PHASE IV DISTRIBUTION INC
Legal name: ERIC R OTTOSON
FMCSA records check · Review
Review before you book
Confirm the points below by phone, using the number FMCSA has on file, not one from the rate confirmation.
- 1 revocation on record, most recent Nov 12, 2019.
- None in our copy of FMCSA's insurance file, which runs through Jul 15, 2025. One may have been filed since, so confirm with FMCSA or the surety.
Phone on FMCSA's record: (860) 379-4362. Call this number, not one printed on the rate confirmation.
FMCSA Filing Health
Derived only from this broker's public FMCSA authority and insurance filings. It is not a credit score and says nothing about how quickly this broker pays.
Required filings missing
out of 100
- Broker authority on file with FMCSA · 30/30
- BMC-84 bond or BMC-85 trust fund on file · 0/20
- No pending cancellation filed · 0/30
- Coverage meets the $75,000 federal minimum · 0/10
- No authority revocation on record · 0/5
- Registered with FMCSA for 3+ years · 5/5
Bond & Financial Responsibility
Every licensed freight broker must keep a $75,000 BMC-84 surety bond or BMC-85 trust fund on file with FMCSA. Without it, operating authority is revoked.
Insurance filings on this page run through Jul 15, 2025. A bond or cancellation filed since then may not show here, so confirm with FMCSA or the surety before you book.
FMCSA's active and pending insurance file shows no BMC-84 bond or BMC-85 trust fund on record for this broker. Treat any load offer with caution and confirm financial responsibility directly with FMCSA before hauling.
Credit & Days-to-Pay
Payment-history reporting for PHASE IV DISTRIBUTION INC is not available yet. Days-to-Pay and credit grades come from carrier-reported bureau data, and we publish a number only once it is actually reported — not estimated.
Company Details
What FMCSA's census lists for this company, including the officers it reported. It is self-reported, so confirm anything important by phone.
- Company officers
- No officers listed in FMCSA's census
- Legal name
- ERIC R OTTOSON
- Doing business as
- PHASE IV DISTRIBUTION INC
- Physical address
- 340 TOWN HILL ROADNEW HARTFORD, CT, 06057
- Phone
- (860) 379-4362
- MC number
- MC 210723
- USDOT number
- 2214224
- In the census since
- Nov 19, 2011
Contact & Domain Validation
Impersonators copy a real broker's name and MC number onto a fake rate confirmation. Check where a rate con came from against the email domain FMCSA has on record, and the phone and address under Company Details.
- Official email domain
- No company domain on file with FMCSA
- A rate confirmation from a free mailbox — Gmail, Yahoo, Outlook — is not how a licensed broker sends paperwork. Treat it as an impersonation attempt.
- Watch for lookalike domains: an extra letter, a hyphen, or
.coin place of.com. - Call back on the phone number in FMCSA's record (see Company Details) — never the one printed on the rate confirmation itself.
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Six things to confirm before you book PHASE IV DISTRIBUTION INC
Each point below comes from FMCSA records. Where our copy may be out of date, it says so.
Active broker authority
Checks out
FMCSA lists active broker authority, granted Sep 6, 1988.
BMC-84 bond or BMC-85 trust fund
Not in our records
None in our copy of FMCSA's insurance file, which runs through Jul 15, 2025. One may have been filed since, so confirm with FMCSA or the surety.
BOC-3 process agent
Checks out
Process agent on file: INTERSTATE AUTHORITY LLC, OK.
USDOT record and MCS-150
Not in our records
No MCS-150 date in our copy of FMCSA records.
Authority age and history
Look closer
1 revocation on record, most recent Nov 12, 2019.
Contact details to check against
Not in our records
FMCSA has no company email domain on file. Call (860) 379-4362, the number on its record, to confirm a rate con.
Know when to book and when to call
Looks fine in the records
These checks passed against FMCSA data.
- Broker authority · Active, granted Sep 6, 1988
- Process agent (BOC-3) · INTERSTATE AUTHORITY LLC, OK
Stop and call first
Call FMCSA's number on file: (860) 379-4362
- Bond or trust fund · None in our records
- USDOT and MCS-150 · No MCS-150 date
- Authority history · 1 revocation on record
- Contact details · No company domain · (860) 379-4362
- Rate con from a free mailbox (Gmail, Yahoo)
- Lookalike email domain (extra letter, hyphen, .co)
- Asked to skip carrier setup or pay before booking
- Won't let you call back on FMCSA's number
BMC-84 surety bond vs BMC-85 trust fund
Brokers and freight forwarders must show $75,000 of financial security to hold FMCSA authority. They can do it with either filing. The difference is who stands behind the money.
BMC-84 Surety bond
- What it is
- A surety bond: a bonding company guarantees the broker will pay.
- Federal minimum
- $75,000.
- Who files it with FMCSA
- The surety company.
- If the broker does not pay
- A carrier files a claim against the bond.
- How it can end
- A cancellation notice filed with FMCSA, or a new filing replacing it.
- What to check
- That it is on file, who the surety is, and that no cancellation is filed.
BMC-85 Trust fund
- What it is
- A trust fund: cash or securities held in trust for carriers by a financial institution.
- Federal minimum
- $75,000.
- Who files it with FMCSA
- The trustee holding the fund.
- If the broker does not pay
- A carrier files a claim against the trust fund.
- How it can end
- A cancellation notice filed with FMCSA, or a new filing replacing it.
- What to check
- That it is on file and that no cancellation is filed.
Where this comes from
Every figure on this page is drawn from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's public Licensing & Insurance database and motor carrier census: bond filings, cancellation notices, authority status, process agents, and the registered address and email domain for MC #210723 / USDOT #2214224. FMCSA records can lag real-world changes, so confirm anything time-critical directly with FMCSA or the surety before you dispatch.
FAQ'sFrequently Asked Questions
FMCSA's active and pending insurance file shows no BMC-84 surety bond or BMC-85 trust fund on record for PHASE IV DISTRIBUTION INC. A broker must keep a $75,000 filing on file to hold operating authority.
Yes. FMCSA lists MC 210723 (PHASE IV DISTRIBUTION INC) with active broker operating authority.
It's the $75,000 the federal government makes every licensed broker put up before they can arrange your freight, either a BMC-84 surety bond or a BMC-85 trust fund. If the broker stiffs you, that's the money you file a claim against. No bond on file, no operating authority.
A BMC-84 is a surety bond: an insurance company promises to pay carriers if the broker doesn't. A BMC-85 is a trust fund: the broker parks actual cash or securities with a financial institution. Both satisfy the $75,000 requirement. In practice a BMC-84 claim tends to move faster because there's a surety underwriting it.
It means the surety has told FMCSA it's walking away on a specific date. If the broker doesn't replace the filing by then, FMCSA revokes their broker authority. Any load you haul after that date has no bond behind it. If you see a cancellation date on a broker's page, get paid before it lands, or don't take the load.
Check the sender's email domain against the domain on the broker's FMCSA registration, which is listed on every profile page here. Rate cons from Gmail, Yahoo or Outlook addresses are not how licensed brokers do business. Drop the PDF into the sandbox on any broker page and Bubba will run that comparison for you, in your browser, without uploading the file anywhere.
No. An active bond and clean authority mean the broker meets the federal minimum, not that they're good for the money on time. Use this to rule out the obvious problems, then use your own credit terms and quick-pay judgment on the rest.
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