Hazmat dispatch service that checks the paperwork before the placards go up

No. Water isn't a hazardous material, so a water truck spraying dust on a job site isn't hauling hazmat. A tanker hauling fuel to that same job site usually is: gasoline and diesel are regulated, and bulk loads are placarded. The rules follow what's in the tank, not where the truck is going.

Yes: fuel, chemical, food-grade and other liquid tankers, plus placarded dry vans and flatbeds carrying packaged hazmat. Tell us your tank type, capacity, compartments and wash-out setup, and we match offers to the products your tank is approved to carry.

Legally, once you have the endorsement, PHMSA registration where it's required and the insurance. In practice, many hazmat shippers and brokers want a track record and a clean safety history first. A new authority often starts with lower-risk placarded freight and builds from there.

A CDL with the hazmat endorsement (H) for placarded loads, plus the tank endorsement (N) for tank vehicles, or both as X (49 CFR 383.93). The H endorsement requires a TSA security threat assessment. Add PHMSA registration if required, hazmat-level insurance, proper placards and shipping papers, and training for the materials you haul.

Generally yes, if you transport hazardous materials in quantities that require placards, among other cases listed in 49 CFR 107.601. It's an annual registration with a fee. Check PHMSA's registration page for the current rules and whether your loads trigger it.

Federal minimums under 49 CFR 387.9 are $1,000,000 for many hazardous materials and oil, and $5,000,000 for the most dangerous categories and certain bulk loads. Shippers and brokers often ask for more. Your agent should match your policy to the classes you actually haul.

Only for certain materials, like larger quantities of some explosives, materials poisonous by inhalation and highway-route-controlled radioactive shipments (49 CFR Part 385, Subpart E). Most fuel and general placarded freight doesn't need one. Check the list before taking those classes.

A commercial vehicle built to carry liquid or gas in tanks with an individual rated capacity over 119 gallons and an aggregate of 1,000 gallons or more, whether the tank is permanent or temporarily attached. That's the definition in 49 CFR 383.5.

5% of gross on loads you haul with 6+ months of authority, 7% before that, and 4% per truck for fleets of two or more. No setup fee. See the fee schedule.

No. Every load comes to you with the material, class, quantity and requirements. You confirm or pass. Tell us the classes you won't haul and we stop sending them.