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Smartship Cargo Inc

Source note: The bond summary uses the selected filing's effective date, March 28, 2026. Other financial-filing source rows show March 28, 2024. 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.

Source note: The selected bond filing names Amherst National Insurance Company; other financial-filing rows name Lexington National Insurance Corporation. The files do not explain these provider differences. A shared effective date does not establish one consistent policy or insurer; each source row is retained separately.

As of Oct 21, 2026, Smartship Cargo Inc in Fairfield, California has broker authority status “Active”, in force since Sep 16, 2026, with 1 suspension or revocation on record.

1366 Driftwood Circle, Fairfield, California 94534 (707) 312-0962

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

Smartship Cargo Inc (MC1625238, USDOT 4209344) is a freight broker of property based in Fairfield, California. Broker authority: active (FMCSA Motus record). Latest authority action: authority reinstated on September 16, 2026. Before that, FMCSA suspended it on July 10, 2026 (bond or trust fund cancelled). The current authority has been in force since September 16, 2026. FMCSA first granted this docket broker authority on May 10, 2024. Surety bond, BMC-84 on file with Amherst National Insurance Company, effective March 2026, filed with FMCSA on July 24, 2026. That filing was made after the authority stopped on July 10, 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of the broker's FMCSA operating authority: active, application pending, suspended, revoked, voluntarily suspended or withdrawn.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 1–3 years 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 Amherst National Insurance Company 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
USDOT number 4209344 source, unchanged since Oct 20, 2026
BOC-3 process agents #1A Boc-3 Filing, Inc. 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 16, 2026 source, unchanged since Oct 20, 2026
Authority in force since Sep 16, 2026 source, unchanged since Oct 20, 2026
Broker authority first granted May 10, 2024 source, unchanged since Oct 20, 2026
Bond effective date Mar 28, 2026 source, unchanged since Oct 20, 2026
Bond filed with FMCSA Jul 24, 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 2026-07-10 source, unchanged since Oct 20, 2026

Source event history

Source dates and first observation are different.

  1. 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
  2. Sep 16, 2026: Authority reinstated Official source
  3. Jul 24, 2026: Bond filing recorded

    Amherst National Insurance Company; Surety bond (BMC-84)

    Official source
  4. Jul 10, 2026: Suspended: bond or trust fund cancelled Official source
  5. Jun 10, 2026: Prior bond cancelled

    Lexington National Insurance Corporation; describes the previous policy, not its replacement or a proven coverage gap

    Official source
  6. May 10, 2024: Authority granted (legacy record) Official source
  7. May 10, 2024: Authority granted Official source
  8. Mar 28, 2024: Bond effective date recorded

    Lexington National Insurance Corporation; 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 California

3,023 freight brokers in the dataset are in California; 198 have profiles on this site. Freight brokers in California

Authority status (all 3,023 here): Suspended 19 (<1%) · Active 2,824 (93%) · Application pending 158 (5%) · Application withdrawn 21 (<1%) · Voluntarily suspended 1 (<1%)

Recent change (all 3,023 here): Application filed (last 14 days) 23 (<1%) · New authority (last 14 days) 16 (<1%) · Reinstated (last 30 days) 10 (<1%) · Suspended or revoked (last 30 days) 7 (<1%) · Granted again (last 14 days) 1 (<1%) · None on record 2,966 (98%)

Authority age (all 3023 in this group): 3–10 years (1,130) · 10+ years (880) · 1–3 years (447) · 3–12 months (264) · 1–3 months (65) · Under 30 days (42) · None on record (195)

City, state (all 3023 in this group): Fresno, California (101) · San Diego, California (83) · Los Angeles, California (83) · Bakersfield, California (80) · Sacramento, California (77) · Stockton, California (57) · 500 other values (2,542)

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Something wrong or out of date? How corrections work. Source record ID MC1625238.