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Elite Carrier Group LLC

Source note: The bond summary uses the selected filing's effective date, August 26, 2026. Other financial-filing source rows show April 8, 2026. These may be different filings or disagreements between files; the records do not establish why the dates differ. The timeline preserves those rows separately, not as one consistent policy date or proof of a coverage gap.

As of Oct 21, 2026, Elite Carrier Group LLC in Apopka, Florida has broker authority status “Active”, in force since Sep 15, 2026, with 1 suspension or revocation on record.

1701 Tall Pine Cir, Apopka, Florida 32712 (321) 324-7383

Verified Oct 21, 2026 against FMCSA Licensing & Insurance: Motus and legacy L&I files (data.transportation.gov)

Elite Carrier Group LLC (MC1813552, USDOT 4562328), doing business as Exquisite Marine Transport, is a freight broker of property based in Apopka, Florida. Broker authority: active (FMCSA Motus record). Latest authority action: authority reinstated on September 15, 2026. Before that, FMCSA suspended it on August 23, 2026 (bond or trust fund cancelled). The current authority has been in force since September 15, 2026. FMCSA first granted this docket broker authority on April 24, 2026. Surety bond, BMC-84 on file with Merchants National Bonding, Inc., effective August 2026, filed with FMCSA on August 26, 2026. That filing was made after the authority stopped on August 23, 2026. FMCSA history shows 1 suspension or revocation action on the broker authority.

Key facts

Authority status Active Status of the broker's FMCSA operating authority: active, application pending, suspended, revoked, voluntarily suspended or withdrawn. source, unchanged since Oct 20, 2026
Authority age 3–12 months Time since FMCSA first granted this docket broker authority, whatever its status now; a suspension, revocation or reinstatement does not reset it. 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, unchanged since Oct 20, 2026
Bond type Surety bond (BMC-84) Surety bond (BMC-84) or trust fund (BMC-85). source, unchanged since Oct 20, 2026
Surety or trust provider Merchants National Bonding, Inc. source, unchanged since Oct 20, 2026
Suspensions and revocations on record 1 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
Doing business as Exquisite Marine Transport source, unchanged since Oct 20, 2026
USDOT number 4562328 source, unchanged since Oct 20, 2026
BOC-3 process agents Transportation Authority LLC source
Status source FMCSA Motus registration record source, unchanged since Oct 20, 2026
Latest authority action Authority reinstated source, unchanged since Oct 20, 2026
Latest action date Sep 15, 2026 source, unchanged since Oct 20, 2026
Authority in force since Sep 15, 2026 source, unchanged since Oct 20, 2026
Broker authority first granted Apr 24, 2026 source, unchanged since Oct 20, 2026
Bond effective date Aug 26, 2026 source, unchanged since Oct 20, 2026
Bond filed with FMCSA Aug 26, 2026 source, unchanged since Oct 20, 2026
Bond amount 75,000 USD source, unchanged since Oct 20, 2026
Reinstated after Suspended: bond or trust fund cancelled on 2026-08-23 source, unchanged since Oct 20, 2026

Source event history

Source dates and first observation are different. A notice is not confirmation that a suspension took effect.

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

    Transportation Authority LLC; 390 Route D, Lockwood, MO, 65682; government filing date not supplied

    Official source
  2. Sep 15, 2026: Authority reinstated Official source
  3. Aug 26, 2026: Bond filing recorded

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

    Official source
  4. Aug 23, 2026: Prior bond history recorded

    Merchants National Bonding, Inc.; describes the previous policy, not its replacement or a proven coverage gap

    Official source
  5. Aug 23, 2026: Suspended: bond or trust fund cancelled Official source
  6. Jul 24, 2026: Suspension/revocation notice

    Notice only; not confirmation that suspension took effect. Scheduled effective date: 2026-08-23.

    Official source
  7. Apr 24, 2026: Authority granted Official source
  8. Apr 24, 2026: Authority granted (legacy record) Official source
  9. Apr 8, 2026: Bond effective date recorded

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

    Official source

Dates on this record

Source updatedUnknown (the source gives no update date for this record or its dataset)
CollectedOct 21, 2026, 10:47 AM ET (the last successful check of the source that included this record)
EffectiveNot given by the source (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

2,289 freight brokers in the dataset are in Florida; 190 have profiles on this site. Freight brokers in Florida

Authority status (all 2,289 here): Suspended 6 (<1%) · Revoked 1 (<1%) · Active 2,131 (93%) · Application pending 122 (5%) · Application withdrawn 28 (1%) · Voluntarily suspended 1 (<1%)

Recent change (all 2,289 here): New authority (last 14 days) 20 (<1%) · Application filed (last 14 days) 19 (<1%) · Reinstated (last 30 days) 7 (<1%) · Suspended or revoked (last 30 days) 2 (<1%) · None on record 2,241 (98%)

Authority age (all 2289 in this group): 3–10 years (735) · 10+ years (617) · 1–3 years (423) · 3–12 months (244) · 1–3 months (65) · Under 30 days (37) · None on record (168)

City, state (all 2289 in this group): Miami, Florida (266) · Jacksonville, Florida (159) · Tampa, Florida (113) · Orlando, Florida (93) · Boca Raton, Florida (55) · Doral, Florida (49) · 329 other values (1,554)

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Something wrong or out of date? How corrections work. Source record ID MC1813552.