In new interim guidelines released Tuesday by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, federal officials sought to clarify the distinctions between brokers, bona fide agents, and dispatch services.

While the FMCSA acknowledged that dispatch services “can help to ensure the motor carrier has a steady stream of shipments” that allow them to concentrate on moving freight, how they carry out that duty can determine whether they fall under FMCSA authority and are therefore required to have a $75,000 bond to safeguard their motor carrier customers from nonpayment

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