FMCSA urges trucking industry to prepare for Motus registration system rollout by May 14 deadline
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) requested carriers to act now to prepare for the launch of a brand new on-line registration system referred to as Motus.
What is Motus?
The FMCSA will quickly launch Motus, an up to date on-line dashboard for registration actions together with:
- Applying for a brand new USDOT Number, working authority, or different kind of registration
- Submitting to Biennial Update
- Updating enterprise data together with firm identify and deal with
- Applying for further varieties of working authority or registrations
- Reinstating a suspended working authority or reappliing after revocation
- Inactivating or reactivating your USDOT Number
- Tracking the standing of your registration actions
- Uploading supporting paperwork whereas finishing an software
Officials say Motus “streamlines processes, enhances fraud prevention, and provides a more intuitive, user-friendly experience for supporting companies, motor carriers, brokers, and other registrants.”
“Motus will replace the Unified Registration System (URS) as well as the FMCSA Portal which is a web-based system that acts as a single entry point to FMCSA systems for various services and information that is used by motor carriers, their associates, and other authorized account holders to manage registration, to update company information, to access data on crash and inspection history, and to interact with other FMCSA systems (eg, the Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse),” the agency said.
What Do Truckers Need To Do To Prepare For The Motus Launch?
In an(*14*)FMCSA reminded motor carriers to prepare for the launch of the Motus registration system by May 14, 2026.
“Entities with a USDOT Number or USDOT Number and Operating Authority (MC, MX, FF Docket Number) should take action in the FMCSA Portal now,” officers mentioned.
See under for steps outlined within the bulletin to be certain that your account is energetic forward of the May 14 deadline.
- Log into your FMCSA Portal account (portal.fmcsa.dot.gov) to verify it’s energetic. If you shouldn’t have a Portal account, you may create one and use your USDOT PIN to entry your data. Get your PIN at: safer.fmcsa.dot.gov.
- Please observe that FMCSA Portal accounts are disabled after 90 days and archived after 12 months of inactivity. If your account is disabled or archived, attain out to the FMCSA Contact Center at www.fmcsa.dot.gov/registration/ask-fmcsa to have your account unlocked.
- In the Portal, guarantee your organization data, operation classification, contact data, and people approved to entry your document are all right.
- You could make updates to your organization data within the FMCSA Portal the identical method you full a Biennial Update. Select “Biennial Update (MCS-150)” within the “Registration” tab.
“Only the FMCSA Portal Company Official using the same FMCSA Portal Login.gov email will be permitted to claim an account in Motus for the first time. Once your account is successfully linked to Motus, you will no longer need to access the FMCSA Portal to make registration changes,” FMCSA mentioned.
Follow this link for additional information from FMCSA on preparing for Motus.
