CAROLINA HANDLING LLC

Charlotte, NC · Interstate · 11 power units · Safety rating: Conditional · USDOT since Mar 30, 1988 (38 years)

Do not book until these are resolved · 2 signals

How risk signals work

At least one fact in the FMCSA record should stop a booking until it is cleared up. Confirm the current record on Motus first; it is not a finding of wrongdoing. Authority and insurance are last known from May 14, 2026.

  • Operating authority is not authorized (last known)Without active authority the company may not haul or broker interstate freight for hire.
  • Conditional FMCSA safety ratingRated Mar 27, 1989. FMCSA found safety controls that needed correcting.
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Operating authority
Last known: Not authorized
MC1669576: no authority granted
Last known · FMCSA snapshot May 14, 2026
Liability insurance (BI&PD)
None on file
Not required without active authority
No cargo cover filed with FMCSA
Last known · FMCSA snapshot May 14, 2026
Vehicle out-of-service rate
0.0%
Only 4 vehicle inspections; too few to compare
FMCSA inspections · Oct 19, 2024 – Oct 19, 2026

Not a live check. FMCSA has not published a Motus record for this carrier, so authority and insurance show the last known status from May 14, 2026. Confirm on Motus ↗ before booking.

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Operating authority

MC1669576 Last known · FMCSA snapshot May 14, 2026

Operating authorityNot authorized
FMCSA has not granted common, contract, broker or forwarder authority on this docket.

Last known status. This authority record comes from the FMCSA snapshot of May 14, 2026, the last one published before FMCSA moved registration to Motus. It may have changed since. Confirm current authority: Motus record for USDOT 312157 ↗

Insurance on file

No insurance filings were found in the public FMCSA data for this carrier.

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Roadside inspections Oct 19, 2024 – Oct 19, 2026

15inspections
0.0%vehicle out-of-service
0 of 4 · North Carolina avg 21.9%
0.0%driver out-of-service
0 of 15 · North Carolina avg 5.9%
5violations written on inspection reports
10 most recent inspections
DateStateLevelViolationsOut of service
Sep 4, 2026NC30No
Aug 21, 2026NC30No
May 29, 2026SC30No
Apr 28, 2026NC30No
Apr 27, 2026NC20No
Mar 12, 2026GA22No
Nov 3, 2025NC20No
Oct 21, 2025SC31No
Oct 2, 2025GA31No
Jul 14, 2025GA31No
How these rates are calculated

Period: Oct 19, 2024 – Oct 19, 2026. Vehicle rate = vehicle inspections with a vehicle out-of-service order ÷ vehicle inspections (levels 1, 2, 5 and 6). Driver rate uses levels 1, 2, 3 and 6. The North Carolina average covers 60,599 vehicle and 118,016 driver inspections of all North Carolina-based carriers in this period. It mixes every type of operation, so compare with care; rates based on a handful of inspections say little. FMCSA's own SMS measures are weighted differently: SMS profile ↗ · SAFER snapshot ↗

Violations in FMCSA's SMS last 24 months

2 violations counted in FMCSA's Safety Measurement System (SMS), 0 of them serious enough to put the driver or vehicle out of service.

Why is this different from the 5 violations above?

The inspections section's number counts every violation written on the inspection reports in our Oct 19, 2024 – Oct 19, 2026 window. The SMS count comes from FMCSA's own monthly SMS snapshot, which uses its own 24-month window and only the violations it scores. Both are FMCSA figures; they measure different things.

Category (FMCSA BASIC)ViolationsOut of serviceShareNorth Carolina share
Unsafe Driving20100.0%13.4%
2 most frequent violations
ViolationTimesOut of service
State/Local Laws - Following too closely
Dangerous Driving · Unsafe Driving · code 3922SLLFC
10
State/Local Laws - Operate a CMV while using a cellular phone
Texting · Unsafe Driving · code 3922SLLCP
10

Source: FMCSA SMS violation file, inspections in the last 24 months, published Oct 19, 2026. "Share" is this company's mix of violations; the North Carolina column is the mix across all North Carolina-based carriers, so you can see which kinds of problems stand out. A high count partly reflects fleet size and how often trucks are inspected.

Crashes Oct 19, 2024 – Oct 19, 2026

1crashes
0fatal
1injury
0tow-away
Crash details
DateLocationFatalitiesInjuries
Mar 12, 2026GA01

Reportable crashes do not imply the carrier was at fault.

Company details FMCSA census · Oct 19, 2026

USDOT number312157
MC / docketMC1669576
Legal nameCAROLINA HANDLING LLC
OperationInterstate
Business typeCorporation
Power units11
Drivers11
Annual mileage480,000 (2023)
HazmatNo
Safety ratingConditional (Mar 27, 1989)
USDOT number addedMar 30, 1988 · 38 years ago
Last MCS-150 updateJun 5, 2025

Cargo carried

General FreightOtherLift Trucks

Change history

No changes to name, contact details, authority or insurance since we started tracking on Oct 18, 2026. We compare every company's FMCSA record each day.

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Questions about CAROLINA HANDLING LLC

What does CAROLINA HANDLING LLC's operating authority allow?

FMCSA records show no active operating authority for CAROLINA HANDLING LLC (MC1669576), so it may not haul regulated interstate freight for hire or broker loads under these dockets.

Which information about CAROLINA HANDLING LLC is old or missing?

Operating authority is the last known status from the FMCSA snapshot of May 14, 2026, not a current check. No insurance filings were found in the public data. There are too few vehicle inspections in the last 24 months to judge the out-of-service rate.

What should I verify before booking CAROLINA HANDLING LLC?

Confirm the authority and insurance on the Motus record for USDOT 312157. Call the company back on the phone number on file, (704) 357-6273, not a number from an email or load board message. Check that the MC number the dispatcher gave you matches MC1669576, and ask the insurer for a certificate of insurance naming you as holder, with cargo coverage that fits your load.

Company details from the FMCSA Company Census File (Oct 19, 2026). Inspections and crashes from FMCSA MCMIS files. About our data · Report an error on this page (how corrections work).

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