SUMITOMO WAREHOUSE USA INC
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.
- BMC-84 filed with AMERICAN ALTERNATIVE INSURANCE CORPORATION, no cancellation filed; our insurance data runs through Jul 15, 2025, so confirm it is still current.
- 1 revocation on record, most recent Dec 12, 2005.
Phone on FMCSA's record: (310) 769-0205. 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.
Filings in good standing
out of 100
- Broker authority on file with FMCSA · 30/30
- BMC-84 bond or BMC-85 trust fund on file · 20/20
- No pending cancellation filed · 30/30
- Coverage meets the $75,000 federal minimum · 10/10
- 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.
- Filing type
- BMC-84
- Coverage amount
- Not reported by FMCSA (federal minimum $75,000)
- Surety / trustee
- AMERICAN ALTERNATIVE INSURANCE CORPORATION
- Policy number
- MC187178
- Effective date
- Oct 1, 2013
- Cancellation on file
- None filed
BMC-84: Surety bond — a bonding company guarantees payment to carriers if the broker does not pay.
Credit & Days-to-Pay
Payment-history reporting for SUMITOMO WAREHOUSE USA 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
- Takeshi Hayashi
- Legal name
- SUMITOMO WAREHOUSE USA INC
- Physical address
- 19301 PACIFIC GATEWAY DRIVETORRANCE, CA, 90502
- Phone
- (310) 769-0205
- MC number
- MC 187178
- USDOT number
- 2213300
- 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
- @sumitomo-wh.com
- 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 SUMITOMO WAREHOUSE USA 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 Jan 23, 1986.
BMC-84 bond or BMC-85 trust fund
Look closer
BMC-84 filed with AMERICAN ALTERNATIVE INSURANCE CORPORATION, no cancellation filed; our insurance data runs through Jul 15, 2025, so confirm it is still current.
BOC-3 process agent
Checks out
Process agent on file: Carrier.
USDOT record and MCS-150
Checks out
USDOT record is active; MCS-150 last updated May 10, 2026.
Authority age and history
Look closer
1 revocation on record, most recent Dec 12, 2005.
Contact details to check against
Checks out
FMCSA has the email domain @sumitomo-wh.com and the phone (310) 769-0205 on record. A rate con from any other domain deserves a call.
Know when to book and when to call
Looks fine in the records
These checks passed against FMCSA data.
- Broker authority · Active, granted Jan 23, 1986
- Process agent (BOC-3) · Carrier
- USDOT and MCS-150 · Active, MCS-150 May 10, 2026
- Contact details · @sumitomo-wh.com · (310) 769-0205
Stop and call first
Call FMCSA's number on file: (310) 769-0205
- Bond or trust fund · BMC-84 · AMERICAN ALTERNATIVE INSUR…
- Authority history · 1 revocation on record
- 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 #187178 / USDOT #2213300. 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
Yes. SUMITOMO WAREHOUSE USA INC maintains an active BMC-84 with AMERICAN ALTERNATIVE INSURANCE CORPORATION, with no pending cancellation filed with FMCSA.
Yes. FMCSA lists MC 187178 (SUMITOMO WAREHOUSE USA INC) with active broker operating authority.
SUMITOMO WAREHOUSE USA INC's BMC-84 is filed with AMERICAN ALTERNATIVE INSURANCE CORPORATION under policy MC187178, effective Oct 1, 2013.
SUMITOMO WAREHOUSE USA INC's FMCSA registration lists an address at @sumitomo-wh.com. A rate confirmation arriving from a free consumer mailbox such as Gmail or Yahoo does not match this registration and should be treated as a possible impersonation attempt.
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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