Purchasing and Renewing SCAC Data Products – NMFTA Help Center

Standard Carrier Alpha Code® (SCAC®)

Please note the following:

Resellers can purchase data products for themselves but not for the carrier accounts that they manage.
Only one unique data product purchase can be made per customer account. This means that if a customer has an active/current Web Services or Data Services subscription, then they cannot purchase another. For SCAC Online, if they have an active/current SCAC Online subscription, then they cannot purchase another SCAC Online product. Instead, they would simply purchase additional licenses.

Additional data products can be purchased to assist with your business processes and tracking systems as well as working with shippers and government regulatory agencies. These products include:

SCAC Online
SCAC Online is the web-based tool that provides you with the most up to date SCAC® information. Once you log in, you can search the entire SCAC database that is updated on a real-time basis. SCAC Online allows for: (1) Easy look-up by SCAC, MC Number, USDOT Number, and Company Name; (2) Displays both active and inactive SCACs; (3) Contains user-friendly search functions; and (4) Provides an annual subscription based on the number of users. The Standard Carrier Alpha Code™ (SCAC®) is copyrighted and is protected by the laws of the United States and other countries. Publication or reproduction of the SCAC®, in whole or in part, in any public forum, such as a website, or the creation of any derivative works from the SCAC® without specific licensing, is strictly prohibited.

SCAC Web Service – 100K Records Per Month
SCAC Web Service allows subscribers to incorporate SCAC search and information retrieval functionality directly into their computer systems via our powerful and reliable search engine. SCAC Web Service is based on the SOAP 1.1 standard using standard XML delivered over HTTPS. SCAC Web Service is licensed on an annual subscription. This product allows up to 100,000 records per month. The material in products containing the Standard Carrier Alpha Code™ (SCAC®) assigned by NMFTA is copyrighted and is protected by the laws of the United States and other countries. Publication or reproduction of the SCAC®, in whole or in part, in any public forum, such as a website, or the creation of any derivative works from the SCAC® without specific licensing, is strictly prohibited.

SCAC Web Service – 1000K Records Per Month
SCAC Web Service allows subscribers to incorporate SCAC search and information retrieval functionality directly into their computer systems via our powerful and reliable search engine. SCAC Web Service is based on the SOAP 1.1 standard using standard XML delivered over HTTPS. SCAC Web Service is licensed on an annual subscription. This product allows up to 1,000,000 records per month. The material in products containing the Standard Carrier Alpha Code™ (SCAC®) assigned by NMFTA is copyrighted and is protected by the laws of the United States and other countries. Publication or reproduction of the SCAC®, in whole or in part, in any public forum, such as a website, or the creation of any derivative works from the SCAC® without specific licensing, is strictly prohibited.

SCAC Web Service – 25K Records Per Month
SCAC Web Service allows subscribers to incorporate SCAC search and information retrieval functionality directly into their computer systems via our powerful and reliable search engine. SCAC Web Service is based on the SOAP 1.1 standard using standard XML delivered over HTTPS. SCAC Web Service is licensed on an annual subscription. This product allows up to 25,000 records per month. The material in products containing the Standard Carrier Alpha Code™ (SCAC®) assigned by NMFTA is copyrighted and is protected by the laws of the United States and other countries. Publication or reproduction of the SCAC®, in whole or in part, in any public forum, such as a website, or the creation of any derivative works from the SCAC® without specific licensing, is strictly prohibited.
SCAC Data – Daily Distribution Service
The SCAC Data Daily Distribution Service is a daily distribution of Standard Carrier Alpha Codes in ASCII format. Each daily file contains those SCACs added, cancelled, and changed as of 7:00 PM Eastern Time of the present day. The Standard Carrier Alpha Code™ (SCAC®) is copyrighted and is protected by the laws of the United States and other countries. Publication or reproduction of the SCAC®, in whole or in part, in any public forum, such as a website, or the creation of any derivative works from the SCAC® without specific licensing, is strictly prohibited.
SCAC Data – Quarterly Distribution Service
The SCAC Data Quarterly Distribution Service contains ASCII files listing transportation-providing firms and their unique Standard Carrier Alpha Codes. Also included are special alpha codes specifically designed to identify privately owned railroad cars, freight containers, and intermodal chassis and trailers. Each Data set contains a master file containing all active SCACs, a supplement file containing those SCACs added, cancelled, and changed since the last quarter and a file containing the record layout. The Standard Carrier Alpha Code™ (SCAC®) is copyrighted and is protected by the laws of the United States and other countries. Publication or reproduction of the SCAC®, in whole or in part, in any public forum, such as a website, or the creation of any derivative works from the SCAC® without specific licensing, is strictly prohibited.

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