

As of Oct 25, 2026, Black Mountains Logistics LLC in Ruskin, Florida has broker authority status “Application pending”, with 0 suspensions or revocations on record.

10128 Point Given Ct, Ruskin, Florida 33573 (813) 538-8973

Verified Oct 25, 2026 against FMCSA Licensing & Insurance: Motus and legacy L&I files (data.transportation.gov)

MC docket: MC98706791

Black Mountains Logistics LLC (MC98706791, USDOT 7497671) is a freight broker of property based in Ruskin, Florida. Broker authority: application pending (FMCSA Motus record). Latest authority action: application published in the FMCSA register on October 19, 2026. It applied for broker authority on October 16, 2026; FMCSA has not granted it yet. Surety bond, BMC-84 on file with Merchants National Bonding, Inc., effective October 2026, filed with FMCSA on October 23, 2026; a filing stays in force until it is cancelled, and FMCSA's current record still lists this one on file.

Key facts

Authority status Application pending Status of the broker's FMCSA operating authority: active, application pending, suspended, revoked, voluntarily suspended or withdrawn. source, unchanged since Oct 20, 2026
Recent change Application filed (last 14 days) New authority (a docket's first grant) or application in the last 14 days, or authority granted again on a docket that held it before; suspension or revocation in the last 30 days when FMCSA's authority row also shows the broker suspended or revoked (a logged suspension on a row that still reads Active is a source disagreement, noted on the profile, and is not counted here); reinstatement in the last 30 days. source, unchanged since Oct 20, 2026
Broker bond ($75,000) Bond or trust fund on file Brokers must keep a $75,000 surety bond (BMC-84) or trust fund (BMC-85) on file with FMCSA. source
Bond type Surety bond (BMC-84) Surety bond (BMC-84) or trust fund (BMC-85). FMCSA's records can flag a bond on file without naming its type, so this field can hold fewer records than “Bond or trust fund on file”. source
Surety or trust provider Merchants National Bonding, Inc. source
Suspensions and revocations on record 0 FMCSA revocation and suspension actions on the broker authority: involuntary (bond, insurance or process-agent lapses) and voluntary, legacy and Motus history combined and counted once per date. Notices and discontinued proceedings are excluded; a count alone does not establish a coverage gap. source, unchanged since Oct 20, 2026
Also a motor carrier No Yes means the same docket also holds active motor carrier of property authority. source, unchanged since Oct 20, 2026
USDOT number 7497671 source, unchanged since Oct 20, 2026
BOC-3 process agents #1A Boc-3 Filing, Inc. source, unchanged since Oct 21, 2026
Registration row status Application pending source
Status source FMCSA Motus registration record source, unchanged since Oct 20, 2026
Latest authority action Application published in the FMCSA Register source, unchanged since Oct 20, 2026
Latest action date Oct 19, 2026 source, unchanged since Oct 20, 2026
Application filed Oct 16, 2026 source, unchanged since Oct 20, 2026
Bond effective date Oct 23, 2026 source
Bond filed with FMCSA Oct 23, 2026 source
Bond amount 75,000 USD source

Source event history

Source dates and first observation are different.

  1. Oct 23, 2026: Bond filing recorded

    Merchants National Bonding, Inc.; Surety bond (BMC-84)

    Official source
  2. Oct 21, 2026: Process-agent record first observed · first observed by this site; source date unavailable

    #1A Boc-3 Filing, Inc.; 1906 W Burbank Blvd, Burbank, CA, 91506; government filing date not supplied

    Official source
  3. Oct 19, 2026: Application published in the FMCSA Register Official source
  4. Oct 16, 2026: Application filed Official source

Changes this site observed

Between two of this site's collections, the source record's rows and these values changed.

Dates on this record

Source updatedOct 24, 2026 (FMCSA Motus registration rows last updated (portal metadata) (the whole dataset, not this record))
CollectedOct 25, 2026, 2:07 AM ET (the last successful check of the source that included this record)
EffectiveBond effective: Oct 23, 2026; Application published in the FMCSA Register: Oct 19, 2026; Application filed: Oct 16, 2026 (when the source says each fact took effect)
RetiredNot retired: Motus, FMCSA's registration system, is maintained (whether the dataset is still maintained)

In Florida

2,286 freight brokers in the dataset are in Florida; 188 have profiles on this site. Freight brokers in Florida

Authority status (all 2,286 here): Suspended 8 (<1%) · Active 2,113 (92%) · Application pending 125 (5%) · Application withdrawn 28 (1%) · Voluntarily suspended 9 (<1%) · Authority status disputed 3 (<1%)

Recent change (all 2,286 here): Application filed (last 14 days) 22 (<1%) · New authority (last 14 days) 20 (<1%) · Reinstated (last 30 days) 8 (<1%) · Suspended or revoked (last 30 days) 3 (<1%) · None on record 2,233 (98%)

Authority age (all 2286 in this group): 3–10 years (734) · 10+ years (614) · 1–3 years (423) · 3–12 months (241) · 1–3 months (69) · Under 30 days (34) · None on record (171)

City, state (all 2286 in this group): Miami, Florida (266) · Jacksonville, Florida (159) · Tampa, Florida (112) · Orlando, Florida (93) · Boca Raton, Florida (55) · Doral, Florida (49) · 330 other values (1,552)

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